Chapter 17: Serena
Vocabulary Words:
gale
subsided
Beethoven
Mozart
Bach
ruffles
splashdown
lagoon
birds
proposition
job offer
Art Project: Draw Louis Playing Music to the Animals in the Zoo
Use the art frame printables included below for your children's drawing today.
Listen to “Beautiful Dreamer, Wake Unto Me” by Bing Crosby, which was mentioned in this chapter, and played by Louis in the night to the zoo, while you draw today:
Make: Italian Ice
Find recipe in study.
Watch this video to help you with the technique:
Additional Books: Same as last chapter, as we are in the same city
On the Loose in Philadelphia by Sage Stossel
Larry Gets Lost in Philadelphia by John Skewes
The Liberty Bell by Mary Lynn Firestone
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Suess
123 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
A View from the Zoo by Kathleen Long Bostrom
Put me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Discussion Questions:
The author tells us that Serena has been blown all the way across America in the storm. Do you think that is believable or is it a part of the fantasy of the book?
What song does Louis decide to play for Serena first?
Louis losts his trumpet for a moment, who had it and what did Lois do to him while getting it back?
What songs did Louis play on Sundays in the Zoo for the people?
Additional Language Arts Connections:
Louis wrote his own song for Serena:
“Oh, ever in the greening spring
By bank and bough retiring,
For love shall I be sorrowing
And swans of my desiring.”
Use this poem for copy work, and ask students to write their own love poem.
Additional Music Mentioned in this Chapter:
Louis plays songs from Beethoven:
Mozart:
Bach:
Gershin:
Stephen Foster who sang “Beautiful Dreamer” originally in 1864
He mentions “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess. I found a version of it sung by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong:
I also thought that this would be another song Louis would like to play : “Dream A Little Dream of Me” by Louis Armstrong + Ella Fitzgerald. What do you think?