![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Students prepared artwork, books, and questions to share with the illustrator during a virtual school visit. They turned shapes into people, tried a technique with watercolors called “glazing,” and illustrated their own stories. During Zoom meetings, they watched a series of instructional art videos with Ransome on KitLit TV. Young writers were particularly drawn to the illustrations. One student drew a portrait of Ransome in preparation for the virtual visit. Additionally, the storyline was one that many children could connect with during the pandemic-siblings spending time together and going on a walk to the store. Johnson’s text includes repetition, dialogue, and sentence structures that students could approximate in their own writing. While writing personal narratives in fall 2020, Kelsey’s class studied a mentor text: Do Like Kyla (Scholastic), written by Angela Johnson and illustrated by James Ransome. Gaia Cornwell’s Jabari Jumps (Candlewick) illustrates optimism and strategies for releasing fear. ![]()
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