The Impact of Animals

Katie Hyatt
Title Page
 

Launch
 

Literature Circle Lessons
 

Closure
 

Bibliography/References
 

Instructional Ideas & Extensions
 

Alignment to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study
 
 

 

 Closure: 
  • Discuss the books in light of the 4 original predictions that the students made.
  • Have students group up in groups of two students (one student that read each book) and pick a major character from their book.  Have them:
1. Write a letter to their partner from their own character's point of view.  THESE LETTERS SHOULD BE IN FRIENDLY LETTER FORMAT.  The topic of the letter should be:  "The Events of My Summer"
2.  Have the partners exchange letters and respond to their partner's letter from their own character's point of view.  Have them expound on the topics their partner brought up.

For example:  One partner writes from Opal's point-of-view and the other writes from Jay Berry's point-of-view.  Opal could write that she found a dog at the beginning of the summer and named him Winn Dixie.  She could write that Winn Dixie helped her make friends with the people in the town.  Jay Berry could write back that he had spent his summer with his dog, Rowdy catching monkeys.  He could tell how Rowdy absolutely did not help him catch the monkeys because he tried to hunt them.  He could also tell how he ended up catching the monkeys.