the pearl power point

THE PEARLBY: KERRYANN DANG

FACTS ABOUT JOHN STEINBACK

•John Steinback date of birth is February 27, 1902.•He was born in Salinas, California.•He was born to Olive and John Ernest Steinback.•His father was the Treasurer of Monterey County and his mother is a teacher.• He excelled in athletics, especially in track and basketball.• He went to Stanford University.•He died in 1968

PLOT SUMMARYJuana and Kino are a happy family, they

have a son. But the only downside is that they don’t have money. There so poor sometimes they cant feed them selves nor baby Coyotito. But that never stopped them from giving up.

Throughout the book so far is that Baby C has gotten stung by a scorpion. Along the way there were a lot of complications and greed that led to destruction.

SETTING & PERIODSetting: Somewhere on the border of the U.S

and Mexico. A small village of La Pez in Mexico.

Published In late 1947

MAIN CHARACTERS Kino Juana Baby Coyotito

OTHER CHARACTERS Juan Thomas Doctor Butler/Servant Neighbors Pearl Buyers Apolonia

MORAL Be careful what you wish for Greed can lead to destruction Don’t let money/wealth change who you

are Don’t over do situations over one little

thing

FACTS ABOUT PEARLS Pearls can be found inside of clams Just like the shell of a clam, a pearl is

made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form.

Pearls are just not used for jewelry it is also used for cosmetics, medicines and clothing.

PEARL DIVING Pearl Diving is when you dive looking for

Pearls Can be used to find Pearls and sell them Most people consider that Women are

considered better pearl divers by many because women are able to conserve heat better in the severe cold stresses faced in the ocean.

RESOURCES

My ELA notebook The Pearl packet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_hunting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl http://www.trails.com/facts_23908_pearl-divin

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