author studies authentic literature for the very beginners

Jennifer Spigelman 2009

Author Studies Authentic Literature For The Very

Beginners

Jennifer Spigelman


Introduction

• Background

• Celebrate The Suessentennial

• English Book Week


Components of an Author Study

• Biographical Information

• Body of Works

• Elements and Style of Writing

• Written Response


Why Author Studies• Appreciation of Literature

• Listening - Prosody

• Vocabulary

• Oral – Choral Repetition

• Chunks – Identify and Manipulate


• Reading

• Writing

• Heterogeneous

• Learning Styles

• Multiple Intelligences

Why Author Studies


The National Curriculum

Domain of Appreciation of

Literature and Culture

familiar with age- appropriate

literary texts

communicate a personal response,

verbally and/or visually, to a literary text


Domain of Access to Information

understand the general meaning, main ideas and

sequence of events in a text

identify different text types


Domain of Social Interaction

interact for purposes,such as giving directions ,

making requests

engage in short conversations


Domain of Presentation

present information on limited content,

supported by visual aids

use given criteria, such as a checklist,

to prepare and improve presentations


http://www.seussentennial.com/


The Process

• Reading A Book

• Reading A Biography

• Trivia Quiz

• Reading More Books

• Games

• Writing Poems


English Book Week

• The Authors1. Bill Martin Jr.

2. Eric Carle


The Books

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The Process

• English Book Week

• Presenting The Authors


The Process

• Reading– » Brown Bear Brown Bear

What Do You See

» Polar Bear Polar Bear

What Do You See

» Chicka Chicka Boom Boom


The Process

• The Elements/ Style• Repetition• Question and Answers• Imagination• Animals• Colours• ABC• Short Sentences• Changing Characters• Patterns• Rhyme• Rhythm• Sense of Progression– Building Up


The Process

• Reading– » Today is Monday

» The Very Hungry Caterpillar

• Re-discuss Elements

• Song


Today Is Monday –Song

• Today is MondayMonday -- string beansAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!

• Today is TuesdayTuesday -- spaghettiAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!

• Today is WednesdayWednesday -- soupAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!



• Today is ThursdayThursday -- roast beefAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!

• Today is FridayFriday -- fresh fishAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!



• Today is SaturdaySaturday -- chickenAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!

• Today is SundaySunday -- ice creamAll you hungry children, come and eat it up!


The Process

• Games» Days of the Week--Sequencing» Food

• Manipulating Song

• Worksheets


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The Product

• Ideas For Writing Self Written Books

• Scaffolding• Choosing Book• Ideas for Characters, Foods, Etc..• Pattern Worksheet• Booklet• Checklist

• First Draft


The Product• Teacher Checking

• Rewrites

• Ilustrations

• Teacher Checking

• Corrections

• Reading Own Book To Parent

• Reading Others Books


Suggestions For Authors

• Dr. Seuss

• Bill Martin Jr.

• Eric Carle

• Anthony Browne

• Shel Silverstein

• Maurice Sendak


Resources

• Author Official Sites– www.shelsilverstein.com – http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html– http://www.seussville.com/

• Teaching Sites– http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Dr__Seuss– http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3234

• Sites By Book Names– http://www.makinglearningfun.com/index.html

http://www.shelsilverstein.com/

http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

http://www.seussville.com/

http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Dr__Seuss

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3234


Resources For Chicka Chicka Boom Boomhttp://www.kizclub.com/storypatterns/chickachicka(C).pdf

http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/104.shtml

http://www.kinderthemes.com/chickaboom.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QdN-HYp46c&feature=related this is video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED4aZ3nAnw8 this is video

http://www.thevirtualvine.com/ccbb.html

http://www.teachingheart.net/chickaboom.html

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