Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
Common Core
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.3
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.1
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.2
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.5.3
Virginia Standards of Learning
3.5
4.5
5.5
Grade Level
Time Frame
45-60 minutes
Overarching Themes
Lesson Goals
1. Identify feelings and motivations of characters
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.)