The Relatives Came was written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Stephen Gammell. It was published by Aladdin Paperbacks in 1985 as a picture book and has received a Caldecott Honor Award for it's illustrations. A basic summary of this story is how relatives come to visit from Virginia and the narrator talks about all the things they do together while they stay. This is a good source of literature because it is of good quality. It's plot is humorous and likeable, and it's not too predictable. If you're from a big southern family like mine, it's also very relatable.
Throughout the story, I would ask these discussion questions:
Beginning
Who came to visit?
Where do they live?
What did they bring with them?
What time of day did they leave at?
Did they travel far?
What time of year was it? |
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Middle
What happened when the relatives arrived?
What did they do during their stay?
Where they happy? How could you tell?
Did they stay long? |
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End
Where did the relatives go?
Did it take them a long time to get home?
What did they see on their way home?
What did they do when they got home? |
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A good follow-up activity to do with the class is to have them write about an experience or experiences they have had with relatives like the story. I would give them an example first of a short story about a time with my relatives.
Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
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