Each teacher will...

• Show their class one big picture of a creature
• Have their class come up with a list of creature descriptions (focus on adjectives and details)
• Have their class give this list of their creature's descriptions to their cooperating class

After each class has given their list and received the cooperating class’ list,
Each teacher will...

• Receive cooperating class’ list of their creature's descriptions
• Read one detail/description from the list at a time and have students take turns coming up to illustrate each one until their creature is complete

Images Your Class will Make Detailed List From:

Prompts/Ideas for Teachers:

Video Conference

Total Time: 15-25 minutes

• Step 1: Class A will share the illustration they came up with based on the class’ list of descriptions
• Step 2: Class B will present the original picture of the creature
• Step 3: Class A will discuss some similarities and differences they noticed about the real creature and the illustrated one
• Step 4: Class B will present their illustration they developed from the other class’ list of descriptions
• Step 5: Class A will present the original picture of the creature
• Step 6: Class B will discuss what similarities and differences they notice about their illustration and the original creature

Suggested Conclusion for After Video Conference

• Discuss with your class what kind of details would have been more helpful while you were illustrating the creature (i.e. size, measurements, exact shade of color, etc.).
• What kind of details do you think would have helped the other class more?