Oh Ivan... We finished the book the week before Thanksgiving, so for a culminating opinion writing activity my students created their own version of Ivan. I took 2 shades of gray construction paper and cut them into 3 different sizes. The dark gray was 9 x 12, the light gray were 9 x 6 and another 4.5 x 6. To create Ivan: 1. The students took their fists and placed it on the top of the dark gray paper. They drew a large half circle around their fist to create Ivan's head. From there we drew…
