In the past I have had my 4th grade students conduct an author study on an author of their choice. It is mostly an independent project done as homework. We start in January and the project concludes in June. The students must read 4 books written by their author to read and respond differently to, they research and write a short biography of their author (done in school), write a letter to their author (school) and then create a poster (HW)and a short reflection (hw) about what they've learned about their author's craft. I use Patricia Polacco books to model the process in school. I try to have the responses mirror a response that we are working on in class so they have responded in this way before. Last year the students wrote a character change paper, a book review, a poem and made a picture book for their responses. They love it and when they get mail from their authors it send them over the edge they are so jazzed up! We have a celebration at the end of the year to celebrate all their hard work! We touch on different genres of writing and have great discussions. Sue In a message dated 8/7/2009 9:10:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jmdi...@k12.carr.org writes:
I'm a fifth grade teacher that wants to do author studies this year. Does anyone have any ideas they can share on how you do them? In the past I felt they took up a lot of my direct instruction time. I'd like to hear how you fit them in with teaching the comprehension stratgies, literature circles, reading workshop, etc. Any recommendations of authors for 5th grade? Thank you. Joanne Maryland _________________________________________________________________ Get free photo software from Windows Live http://www.windowslive.com/online/photos?ocid=PID23393::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-U S:SI_PH_software:082009 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
