Author Studies Project

What do I need to do?

What information do I need?

We will be researching an author We will research aspects of the author’s life and books using various resources and create a power point presentationWe will take what we learn about advertising and what we learn about our author to create our own advertisement about this author’s booksYou will present this powerpoint and advertisement to the class

You will find information about your authorThink of the things we would want to find out about our author

Today we will meet some of our authors through short videos.Then we will choose the author that your group will research

Kate DiCamillo (Teaching Books)http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=13

Kevin Henkes (Teaching Books)http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=61

Chris Van Allsburghttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/vanallsburg/

Andrew Clements (Teaching Books)http://videos.simonandschuster.com/video/72116067001

Patricia Polaccohttp://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=56

Jon Scieszkahttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/scieszka/

Cynthia Rylanthttp://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/authors/cynthiarylant/preview.weml

Tomie DePaolahttp://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/depaola/