Craft Lesson Sidewalk Circus

I think that to fully appreciate Sidewalk Circus you must understand the details in the book. I would present this craft lesson to fourth graders in the context of art class. I would have them draw me a story with no words and show them sidewalk circus as an example. The students will be split into groups because hopefully each student will possess different talents. One of the main aspects of this assignment is for student to organize themselves into different tasks. There can be the artist and then storyboard designers. Someone needs to come up with the concept. All the roles that this assignment encompasses will be explained to the students. The art can be drawn, it can be taken from magazines clips. Anything can be used as long as a story is being told in a coherent manner.