The Dragon Sitter
by Josh Lacey
Projects by Sophie Johnson, Chelsea Wanstead and Jaylee Reynolds
Written Response
Prompt: Imagine that Uncle Morton never responded to Edward’s emails. How would the story end instead? Create a new ending for the story using Book Creator. Your ending should be as long as one email, or about 6-7 paragraphs. You will also need to include both text and images in your new ending, formatting it as if it is an email Edward is writing to Uncle Morton. Make sure you use details and information from the text to support your conclusion.
Website: www.bookcreator.com
Standard: W.2.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Multimodal elements: linguistic and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: organization (email), ideas
Connections: If you have ever wanted to change the way something happened to you, you get the opportunity to create the perfect ending, you wish happened at the end of this book!
Website: www.bookcreator.com
Standard: W.2.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Multimodal elements: linguistic and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: organization (email), ideas
Connections: If you have ever wanted to change the way something happened to you, you get the opportunity to create the perfect ending, you wish happened at the end of this book!
Podcast
Prompt: After reading The Dragonsitter, you will create a podcast using WeVideo podcast. For the podcast, you will be interviewing a character of your choice (Mom, Edward, or Emily). You should ask them at least 4 questions about what it was like taking care of the dragon and 2 questions about babysitting for Uncle Morton again. Be sure to include details from the story as well as dialogue and expression relating to the character descriptions from the book. When creating your podcast think about how your character's voice sounds and the background sound effects for setting your scene.
Website: www.wevideo.com
Standard: SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences
Multimodal elements: linguistic and audio
Dimensions of author’s craft: dialogue, expression
Connections: In real life before you get a job you have an interview, imagine you are interviewing a character and asking them those hard hitting questions.
Website: www.wevideo.com
Standard: SL.2.4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences
Multimodal elements: linguistic and audio
Dimensions of author’s craft: dialogue, expression
Connections: In real life before you get a job you have an interview, imagine you are interviewing a character and asking them those hard hitting questions.
Digital Story
Prompt: After reading The Dragonsitter, you will make the email from page 26 of the story come to life using Powtoon. You will be narrating the scene from either the dragon or Edward’s perspective. You will use pictures or drawings to visually represent the story and use the voice over tool to narrate the scene. This video should be 1 to 2 minutes long. Be sure to use dialogue, sound effects, and music to narrate and express the mood and ideas. Your visual scene should also include images, expression, and other graphic elements.
Website: www.powtoon.com
Standard: SL.2.5 Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Multimodal elements: auditory and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: Expression, dialogue
Connections: When trying out for a play, you have specific lines needed to know in order to get the part and be successful. This activity is similar to that as you are taking a single email and creating a full scene to mimic the email, and give a full picture to what is going on.
Website: www.powtoon.com
Standard: SL.2.5 Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Multimodal elements: auditory and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: Expression, dialogue
Connections: When trying out for a play, you have specific lines needed to know in order to get the part and be successful. This activity is similar to that as you are taking a single email and creating a full scene to mimic the email, and give a full picture to what is going on.
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Infographic
Prompt: After reading The Dragonsitter, you will create an infographic using Canva about instructions on how to dragonsit Ziggy. You should include at least 5 directions on how to take care of Ziggy. Be sure to use information and details from the story when you are writing the directions. When creating your infographic, make sure you include both text, images, and other graphic elements.
Website: www.canva.com
Standard: SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Multimodal elements: linguistic and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: organization (infographic), word choice
Connections: This can relate to when you are having someone watch your pet and giving them a to do list and everything the animal needs to survive while your gone.
Website: www.canva.com
Standard: SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
Multimodal elements: linguistic and visual
Dimensions of author’s craft: organization (infographic), word choice
Connections: This can relate to when you are having someone watch your pet and giving them a to do list and everything the animal needs to survive while your gone.
Mentor Text: Infographic by Jaylee Reynolds