AUTHOR STUDY

AUTHOR STUDY

1. No more than 8-10 minutes

2. Handout for Peers to include:

Short Bio of Author
Web sites of interest about the author
Critique of author from at least 2 different sources
List any awards received, and for what
Annotated list of ALL books by the author with full APA citations, done in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

Annotations should include:

3. Books to Display (as many as you can possibly get your hands on!)

4. Short introduction to create an interest in the books/author

5. Short discussion of: author, themes, genres, dilemmas in books

AUTHOR STUDY SCHEDULE

WEEK 2

Isabelle Holland

M.E. Kerr

Gary Soto

Walter Dean Myers

Virginia Euwer Wolff

Robert Lipsyte

Francesca Lia Block

WEEK 4

Cynthia Voight

Susan Cooper

Lloyd Alexander

Jane Yolen

Ursula LeGuin

Madeleine L’Engle

WEEK 3

Chris Crutcher

Bruce Brooks

William Sleator

Lois Duncan

Lois Lowry

Gary Paulsen

WEEK 5

James and Christopher Collier

Milton Meltzer

Chris Crowe

Leon Garfield

Virginia Hamilton

Katherine Patterson