In case you haven't been introduced to the Pigeon yet, he is the star of a series of books by Mo Willems; the first one is Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! We read that and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, and I am happy to report that MOST students resisted his arguments (a few were willing to be bought off by his promise of five bucks).
Then we watched this video:
The students compiled a list of rules that the Pigeon should know. For example:
| DO | DON'T |
| read your book | color in your book |
| keep it away from drinks | drop the book |
| turn the pages gently | rip the pages |
| bring your book back | throw your book outside |
In our next class, we drew our own Pigeons; Mo Willems has step-by-step instructions for drawing the Pigeon on his site. Then each student chose a rule to teach him. Here is some of their work:
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