Banana Cake

Banana Cake is a realistic narrative about Toby and the relationship he forges with his grieving Polish grandmother who has just come to live with Toby’s family.  Although communication is difficult, Toby persists in trying to cheer his grandmother and succeeds when he starts to make banana cake. The story is told with dialogue and narrative.

The story has a problem-solution structure.  The text is composed of a variety of sentence types.  Illustrations support the text but not all events are illustrated.  Quotation marks and exclamation marks are used.  Large, boldface display type is used to highlight Polish words.  The book concludes with a two-page spread explaining the characteristics of a narrative.

Some words may require clarification: Polish, deflated, blankly, sighed, phrases, echoed, desperate, cream, nutmeg.  The adjectives bird-like and slippery-smooth are used. Simile: like a deflated balloon. 

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