Author: Paula Hrbacek
email: PHrbacek@cox.net
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Grade Levels:
fourth
fifth
sixth
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Subjects:
art
reading
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Themes or Keywords : imagination, drawing, cartoons | Objectives : Students will use their imagination, and make their own decision about what a Wangdoodle looks like.
| Materials : - paper
- drawing media
- The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles by Julie Andrews
| Introductory Questions : - Have you seen pictures of the same person or thing that look different from each other? Example: Jesus, Mary, different editions of the same story book.
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| Introductory Activity : Julie Andrews wrote this book, The Last of the Really Great Wangdoodles. She did not illustrate the book, because she wanted each reader to imagine a Wangdoodle for themselves. There are no pictures of a Wangdoodle, only a verbal description. This is also like the Dodo bird, that the Pilgrims killed off. We have verbal descriptions of a dodo, but no drawings or pictures. We don't have drawing or pictures of religious people, such as Jesus or Mary, either.
| Body : Instruct the students that they are to listen to the verbal description of a Wangdoodle, and then draw what they think it looks like. Their drawings should have the features you describe, but it should be their own idea.
Read the part of the book that describes a Wangdoodle, page 10. Keep reading while they work, and they might be interested enough to check the book out for themselves!
| Conclusion Activity : Show and tell. Why did you draw it this way?
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