After reading the hand-out, I can't help remember what Francisco says about the story, Rain of Gold. Francisco says, “It was a huge book of 562 pages and only one of several we had to read. I felt overwhelmed and hopeless. Reading in English was slow and such hard work!” When he first saw the book he felt very doomed to failure and discouraged. However, when Francisco read the first few chapters he couldn’t put the book down.
I think this story shows us that despite the size of the book, we must take a greater look inside it and find some aspect of it that we can relate to. I think that teachers need to find books that are culturally relevant like this article talks about, so that students will be able to connect on a greater level with the book much like Francisco did.
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