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Title:Grades 3-5 Interactive Author Websites
Author: Linda George, Library Media Specialist Contact Information: lgeorge @ portsmouth.k12.nh.us

Introduction:
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Author Studies are a wonderful way for students to make connections between a book and the author's life. There are many websites dedicated to this project. I will post as many here as I can!

Tutorial: @http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=23

Definitions: Author study: Reading Rocket says an author study gives students the opportunity to delve deeply into an author's life and body of work. Students can evaluate themes, characters, writing styles; make connections between the author's life and work; and make personal connections with the students and author's life. Here is the full pdf file.

Hands on activity: Here are some suggested authors: Judy Blume Andrew Clements Patricia Polacco Dr. Seuss Kevin Henkes Eve Bunting Beverly Cleary Neil Gaiman Chris Van Allsburg Jerry Spinelli
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One teacher at proteacher.net (Viola Swamp) suggests studying Chris Van Allsburg. Begin with his first book, __Garden of Abdul Gasazi.__ One of the main characters, Fritz the dog, is hidden somewhere in the pictures of every other book and the kids love to look for him. Next try __Mysteries of Harry Burdick__, which Ms. Swamp suggests allows the students to write their own stories, and to begin the lesson by reading the book's Forward.

Next, she puts them into groups.

More difficult: Eve Bunting-Books are so different, may be difficult to figure out what the theme is, but they should examine the title. She usually writes about home and how special and important it is. Medium difficulty: Patricia Polacco: Writes about little girls and their grandmothers; often involves a lesson. Lynne Cherry: Writes about nature and how important it is to take care of it. Easier: Steven Kellogg-Works well with ESL, not too much text. Writes about animals and usually uses animals as main character, as well as has the same little girl.

At the end of the week, each group makes a poster about its author and shares it with the rest of the class.

@http://www.judymoody.com/ @http://www.judyblume.com/ @http://www.wimpykid.com/ @http://www.pilkey.com/games.php @http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumps/ http://www.magictreehouse.com/# @http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/

Reflection questions: Taken from clickinks.com/author-study-resources.html: Why did the author write this book? Did you enjoy the reading style? Have you read other books by this author? If so, how does it compare? Contrast? Have you read other books with this theme? If so, how does it compare? Contrast? Do you have any connections to this author and/or her/her books?

Additional activity:
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Read, Write, and Think: Author Study: Improving Reading Comprehension Using Inference and Comparison

Additional resources: @http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/biolist.htm @http://www.readinglady.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=23&MMN_position=13:13 @http://www.readingrockets.org/books/authorstudy/ @http://www.read180.00freehost.com/authors.htm @http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/author_studies.htm

Related institutes

All hyperlinks work
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Sources are cited at the bottom. Use easybib.com; MLA
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"Teacher Discussions, Blogs, Chat, Social Networking for Teachers - ProTeacher Community - Ideas for Teaching, Resources for Lesson Plans, and Activities for Unit Planning." //Teacher Discussions, Blogs, Chat, Social Networking for Teachers - ProTeacher Community - Ideas for Teaching, Resources for Lesson Plans, and Activities for Unit Planning//. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 June 2012. .

"Tompkins County Public Library - Navigating a Sea of Resources." //Interactive Author Sites//. Tompkins County Public Library, 3 May 2012. Web. 18 June 2012. .

George, Linda R. "Tagxedo." //Tagxedo//. N.p., 24 June 2012. Web. 24 June 2012. .

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