The Queen is coming to Littleton and Miss Hunnicutt wants to wear her hat with a chicken on top. After she stands up for her right to wear what she wants, we discover that the Queen loves her hat with the turkey on top.

Jeff Brumbeau, Orchard Books/ Scholastic, ©2003, ISBN 0-439-31895-5

The Art of Hats

Many famous pieces of art involve women wearing hats. Attached are a couple of pages of samples of such pieces of art, with their name, and the artist.

Ask students to choose one to research (in pairs). The team needs to produce 12 facts about the artist, and 6 facts about the painting (where it is located, size, and, the model, the hat, etc.)

Depending on the time you have students may:

• Report on an 8.5 X 11 poster with the picture and their information
• Report orally (2 minutes. 1 minute each) as you show the images on a screen.
• Create a scavenger hunt to expose them to at least 5 of the poster reports.

Follow the Pattern

Students can incorporate their own pattern into a story that they create. Each time Miss Hunnicutt is asked to take off her hat she replies:

1. I will not.
2. I have a right to wear what I like.
3. I won’t wear a (flounder) and I won’t wear (an orangutan).
4. But I will wear (a chicken) and I will wear it on my head.

Student patterns can be either about wearing something, or can be about something they commonly do, such as ride a bicycle.

1. I will not.
2. I have a right to ride a bicycle.
3. I won’t ride in the ditch, and I won’t ride in the store.
4. But I will ride in the bike lane, and I’ll do it in the morning.

For 10 creative writing ideas, click Miss Hunnicut’s Hat to download.