Classroom Activities A Dog Called Dad have a coyote howling contest make up a title for the Hollywood movie if your dad was a dog, make a list of things to play with him what would you do if your dad had fleas? the artist lives in Arizona in the Sonoran Desert. Look at the illustrations for ideas about that landscape. Then draw a cactus, mountains, the sky and other things you might see in the desert, using different colors of construction paper for each object. Cut out the scenery and paste to a blue or black piece of paper. Use tints and shadows if you want. read the author's definition of a coyote at the front of the book. Draw some other desert animals and include a made-up definition with your picture. write a story about one of your parent's being stolen by some animal that is found near where you live describe some of the problems that dad had when he returned home do research on coyotes: their food, home, appearance, habits be a reporter and tell the story of someone who disappears and then returns Maria, Cristina and Margaret G. teachers Crestview Public School Kitchener, Ontario