This is a good time of year- actually any time is a good time for an Author study! When you work with teachers when they are doing an author study the students really get soaked in the authors works and writing style.
Author studies are great for librarians whether you collaborate with a classroom teacher or not. Books of the author you are doing fly off the shelves when you present the author and some of their works.
Always provide some back round on your author besides reading excerpts / books of the author selected. A great site for getting back ground and lesson plans is TeachingBooks.Net. If you are able to use this resource you will find a great many ideas for your author study.
Another way to find great ideas is to look at the authors website if they have one. Prolific authors usually do and they most always provide information on the author. Some have additional acclivities s that go along with the books that they have written.
Make sure you take the time to discuss the authors life, and their works with students. Reading complete books, or excerpts of the authors work of course is crucial. Make displays of the authors work. Have students do a poster , pod cast, blog, or wordle /tagxedo of the one of the authors book is also a great idea to have students really get into the project.
TeachingBooks.Net
If you haven't seen it yet - the current issue ( Dec) of Library Sparks has my article about Non-fiction books passes and how to use them to teach many library skills. I hope you will check it out and let me know what you think!
Author studies are great for librarians whether you collaborate with a classroom teacher or not. Books of the author you are doing fly off the shelves when you present the author and some of their works.
Always provide some back round on your author besides reading excerpts / books of the author selected. A great site for getting back ground and lesson plans is TeachingBooks.Net. If you are able to use this resource you will find a great many ideas for your author study.
Another way to find great ideas is to look at the authors website if they have one. Prolific authors usually do and they most always provide information on the author. Some have additional acclivities s that go along with the books that they have written.
Make sure you take the time to discuss the authors life, and their works with students. Reading complete books, or excerpts of the authors work of course is crucial. Make displays of the authors work. Have students do a poster , pod cast, blog, or wordle /tagxedo of the one of the authors book is also a great idea to have students really get into the project.
TeachingBooks.Net
If you haven't seen it yet - the current issue ( Dec) of Library Sparks has my article about Non-fiction books passes and how to use them to teach many library skills. I hope you will check it out and let me know what you think!
