In this book My Name is Shoshana the reader follows Shoshana as she is starting a new school, and her mother explains that some of the children may have difficulty pronouncing her name. Shoshana’s teacher introduces a game to help the class learn to say her name correctly and ensure that Shoshana feels welcomed and happy.This text supports the comprehension strategies of summarising the main ideas, noting details in illustrations, and understanding the author’s purpose. The sensitive illustrations are a rich source of meaning.Text Featuresthe themes of inclusiveness and of the importance of pronouncing names correctly,the feelings of the characters revealed in the text and in the illustrations,the roles of Shoshana’s mother and the teacher,the satisfying ending that links back to page 5,the third-person narrator,the inclusion of dialogue,the indicators of time – as they walked, at last, after school, that night,the adjectives – beautiful, excited, favourite, new, pink, pleased, proud, strong, yellow,the contractions – couldn’t, didn’t, I’m, I’ll, it’s,the possessive apostrophe – Shoshana’s,the single quote marks for “near, far, shining star” on page 7 andthe rhyme in “near, far, shining star” the instructions for the game on page 7.Learning Media believes that literacy is at the heart of learning. Our carefully levelled print and digital texts for guided, shared and independent reading will support and challenge your students. Backed by thorough research and built on current and effective pedagogy, Learning Media’s literacy learning resources help meet the learning and teaching needs of every student and teacher. Learning Media has been a leading education resource supplier for schools in Australian and New Zealand for over 20 years. We bring high-quality, innovative literacy resources to the education community – resources centred on evidence-based instruction and designed with the knowledge of how teachers teach and students learn.Themes covered in this book are: Family, School and CommunityReading Level:12-14 (Green)
