Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Name Jar


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Title: The Name Jar
Author: Yangscook Choi
Illistrator: Yangscook Choi
Genre: Fiction



The Name Jar is about a young girl named Unhei, she has recently moved to the Americas from Korea. Like any child moving schools Unhei was worried about being able to meet new friends. She knew her name would be hard for her American classmates to pronounce, so she decided she would come up with her American name in a week. Her school friends were very intrigued at the fact that the new girl had no name, so they decided to start a name jar with ideas to help her choose the perfect name. Unhei practices being several different American names, meanwhile she becomes friends with a classmate named Joey who comes into her neighborhood and discovers her real name and the meaning of it (which is Grace). After Joey shows is interest in her Korean name Unhei begins to accept her name and she decides she wants to go by her Korean name, Unhei was also able to teach her classmates how to pronounce her name.

The Name Jar is a great book for 3rd graders, It shows great examples of accepting classmates as friends no matter the cultural differences. In this reading I enjoyed reading the change in attitude that Unhei had after being accepted for her real self. She was able to be confident and brave when choosing to go by her real name. The friendship Joey showed in the book was a great way for students to see how to accept new students in school and make them feel comfortable in their own skin.

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