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Animals are Characters, Too: Characters who Gallop, Bark, and Squeak
 * This eight-week unit invites students to compare how horses, dogs, and mice, are portrayed in fiction and nonfiction. **

Students study how animals and their traits are personified in literature and film. The teacher may choose to have students read varied texts about the same animals to facilitate a whole-group discussion, or may choose to encourage students to read in small groups about different animals and share what they learn with each other. Students choose an animal to research and compare the research with how animals are portrayed in literature. After reading selections from //Scranimals// by Jack Prelutsky or from //The Book of Nonsense// by Edward Lear, students also try their hand at writing a poem or limerick about an unusual animal. Students also begin writing their own narratives that incorporate the techniques and vocabulary learned with animal characters. If time permits, students may have the opportunity to compare how film and print versions of texts are similar and different from each other. This unit ends with a class discussion and informative/explanatory essay response to the essential question.


 * ESSENTIAL QUESTION**
 * Theme Essential Question: How do we portray animals in writing? **


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