Hiyomi and the Moon Men 6-pack Author: Susan Paris ISBN: 9780790307695 Copyright Date: 2004 Lesson Plan Blackline Master Grade Level: 4 Reading Level: R Strategy/Skill: Comparing and contrasting, Descriptive language, Information skills Genre: Recount Theme/Topic: Adventure, Discovery, Journeys Classification: Fiction

Book Summary

Hiyomi is curious when she sees the strange-looking men in the forest.  They’re as tall as the sky, and their faces are paler than the moon.  This story describes the Amazon from two very different perspectives.

Features of the Book

• Cultural comparisons
• Descriptive and figurative language
• Parallel story lines
• Different text forms – third-person narrative, journal
• Culturally specific vocabulary – yano, virola

Purpose

Hiyomi and the Moon Men can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:

• making inferences
• analyzing the writer’s craft
• comparing how people from different cultures think about and deal with their environment
• evaluating text structure by comparing text forms and features
• analyzing descriptive language

For more information please see our Lesson Plan