Get
your class thinking about writing fun, humorous nonfiction with Stacy
McAnulty’s Earth: My First 4.54 Billion
Years (illustrated by David Litchfield).
After
you read Earth out loud, here are
some ideas for getting your students writing:
1)
Earth is written in
first person, from Earth’s point of view. Think of an object in your classroom.
Write about the school day from the point of view of that object. Make sure to
show your object’s personality in your writing…is the object shy? A
know-it-all? Silly? Vain?
2)
Earth tells the life
story of our planet. Whose life story would you like to tell? Pick a person,
object, or animal in your life, and write a short autobiography. (Hint: before
you start writing, you will need to decide what are the most important events
and details to share…you can’t include everything, or your story will be too
long and boring!)
3)
At
the end of the book Earth, author
Stacy McAnulty has a funny note addressed to an “alien visitor.” What if an
alien visited Earth and it was YOUR job to teach that alien everything
important about our planet? Write a speech, make a pamphlet or poster, draw a
cartoon…use your creativity to show what facts you would tell the alien visitor
about Earth, and how you would make those facts seem interesting to your
audience!
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