Your assignment: Your classmates are ready to create a storybook about the life of cowboys. You choose to write a story that is
several paragraphs long about a boy or girl who ritles along with cowboys on a cattle drive. In your story, the
boy or girl wakes up one morning and sees something in the distance. Tell what happens next.
Your story will be read by parents, teachers, and the other students in your school. You may use information
from the sources you have looked at to write your story. When writing your story, find ways to use
information and details from the sources to improve your story. Make sure you develop your character(s), the
setting, and the plot, using details, dialogue, and description.