On the second day I read Don't Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late then we used the same paper to write things that we say to our parents to try and stay up late. These were hilarious by the way. I had them share what they said with their writing partner at the end of our writing time. During snack time and read aloud I was able to fit a few more Pigeon books in that I found on YouTube. I paused the videos several times so they could pair share schema they had about Mo Willems writing, text to text and text to self connections, and predictions.
On Day 4 we watched another example, this time done by a high-school class where I again paused the video for turn and talks. We worked on the same book we started yesterday and decided on somethings that HAD to be part of your book if you were writing like MO Willems.
*has to start out with a person asking you to watch the animal
*then the animal persuades in lots of ways
*one page written in all caps where the animal is really mad
*the person has to appear again at the end thank you for watching him
*animal has to be looking at something new at the very end (what is his next adventure)
On Day 5 we shared our books with the class, reading the book with feeling and gestures. Then we wrote a letter to Mo and told him if we liked his Pigeon books or not with three examples of why or why not. Of course they all wrote that they love his books and some kids even included which book was their favorite. How do you teach persuasive/opinion writing?
Here is a link to the speech bubble paper.
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