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Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise Book Trailer (Unofficial) by Julie Hembree

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is it a movie yet?

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(Joe) "None of us know, what we don't know."

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(Joe) "None of us know, what we don't know."

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- Dan Gemeinhart

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"That's, like, my favorite book...There's nothing like a good book for bringing folks together...Whatcha reading now?"

This quotes shows how relationships can build from connecting on a book. Book discussions can bring people together by seeing similarities or differences within a text. Book discussions are a form of communication which can lead to friendships.

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"Ganwar shakes his head.
The kids will eat you alive, he says.
This is bad news,
since I didn't know that America people like to eat each other.
Ganwar must see the fear in my eyes because he explains:
It means they''ll beat you up."

This poem shows how someone who is learning english can take the meaning of words very literal if they have not been exposed to that type of language in their country. This is another obstacle new learners of english face.

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“When the flying boat returns to earth at last, I open my eyes and gaze out the round window. What is all the white? Where is all the world?”
Kek is an innocent boy and inexperienced with the English language. He calls an airplane "a flying boat." This shows how difficult it is for students who do not know a language. Due to the language barrier, he takes everything very literal.

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- Katherine Applegate

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So far ^ we've mentioned eating people (eat you alive) & flying boats (airplanes).... So, to continue with the theme of finding Kek's literal interpretations of the English language...

"So-fa? I repeat...Carefully, I take a step onto the blanket cloud." (p. 35).
(sofa = blanket cloud)

"My aunt makes food on the cooking fire (p. 39) .. (stove = cooking fire)

"TV Machine (p. 39) ... it's a machine to Kek because they are not as common in his home country.

"It's eating my dishes! I cry./  Please make it stop!/ Hannah lifts the top of the machine....(p.98)
^ this leads into the chapter "Not-Smart Boy" ....
Kek used the washing machine to wash dishes... and then calls himself not-smart after feeling guilty for his mistake.

Hannah even admits - "Woah. I think this is what they call/ a problem with translation."

Katherine subtly reminds the teachers reading this book that we need to be conscious of the barriers ENL students must overcome.

Literal interpretations like Kek's just mean that the student is using prior knowledge and experiences to make their way in the world ...they are building literacy... provide visuals, be descriptive... and never assume!

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This is a recurring moment for Coyote and Rodeo...

Dan's literacy message shows his readers the beauty and power of story telling... We all have a story to tell...

Plus... Coyote's ability to creatively spew stories like this off the top of her head shows that her years of reading and homeschooling on the road have suited her well.

There's also a story within a story here, because Coyote uses her story telling magic as an opportunity to share her loneliness with Rodeo... to justifies why she needed Ivan, her new kitten.

"So I planted that seed and let it sit there for the rest of the day."
(p. 19)

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Jacqueline Woodson reads from her memoir Brown Girl Dreaming

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The Power of Yes | Kwame Alexander | TEDxHerndon

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What reading slowly taught me about writing

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Reading slowly -- with her finger running beneath the words, even when she was taught not to -- has led Jacqueline Woodson to a life of writing books to be savored. In a lyrical talk, she invites us to slow down and appreciate stories that take us places we never thought we’d go and introduce us to people we never thought we’d meet. “Isn’t that what this is all about -- finding a way, at the end of the day, to not feel alone in this world, and a way to feel like we’ve changed it before we leave?” she asks.

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Kwame Alexander reads an extract from Booked

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the world is your playground

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- Kwame Alexander

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(Joe) “No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.”

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(Joe) “No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.”

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- Jacqueline Woodson

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(Joe) "Everything happens for a reason."

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(Joe) "Everything happens for a reason."

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- Jacqueline Woodson

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(Joe) "It's times like this that I'm real glad I have friends. They say friends are worth your weight in gold."

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(Joe) "It's times like this that I'm real glad I have friends. They say friends are worth your weight in gold."

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- M.T Anderson

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•	Pg 49  “and I couldn’t do a fuckin’ thing except look at that stupid boat painting, which was even worse because now I saw there was no one on the boat, which was even more stupid, and was kind of how I felt, that the sails were up, and the rudder was, well, whatever rudders are, but there was no one on board to look at the horizon.” When he is sitting all alone and doesn't have his feed he is angry that all he has to look at is that painting, but he noticed that there is no one on the boat to look at the horizon- like how he is all alone without his feed.  The painting alone tells a story itself.

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•	Pg 49  “and I couldn’t do a fuckin’ thing except look at that stupid boat painting, which was even worse because now I saw there was no one on the boat, which was even more stupid, and was kind of how I felt, that the sails were up, and the rudder was, well, whatever rudders are, but there was no one on board to look at the horizon.” When he is sitting all alone and doesn't have his feed he is angry that all he has to look at is that painting, but he noticed that there is no one on the boat to look at the horizon- like how he is all alone without his feed.  The painting alone tells a story itself.

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(Jeanenne)

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"HAY, Mom, why'd you BALE?
Sorry I didn't call you
back, I've been feeling
a little HORSE. I
gotta TROT off. Soccer match
today. GIDDY-UP."

This poem that represents a text Nick sent to his mom shows multiple uses/meanings of the pronunciation of words. There are many words in the english language (homophones) that sound the same, but are spelt different and have different meanings.

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"Ms. Marcus wants to
see all my poems. No way.
Some things just your own."

This poem represents how writing doesn't always have to be made public. Writing can be for yourself. Self expression with no ones eyes to judge.

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"Letters becoming words, words gathering meaning, becoming thoughts outside my head, becoming sentences..."

This quotes symbolizes the idea of the power of letters becoming words becoming sentences becoming thoughts with meaning. The power of a single letter to represent the power of an individual.

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(Page 298)
"I didn't just appear one day. I didn't just wake up and learn how to write my name. I keep writing, knowing now that I was a long time coming."
Jackie loved to write, that was her passion. She always made time for it and expressed herself in her writing. She loved the way the letters of her name looked, loved the sound of it, and how it was one day going to be connected to her full name, her own name.

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"I like debates where you argue about different points of view."

This quotes represents how everyone has a different perspective on a topic. Although these characters were communicating through the feed and not in person, they were still listening too and defending their point of view, something that occurs in real life.

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Jacqueline's poem Gifted delivers an important message about literacy. As a successful writer/ author, she shows her audience that  growing up, school teachers often compared her to her sister...which left her feeling inadequate ...but even with these intimidating thoughts, Jacqueline aspired to be who she is today... she wrote because she liked to, not because she had to... and even when the words "twisted and twirled" across the pages... she was able to "catch words." Jacqueline's story is inspirational to young writers.

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(Page 270)
"Nicholas the world is an infinite sea of endless possibility."

Nick's dad is talking to him about getting divorced.

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Lonnie remembers his family "yesterday, today, and tomorrow." There is not one day in which he doesn't think about them. "Writing make me remember." He writes a poem to his father saying what he misses doing with him. Lonnie writes occasional poems about something important or special that will happen or already happened.

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Violet is desperate to fit in with the "normal" kids like Titus. She despises them but wants to be accepted by them. Violet was great at pointing out when Titus and his friends were being rude, immature, or spoiled.

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Tell me, how do you feel about your mother leaving...

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Tell me, how do you feel about your mother leaving...

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page 273

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Similar to a "Where I'm from..." poem... What are your names? How do other people refer to you?

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"Group Home Before Miss Edna's House"

This is an excellent mentor poem (page 15) to show young writers how they can write about a particular place... maybe it's a place from their heart map or a place they love/grew up in.

A Quick Attempt/Example: Vacation
We left for the airport.... in my winter coat, wearing thick winter socks with my winter hat and gloves...
And just like that... after a three hour flight and an Uber to Miami...there I was in my vacation shoes, with my vacation shades and my all around vacation attitude.

Jacqueline is showing her readers that stories exist in all places.. the good, the bad, the ugly. The sense of imagery she provides us with throughout the book is exemplary... Writers use their five senses to explore the world around them.

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The new slang terms that appear in this book remind me of Kek's struggles with our language... (m-chat, boot stick, FeedLink, Onfeed, oneiric culture, lesions, youch, lenticels, birching....) these words are from a list I kept while reading...

While I may not have been able to make meaning of these words right away (foreign language)... eventually, using the right context clues, sometimes just reading on ... and a little bit of googling... I was able to make sense...

The literacy message that you can derive from this scenario is that we have to remember what the "learning to read" process is like for our students.

* One word that particularly grabbed my attention: 'lesion.' ..

It took a few mentions to understand what this was or what it looked like...

lesion | ˈlēZHən |

noun chiefly Medicine

a region in an organ or tissue which has suffered damage through injury or disease, such as a wound, ulcer, abscess, or tumor.

Reading on I discovered that lesions became a "trending" thing to have... (p. 96)

"Lesions were hip now." (p. 147)

... So much of a trend that Quendy eventually covers herself with them... like tattoos

M.T. writes about the characters losing hair and skin ... clearly an effect of the Feedware/ environmental changes (artificial sun, CloudsTM, no real forests...oxygen industry)... so it's like they took something bad that was happening to them and slapped a bandaid on it by "making it cool." (lipstick on a pig)

This also reminded me of Wall-E when they invite the ship's guests to "Try blue...it's the new red."

Social Media can really control your mind if you let it!

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...the crunch of the gravel, the sound of the screech... the sight and smell of the smoke.. the "kill" of the engine

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pg. 202
"he did play beautifully.  And his song was mesmerizing.  And we did all sit there in awe of the amazingness of it all.  It's all true.  But those kinds of words are usually a waste of time.  "Cause there ain't no words or poetry that could wrap up what it was like sitting there listening to that Salvador playing that violin of his.  It was something."
~ a moment in time can tell a story all on its own and sometimes you can't find the words to express the feelings you feel inside, but when you try to describe it you are creating imagery and adding details, feelings and emotions to your writing. You can really see yourself there in this auditorium and you can tell that this was important to Coyote, Salvador and the rest of the group.

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Pg. 936
"Long after the stories are told, I remember them,
whisper them back to Hope
and Dell late at night:
She's the one who left Nicholtown in the daytime
the one Grandmama says wasn't afraid of anything.  Retelling each story.  Making up what I didn't understand or missed when the voices dropped too low, I talk until my sister and brother's soft breaths tell me they've fallen
asleep.
Then I let the stories live
inside my head, again and again
until the real world fades back
into cricket lullabies
and my own dreams."
~I love how she explains here how some stories are made. When we can't remember all of the details we try to come up with what we think makes sense and sometimes our memories get a little foggy and we create our own stories.

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"write it down before it leaves your brain"
~we learn from the mentors we have in our lives and it is so important to write down your idea before you forget it because as time goes on you may remember differently or you may forget. Every moment counts and every idea or memory could turn into a story.

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“Books are fun, Nicholas, he says,
they're like
amusement parks
for readers.

Yeah, well, maybe
they would be fun
if I got to pick
the rides
sometimes, you answer”
~ This quote emphasizes the importance if choice!