When Angels Sing by Mahin Carlos Santana Biography 26 Extension Activities

Winner of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor and a Robert F. Sibert Honor for 2019.

This resource has 26 NO PREP book extension activities to use when you share When Angels Sing The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana by Michael Mahin in your elementary classroom or school library.

Follow the life of Carlos Santana as he grows up and discovers the type of music that makes his soul happy and his angels sing.

Activities included in this resource:

• Cover Page
• Cover Story Pre-Reading Activity
• Making Connections Before Reading
• Making Connections to the Music (THIS REQUIRES TEACHER TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENTAL SANTANA SONG – THERE ARE MANY TO CHOOSE FROM)
• Let’s Take a Picture Walk (2 Activities)
• I Wonder… Formulating Questions
• Comprehension Questions and Answer Key
• Compare and Contrast Carlos and You
• Story Map
• Making Changes
• Main Character Portrait
• All About Carlos
• Identifying Problems and Solutions
• Making Connections: Text to Self
• Making Connections: Text to Text
• Making Connections: Text to World
• What Do You Think? Writing Activity
• Time Line
• What is the Lesson?
• Cover Art (Design a New Cover)
• 3-2-1 Summarizing Activity
• Word Search
• Book Review – 3 Options (Writing Only, Picture Only, Writing / Picture Combo)