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In this Author Study You Will…In this Author Study You Will…

Learn about Jan BrettLearn about Jan Brett Discover what books she has writtenDiscover what books she has written Complete an assignmentComplete an assignment See what you learnedSee what you learned

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Who is Jan Brett?Who is Jan Brett?

She was born in Hingham, Massachusetts and She was born in Hingham, Massachusetts and

lives in Norwell, Massachusetts today.lives in Norwell, Massachusetts today. Jan Brett enjoys writing in the mountains, andJan Brett enjoys writing in the mountains, and

it takes her about 1 year to write a book.it takes her about 1 year to write a book. When she was 6 years old she knew she wanted When she was 6 years old she knew she wanted

to illustrate books because she loved to draw.to illustrate books because she loved to draw. She likes to take old folktales and make them into books.She likes to take old folktales and make them into books. Jan Brett illustrates her own books.Jan Brett illustrates her own books. She likes to travel and loves animals!She likes to travel and loves animals! You can read about Jan Brett in her You can read about Jan Brett in her Biography.

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BooksBooksJan Brett loves to write books about nature. She also loves animals, and writes about them in most of her books. She enjoys taking old folk tales and fairy tales and making them into books.

Click on the links below to find out more about Jan Brett’s books.

Hedgie Blasts Off! The Umbrella Daisy Comes Home

Christmas Treasury Hedgie’s Surprise The Hat

Comet’s Nine Lives Armadillo Rodeo Christmas Trolls

Trouble With Trolls Berlioz the Bear The Wild Christmas Reindeer

The First Dog On Noah’s Ark Annie and the Wild Animals

Fritz and the Beautiful Horses The Three Snow Bears

Honey…Honey…Lion! Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

Gingerbread Baby Town Mouse, Country Mouse

Beauty and the Beast Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Mitten

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Choose your favorite Jan Brett book to use for this assignment.Choose your favorite Jan Brett book to use for this assignment. Need help choosing a book? Click this link to help you decide.Need help choosing a book? Click this link to help you decide.

Choose a BookChoose a Book

Be an illustrator! Illustrate your favorite part in the book you Be an illustrator! Illustrate your favorite part in the book you chose. Use the resource page to help you draw. Write about your chose. Use the resource page to help you draw. Write about your illustration.illustration.

Write a letter to Jan Brett. Answer these questions in your letter: Write a letter to Jan Brett. Answer these questions in your letter: Why do you like this book? Who is your favorite character? Why do Why do you like this book? Who is your favorite character? Why do you like this character? What was your favorite part in the book? you like this character? What was your favorite part in the book? Do your best with spelling on this rough draft.Do your best with spelling on this rough draft.

Revise and rewrite your letter to Jan Brett. Did you say all that Revise and rewrite your letter to Jan Brett. Did you say all that you wanted to say? Are words spelled right? you wanted to say? Are words spelled right?

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Resources to help you…Resources to help you… Click the links to let Jan Brett teach you about different

animals and show you how to draw them for your illustrations.

Click here to see how a letter should look. Use the Dictionary to help you spell words. Ask a neighbor to help you proofread your letter. Ask the teacher if you still need more help.

Hedgie

Lion Polar Bear

BunnyDolphin Chick

Elephant

Horses

Husky

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Self-EvaluationSelf-Evaluation So let’s see how you did! This form is printed next to the computer. Use this form

to tell me how you think you did on this assignment. Turn in this formwith your assignment. I will fill out another form like this for you to see.

Name:____________________

I followed directions on this assignment.

I finished all of this assignment.

I used my best handwriting on this assignment.

I used my resources to check my spelling for this assignment.

My letter has all the parts it is supposed to have.

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This evaluation tells me how you think you did on this assignment. Read each box. If you think that you did a GREAT job, put an XX under the picture of a happy face. If you think you could have worked harder, put an XX under the picture of a sad face.

Writing a LetterWriting a Letter

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Birmingham, AL 35244Dear Friend,

I am so glad that we are friends. I just finished reading the best book. It is about a girl who goes to school and gets into a lot of trouble. You would like this book. If you would like, I could let you borrow my book so that you could read it too. Then we could talk about our book together. Maybe you have a book that I would like to read. We could trade!

Your Friend,

Danny

This is where your address goes. Look on the board to see what our address is at school.

This is the greeting of the letter. We are writing to Jan Brett, so this part should say:

Dear Jan Brett,

This is the body of the letter. Here you will write everything you want to say to Jan Brett. Make sure to use your best handwriting.

This is the closing of the letter. Look on the wall for different closing words for your letter.

This is the signature. This is would you should NEATLY write your name.

This is how a letter should look. Use this as an example. Ask me if you have questions.

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