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Teaching Baseball Pasta

Baseball Pasta

Christina Diaz Gonzalez
"Baseball Pasta" by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, copyright 2018 by Christina Diaz Gonzalez; from HOPE NATION: YA AUTHORS SHARE PERSONAL MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION edited by Rose Brock. Used by permission of Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a d

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

How do authors develop multiple themes in a story?
STANDARDS:

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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