Metamorphosis through Journey: A Language Arts Learning Center by

Character Metamorphosis

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 17:33:13 UTC

With a partner, discuss the characters using adjectives to describe how they act and what they did in the story. What major events caused the characters in the story to change? Did the changes benefit the characters? Write down your thoughts from the discussion.

Books to choose from:

Benny & Penny in Just Pretend

Tiger vs Nightmare

Jabari Jumps

Owly

Illustration Communication

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 18:36:08 UTC

With a partner, go through the book of your choice and describe each illustration. Use sticky notes to write down your thoughts for each illustration.

Books to choose from:

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

Out of Nowhere (hint: look at the colors)

Tiger vs Nightmare

Tad

Stages of Metamorphosis

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 18:49:24 UTC

Using the book of your choice from the choices below, draw the life cycle of either a frog or butterfly using a pencil and crayons. Label the stages if you know them.

Books to choose from:

Tad

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

Out of Nowhere

Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian

Explore Character Interactions

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 19:05:25 UTC

Explain to your partner how the main characters interact with each other and how their actions affect their relationship.

Books to choose from:

Tiger vs Nightmare

Benny & Penny

Peter & Ernesto

Owly

Maria Merian's Journal

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 19:12:34 UTC

After reading Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian, write a journal entry as Maria. Write down how you feel about living in the Middle Ages and how you record the metamorphosis of a butterfly. Add sketches you think she would have drawn.

Imaginative Journeys

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 19:43:04 UTC

Describe the purpose of the adventures in your book to your partner. How did the characters use their imaginations to make the journeys more exciting or scarier? How did their journeys change them? Write down any thoughts you might want to share with the class.

Books to choose from:

Sato the Rabbit

Benny & Penny

Tiger vs Nightmare

Peter & Ernesto

Illustrating Stories

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 19:58:59 UTC

Using your tablet, draw at least 5 pictures that could replace illustrations in the book you chose. Try to make your illustrations represent the story so that they tell the story. You can use a blank canvas or make a comic strip with the template.

Books to choose from:

Jabari Jumps

Out of Nowhere

Tad

Tiger vs Nightmare

Retelling Stories

delaynapennington — 2025-04-26 20:35:21 UTC

After you and your partner read the same story, tell the story to each other. Use the hourglass timer to talk about the story for 30 seconds, then let your partner talk for 30 seconds. Continue until the story is over. Tell your partner if they missed any important events.

Books to choose from:

The Caterpillar and the Polliwog

Tad

Jabari Jumps

Out of Nowhere