4.+A+memory+of+elephants

Back to Naomi Leon page __**A memory of elephants**__ ** Summary: ** A memory of elephants is the chapter in Becoming Naomi Leon where   Naomi, Gram, and Owen go with Fabiola to her house. They pass Lulu, the poodle, and the makeshift  wire chicken coop. They see Bernardo and go into the house. Once they are all sitting in their usual spots,  they talk about Skyla (Terri Lynn). Once they finish, Gram takes the kids back to the house. Naomi knows  that Skyla doesn't fit any of her preffered moms's jobs: 1. School and community voulunteer, 2. Business  Woman, or 3. Plant Nursery worker. She remembers being with her dad in a rainstorm, with rain leaking  through the roof, thunder and lightning, and her crying. She sees pink, blue and yellow in the dripping water. Her dad takes her and Owen to the church and to get her mind off the big storm, her father carves an elephant from a bar  of soap and gives it to her. After that, he never came back. Naomi takes out a family of soap elephants and puts them  on her shelf to protect her dreams.

** Splendid Word: spacious ** - (adj) large or vast  in size or capacity. (pg 35) ** Simile "Whenever I try to speak spanish, the words feel like marbles in my mouth" **  It is hard for Naomi to speak Spanish   This simile uses the word **like**   (pg 35)