CCSS ELA Literacy: Use information gained from illustrations and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text.CCSS ELA Litearcy: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.CCSS ELA Literacy: Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.The author/illustrator’s team effort allows the reader to grasp on the seriousness, gripping storyline of a riot and how it can not only divide a neighborhood, but how the community can come together, persevering, thus defining humanism on a platform to be used for learning lessons about diversity and community.Ĭontent Area: Social Science (U.S. The literacy device of imagery is well documented. The text can be described as Arial Black in terms of a font style. The textual content relays to what the many conflicts are taking place in the story, throughout each page. The book follows a consistent format of text-illustration, text-illustration, on each pair of pages. Author Eve Bunting maintains Diaz’s intensity with her own contribution to the story. His style can be described as Piccaso-esque.
His portrayal of human figures is exaggerated, compared a realistic representation, as one would observe in a photograph. Illustrator David Diaz captures mood with a striking array of dark shades and thick lines. The primary observation of this picture book is David Diaz’s use of extravagant color. The search for the family cat turns into a story about community through a trying time. The tale is an account of survival and compassion, and the human spirit. As the mother and son are attempting to sleep, Daniel is awaken by his mama to flee the building, due to a smell of smoke, and neighbors yelling, “FIRE!” In the midst of the frenzy, Jasmine, the cat has gone missing. Daniel and his mama are observing people running down the street with stolen merchandise. Mama explains to Daniel that the citizens are rioting. The lights have gone out and the city is in chaos. The story opens with Daniel, his mother, and Jasmine standing in a dark residence. He resides with his mother and cat, Jasmine. Young Daniel and his mother are caught up in some neighborhood trouble. Smoky Night by Eve Bunting, Harcourt Brace & New York, 1994.
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