Anastasia Suen teaches writing to all ages, and uses "Picture Books to Teach the Six Traits of Writing."
She offers the following writing suggestion at her page:
Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox (Author) and Nancy Davis (Illustrator), is the Big Bang theory told as a cumulative rhyme. (Facts on each page explain the event in more detail.)
This is the BANG
when the world began.
Ideas Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Ask students to write a response to the ideas in this book. What did they think about being “older than the stars?” Use the Idea Rake graphic organizer before writing.
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