Article, Writing Prompts
Too Many Tamales Writing Prompt
What would students do if faced with a problem like the one that Maria, the story's main character, encountered?
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5
About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 4.2
Lexile Measure: 670L
Guided Reading Level: M
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Comedy and Humor, Realistic Fiction
Subject: Cooking, Ceremony and Tradition, Extended Families, Christmas, Hispanic and Latin American
Problem Solving
Maria tries to solve the problem of the lost ring by making her cousins help her eat all the tamales. How could Maria have approached this problem differently? Ask students what they might do if faced with a problem like Maria's.
Have students use the computer to write letters to Maria in which they offer her a different way to solve her problem.
- Subjects:Literature Appreciation, Letter Writing, Literary Response, Writing Prompts, Educational Technology
- Skills:Writing
