86 pages • 2 hours read
Elizabeth AcevedoClap When You Land
Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2020A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Thought & Response Prompts
These prompts can be used for in-class discussion, exploratory free-writing, or reflection homework before or after reading the novel/book in verse.
Personal Response Prompt
Why do you think people clap when an airplane lands?
Teaching Suggestion: This question can help students think about the significance of the novel’s title before they begin reading the book.
Post-Reading Analysis
How does this novel normalize LGBTQ+ representation in young adult novels through Dre and Yahaira’s relationship? Where else have you seen stories like theirs and how are those examples similar to and different from Clap When You Land in terms of treatment of LGBTQ+ characters?
Teaching Suggestion: Acevedo does not draw much attention to Yahaira’s coming out story, making passive reference to it in relation to Dre and how Mami knew that it was happening. Encourage students to think about how not drawing too much attention to LGBTQ+ characters can normalize their appearance in novels.
- We Are Teachers has a list of children’s books with LGBT characters.
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