The Pigeon books by Mo Willems are such classics! They are a great way to teach how to read by the punctuation and there are many ways the author uses emphasis-with capital letters and underlined words. And the kids LOVE the jump scare that inevitably happens when the Pigeon yells. :)
So we read the books for a week. We talked about Rules (from Depth and Complexity)--what is always true about the character of the Pigeon? We did Venn diagrams to discuss similarities and differences and a chart to map out the patterns in the stories.
We made bubble maps to describe him and asked if he was the type of character that we would like to be friends with.
Then I asked students to create their own version of a Pigeon story. What I love about what they came up with is they were all different! We have been working on thinking creatively and I think those lessons are working.
Here is what they came up with:
Pigeon Wants A Motorcycle
My favorite-I would LOVE to read this book. It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where they had to come up with an idea for a pilot and went with the butler. :)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Airplane
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