Gemma’s First Written Narration

This is Gemma’s first written narration. It’s also the first time she’s ever written in cursive on notebook paper! The chapter I read aloud to her was from M.B. Synge’s Discovery of New Worlds, about Hernan Cortes. Gemma asked if she could write “diary style.” I wasn’t quite sure what she meant. Turns out it meant she was creating a To Do List for Cortes. Note: I read that Hernan was known as Hernando and Fernando. Here is Gemma’s narration: “Ferdinand is not king. Fernando sails to island. Find Indians. Find gold. Find pearls.”