Understand Both Works

How does having read I Know Here enhance students’ understanding of From There to Here?

Describe What it’s Like to Move

Students who have moved can write about their experience. Students who have not can write about a place they’d like to move to.

Create an Illustration

Ask students to examine the illustrations and then describe the art, pointing to different pictures that support their description. What is unique about the illustrator’s style? Students can choose a part of the story and illustrate it in their own style.

The Mood of the Story

Can students describe the mood of the story? How does the text capture the mood? How do the illustrations create the mood? Is it important that the mood of the words and illustrations “match”?