Remind students that revising is the most important step, where 85 percent of a writer's time should be spent. Have students check for errors, make corrections, and prepare final copies. Students may wish to illustrate their stories using a favorite art medium. Publishing and Sharing. Provide time for authors to share their works.
Extensions Look at the author's craft.
Take another journey through the book to collect descriptive phrases that create mental pictures. Then take a journey to collect strong, active verbs. Next, have students imagine they've been hired to create a travel brochure that makes a whale want to come along and join the 5,000-mile journey. Have students create a timeline or draw a map that shows the annual migratory cycle of a gray whale. Challenge students to come up with a list of whale biology or migration questions for which they can research answers.