Before starting this lesson, review the unit Teacher Guide for an overview of the Animals Through Time Anchor Layer.

Plan Ahead

Students can work individually, in pairs, or in small groups.

Depending on which writing activity you choose, each individual or group will need one of the worksheets for that activity.

Extension Ideas

Here are a few ideas on how to extend this activity:

• Have students take their sheet and write it out in a more complete form on another paper. This could be simply in paragraph form in a notebook, or you might have students do it in the form of a graphic novel, a brochure, a poster, or something else.

• Have students create illustrations for what they have written.