Group Author Study
Working with your group, create a bulletin board about your author and his/her books.
Information to be included:
1. Author’s Name
2. Picture of Author
3. 4 interesting things about him/her
4. Pictures of 4 books.
Those same 4 books:
5. Summary (Somebody, Wanted, So, But, So, Finally)
6. Characters (names and descriptions)
7. List of “Fingerprints”: What are things that are common to all or most of that author’s books?
Be sure to look through the eyes of a child, author, & illustrator
Information to be included:
1. Author’s Name
2. Picture of Author
3. 4 interesting things about him/her
4. Pictures of 4 books.
Those same 4 books:
5. Summary (Somebody, Wanted, So, But, So, Finally)
6. Characters (names and descriptions)
7. List of “Fingerprints”: What are things that are common to all or most of that author’s books?
Be sure to look through the eyes of a child, author, & illustrator
Individual Author Study
1. Decide on an author.
2. Research about the author’s life. Find 4 facts.
3. Find books by the author that you have access to.
4. Read 1 book. Write a summary for it.
5. Read a variety of books. Look for fingerprints.
6. You will meet with your teachers at least twice before the end of February.
2. Research about the author’s life. Find 4 facts.
3. Find books by the author that you have access to.
4. Read 1 book. Write a summary for it.
5. Read a variety of books. Look for fingerprints.
6. You will meet with your teachers at least twice before the end of February.
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Ideas for Authors
MenChris Van Allburg
--own Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic --Houghton Mifflin --Reading Rockets Video E.B. White --Wikipedia --Scholastic Roald Dahl --Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic Eoin Colfer --Official Website --Wikipedia Gary Paulson --Wikipedia --Scholastic Jerry Spinelli --Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic Louis Sachar --Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic |
WomenCynthia Rylant
--Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic Beverly Cleary --Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic Peggy Parish --Wikipedia --Scholastic --Kidsreads Margaret Peterson Haddix --Official Website --Wikipedia Barbara Park --Wikipedia --Scholastic --Author of Junie B. Jones Laura Ingalls Wilder --Wikipedia --Frontier Girl J.K. Rowling --Official Website --Wikipedia --Scholastic |
Authors' Videos on Reading Rockets
If you don't see the author here that you want to research, please use the search engines on the school's library website.