Lesson Objective

After reading Letters From Bear, Little Fox, The Grizzly Mother, The Moose of Ewenki, and Under the

Great Plum Tree, students will be asked to create their own Collaborative Book. In this culminating

assignment, students will be placed in pairs (one group of three if there are an odd number of students).

Students will be asked to create a storybook that focuses on an animal of their choosing as the main

protagonist. The book must be at least five pages in length and must contain both a written story and

illustrations. Students may illustrate the book by any means they wish (drawing, images cut from

magazines, images pulled from web, etc.), however, the illustrations must pertain to their written story.

Procedures

1. Students will have read all the assigned texts for the unit at this point.

2. The Collaborative Book assignment will be explained to the class by the teacher, and a teacher

example will be shown.

3. Students will be placed in pairs (one group of three if there are an odd number of students).

4. Students will be given time to brainstorm their story.

5. Students will be given time to collect resources for their illustrations (art materials will be

provided by the teacher).

6. Students will create their Collaborative Book.

7. Students will share their book with the class at the end of the period.

Assessment

Lesson Objective Exceeding Meet Approaching Far Below

Expectations Expectations Expectations Expectations
Students will Group chose an Group chose an Group chose an Group chose an
create their own animal as their animal as their animal as their animal as their
storybook in pairs protagonist. protagonist. protagonist. protagonist.
(one group of Group’s storybook Group’s storybook Group’s storybook Group’s storybook
three). The exceeded the five- met the five-page fell short of the fell short of the
storybook must page minimum. minimum. minimum by one minimum by two
focus on an Group’s storybook Group’s storybook page. Group’s or more pages.
animal as the contained above contained grade- storybook Group’s storybook
main protagonist. average writing level writing and contained grade- contained below
The storybook and illustrations illustrations level writing but grade-level
must be at least pertained to that pertained to that illustrations writing and
fives pages in writing. writing. loosely pertained illustrations were
length. The to that writing. out of context.
Storybook must
contain both
writing and
illustrations (of
the students’
choosing) on each
page.