My class enjoys listening to all the things that get the boy upset. And when he gets upset, he turns into Crankenstein!
So I thought it would be fun to have the students create a collage as themselves as Crankenstein, and then write about what turns them into the cranky monster.
After reading the book a few times, I had the students do a Think-Pair-Share about what makes them Crankenstein.
We created this circle map with some of the results.
Then they got started on their collages! I copied the head shape onto green paper, because otherwise most of the heads would be the size of a quarter!!! But I let them create the rest of the monster head on their own.
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I showed them how to cut and curl hair.
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When the head was done, they wrote about what turns them into Crankenstein.
Here are some of the finished creations!
I am CRANKENSTEIN when...
...mom tells me to take a shower.
...my sister spills water on my Legos.
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...mom tells me to clean my room.
...I do my homework.
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...I stay up too late
I can relate to that last one!
I did a similar feelings lesson last year with the book Sometimes I'm Bombaloo by Rachel Vail. You can read that blog post {HERE}.
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