Title: Pancho Rabbit and The Coyote
Author: Duncan Tonatiuh
Grade Level: 3-5
Standards*
- Common Core: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1, 3.2, & 3.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1, 4.2, & 4.3; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1, 5.2, & 5.3
- Virginia Standards of Learning: 3.5; 4.5; 5.5
Overarching Theme(s): Immigration, Fairness, Point of View, Empathy, Inferencing
Timeframe: (45-60 minutes)
Summary
This book is about Pancho Rabbit, who is trying to find his father. He enlists the help of a coyote who eventually eats Pancho’s food, drinks his water, and threatens to hurt him in the end. Luckily, the rabbit’s father returns in time to save him. (As an allegory, the book shows the fragility of making a living, the desperation that many migrants experience, and the deep family ties that bind the characters together.)
Lesson Goals
34. Identify feelings and motivations of characters