Mouse Houses

After reading The Mouse on the Motorcycle, I gave the students an optional challenge to create an appropriate mouse house for the main character, Ralph.  The students needed to use their knowledge of Ralph to create a home in which Ralph would like to live.  The students also had to write a letter to Ralph that would successfully persuade Ralph to come and live in this new home in Norfolk.  I was very impressed with the students' creativity and words of persuasion.  If I were Ralph, I would be happy to live in any of these homes.