1. Mike the Tiger Descriptive Writing Assignment
Mike the Tiger Photo Taken by Jude Dubois

2. Building Background on Mike the Tiger!
Mike the Tiger is the mascot on the LSU College Campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Read the "History of Mike the Tiger".
Mike the Tiger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Louisiana, he is a famous and beautiful tiger. Click here to see and hear clips of Mike the Tiger.

3. Mike the Tiger Descriptive Writing Assignment
Goal of this project: To describe Mike the Tiger and his habits by using your five senses. (See the web on the next slide to explain how to set up the paragraph.) Final project will involve writing a descriptive paragraph about Mike the Tiger.
It is important to use descriptive words. In the third slide the descriptive words are highlighted in yellow
Targets 2nd Grade GLE #22
See sample questions below.
What would you see if you visited Mike?
What might you hear?
What would Mike like to taste and eat?
How would Mike feel if you touched him?
Can smell help Mike hunt or with his eating habits? How so?

4. Descriptive “Mike the Tiger” Web

5. Have you met Mike the Tiger?
Have you met the LSU mascot Mike the Tiger? Mike is a huge tiger who lives on the LSU campus. Mike is beautiful with his gold and black stripes of fur. He roars loud and he scares people sometimes. Sometimes people scream loud when he moves quickly! Mike loves to eat raw meat. To him, the meat is a tasty meal. When Mike is near meat, he can smell his delicious meal. When my two year old cousin visited Mike in Baton Rouge, he asked his dad if Mike the Tiger was going to eat him? Why do you think he asked his dad that question? Yes, he was very afraid of Mike. It seems that he does have soft fur, but many would never take the chance to feel if it was very soft or not. Have you have met Mike the Tiger? I have and he was a beautiful tiger. I have to be honest. I was extremely happy he was in his large steel cage when I went to see him on the LSU campus!