It's story time! Have you read WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL EYES!? Level 2 Reader yet?
Children can either pick their own animal from the book or put the names of the featured animals on slips of paper and let them pick one to claim their animal eyes. The challenge is to imagine waking up one day and having that animal's eyes for one whole day.
Then have them tackle this challenge: Write a story about having those animal eyes for a day in three short paragraphs:
1. One to launch what happens.
2. One for the action in the middle.
3. One for the conclusion.
Even better if they draw a picture of themselves with those eyes.
ASK THEM TO THINK AND IMAGINE:
What adventure did you have?
Did your animal eyes help you solve a mystery?
Did those eyes help you be a hero?
Did those animal eyes cause you any problems?
Then have them tackle this challenge: Write a story about having those animal eyes for a day in three short paragraphs:
1. One to launch what happens.
2. One for the action in the middle.
3. One for the conclusion.
Even better if they draw a picture of themselves with those eyes.
Teachers: Why not wrap this activity up by building a class bar graph for favorite animal eyes. You could color in bars on paper. Or have everyone line up and physically be part of a favorite animal eye graph.
Put me in your graph as voting for my favorite animal eyes which are on pages 18-19.
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| I'd love to know your student-graph winners! Please post in the comments. |
