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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

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Writing Instruction: This book is a great of example of how not to win a persuasive argument. The pigeon yells and tries to bribe the reader to let him drive the bus.

Activities: Students will modify the story to help the pigeon form a convincing argument as to why he should ride the bus. Students can use illustrations to support their work. Another activity could be to write a letter to the pigeon convincing him of why it would not be safe for him to drive the bus.

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Writing Instruction: This book is great for teaching figurative language and imagery as there are many examples throughout the text. It can also be used to show how to infuse art into writing.

Activities: Students can use craft materials to make their own art that is incorporated with a writing piece. Another activity could include coming up with a list of words that can be used in imagery and including it in a writing piece.

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A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

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A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker and illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

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Writing Instruction: This book demonstrates how the emotions/feelings of a character can change over time and how dynamic characters are important in narratives.

Activities: Students will come up with different emotions and will write a narrative where one character starts with one emotion but ends the story feeling a different emotion from the beginning. Students could also use demonstrate dynamic characters by coming up with a sequence of illustrations that shows a character changing.

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Writing Instruction: This book can be used for modeling writing about a small moment and how that can be used to form a narrative writing piece.

Activities: Students can think about a small moment in their lives and form a narrative retelling that moment. Younger students could also retell their small moment through a descriptive illustration and speech bubbles.

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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

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Writing Instruction: This book does an excellent job of showing how art/writing is up to interpretation based on one's perspective.

Activities: Students will be tasked with drawing a picture that they believe could be a part of a book. Students will then trade drawings with each other and will have to write a short story about their peer's drawing. Students can switch several times to see how different everyone's stories were for the same drawing. Another activity could be having students write stories about book illustrations that the students have never read before and then comparing their stories with the real story.

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Writing Instruction: This story demonstrates how cultural perspectives can lead to different beliefs and different ways of life. This can be used for showing different perspectives in narrative writing

Activities: Students can write a narrative about what cultural shock someone may have if they were to visit their house from another country. Students could also write a narrative when they felt cultural shock when in a different environment.

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Writing Instruction: This wordless picture book shows that stories can be told in a variety of ways through art.

Activities: Students will receive paper that will be folded into a booklet. Using the booklet, they will tell a story using illustrations with a variety of art supplies. They can then share their story with the class and have the class interpret their story. Students could also work in groups to make a wordless picture book by taking turns drawing on each page.

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Writing Instruction: This book is a good introduction to haiku format and shows many creative ways one can write a haiku

Activities: Students can practice making there own haiku by following the format and can relate to nature like in the story. Students could also work in groups of 3 and have one student responsible for one line in another version of the activity.

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Honey, I love and other love poems by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Diane Dillon 

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Honey, I love and other love poems by Eloise Greenfield and illustrated by Diane Dillon 

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Writing Instruction: This collection of poems is a great way to teach the different aspects of poetry such as rhyme scheme and stanza structure

Activity: Students will make their own collection of poems, but each one will have to have a unique rhyme scheme. Another activity could include having students write one poem that relates to something important to them to include an illustration with it.

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Chick Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault illustrated by Lois Ehlert

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Chick Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault illustrated by Lois Ehlert

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Writing Instruction: This book is great for teaching students the letters of the alphabet for pre-emergent readers.

Activities: Students could draw their own tree and write letters on their tree to form their own story. Students could also make their own story using the letters of the alphabet in a booklet through different illustrations and combinations of letters.

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What are Words Really? by Alexi Lubomirski and illustrated by Carlos Aponte

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What are Words Really? by Alexi Lubomirski and illustrated by Carlos Aponte

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Writing Instruction: This book is great for young readers as it shows the meanings of words and what emotions can be felt through these words.

Activities: Students can choose a word they like and can draw how that word makes them feel. Students could then write out in a sentence how the word makes them feel as well. Another activity could be having students pick two words that are opposites and drawing each one so that they can compare the meanings.

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Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose and illustrated by Debbie Tilley

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Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose and illustrated by Debbie Tilley

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Writing Instruction: This books shows how when using persuasive writing, that it is important to include perspective to show the reader why the argument is important.

Activity: Students will write a persuasive writing piece about why or why not they should have more recess time. Students would need to make sure they write about why their perspective is important. This activity could also be formatted as a letter for the state to read.

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Dear Mrs. Larue Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague

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Dear Mrs. Larue Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague

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Writing Instruction: This book does a great job at showing how supporting details are important when writing a persuasive writing piece. This book also shows the format for writing a letter.

Activities: Students will practice writing their own letter towards to teacher about something they believe should change in the classroom. Students would need to provide details/evidence explaining their argument. Another activity students could do is to write a letter to their favorite fictional character about something they wish they should do differently in the media they are from.

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Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr

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Owl Moon by Jane Yolen and illustrated by John Schoenherr

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Writing Instruction: This book does a wonderful job of using descriptive words to create imagery within the story.

Activities: Students will brainstorm good describing words that could be used in a story together with the class. Students will then have to use at least 3 words on the list and/or other describing words they think of in a narrative story. Another activity would be to have students observe photographs from nature and have students come up with describing words for the photos.

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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond

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If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond

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Writing Instruction: This book shows how the sequence of events is important and helps the story make sense. It shows that there is a cause and effect from the characters' actions.

Activities: Students will be given statements that are written in the format of "if you give a mouse a cookie." Using these prompts, students will come up with their own effect of what they think would happen next based on their prompt. Students will have several prompts to help them form a short story.