The ancestor in the mirror
a historical fiction novel about immigration
The Audiobook
Note from the Author:
I designed it and started to write The Ancestor in The Mirror as a cross-curricular material while I was working as a Earth Space Science and Biology teacher in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. The main point was to provide support to a group of ELL students who were struggling with different subjects. I started to gather information in 2012 and finished my research when I moved to Boston. I finished the novel in Colorado, in 2016. However, it took me two additional years to complete both the proofreading and the editorial process. The book is not related to any school of educational system. This is an independent work that may be used in the classroom to connect subjects. I am an educational researcher and consultant graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kerney, U.S.A. My current works are not related to the field of education. I produce content for Portal Publishing Services, LLC. exclusively.
©2018 Noel Mendez (P)2020 Noel Mendez
Mar de ojo
An epistolary novel written in poetry
Mar de Ojo is a polylogic epistolary novel inspired by the Koan. Presented as a series of stories, dialogues, questions, and statements to provoke the "great doubt,” Mar de Ojo introduces three or more letter-writing characters, such as in Bram Stoker's Dracula. This dramatic device, also called discrepant awareness, brings to life the simultaneous but separate correspondences of the heroes and the villains that live inside us, creating dramatic tension.
the tree of your dreams
A summary of a language-game
Born in Havana, Cuba, Noel Méndez Machín has spent most of his life traveling. He has blended his work as a professional writer with a teaching career, sharing his passion for both with students and readers around the world. For the past several years, Noel has been writing educational materials for leading publishing companies, such as Pearson Education and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is currently applying his experiences to new books that can be use for both teaching and enjoyment.
Hipertexto 2
the second round of the language-game
Hipertexto was conceived during a trip to Japan in 2010 as a translation game to learn and improve language skills. After two years of playing and testing this game online with medical students from the University of Tokyo and different groups from the Faculty of International Relations at the Ritsumeikan University, Noel found common cultural elements that can be used as cognitive metaphors for language acquisition and teaching.
the ancestor in the mirror
Kindle Edition
Note from the Author:
I designed it and started to write The Ancestor in The Mirror as a cross-curricular material while I was working as a Earth Space Science and Biology teacher in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. The main point was to provide support to a group of ELL students who were struggling with different subjects. I started to gather information in 2012 and finished my research when I moved to Boston. I finished the novel in Colorado, in 2016. However, it took me two additional years to complete both the proofreading and the editorial process. The book is not related to any school of educational system. This is an independent work that may be used in the classroom to connect subjects. I am an educational researcher and consultant graduated from the University of Nebraska at Kerney, U.S.A. My current works are not related to the field of education. I produce content for Portal Publishing Services, LLC. exclusively.