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Jennifer Spigelman 2009
Author Studies Authentic Literature For The Very
Beginners
Jennifer Spigelman
Jennifer Spigelman 2009
Introduction
• Background
• Celebrate The Suessentennial
• English Book Week
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Components of an Author Study
• Biographical Information
• Body of Works
• Elements and Style of Writing
• Written Response
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Why Author Studies• Appreciation of Literature
• Listening - Prosody
• Vocabulary
• Oral – Choral Repetition
• Chunks – Identify and Manipulate
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• Reading
• Writing
• Heterogeneous
• Learning Styles
• Multiple Intelligences
Why Author Studies
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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
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Domain of Access to Information
understand the general meaning, main ideas and
sequence of events in a text
identify different text types
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Domain of Social Interaction
interact for purposes,such as giving directions ,
making requests
engage in short conversations
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Domain of Presentation
present information on limited content,
supported by visual aids
use given criteria, such as a checklist,
to prepare and improve presentations
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The Process
• Reading A Book
• Reading A Biography
• Trivia Quiz
• Reading More Books
• Games
• Writing Poems
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English Book Week
• The Authors1. Bill Martin Jr.
2. Eric Carle
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The Books
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The Process
• English Book Week
• Presenting The Authors
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The Process
• Reading– » Brown Bear Brown Bear
What Do You See
» Polar Bear Polar Bear
What Do You See
» Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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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
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The Process
• Reading– » Today is Monday
» The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Re-discuss Elements
• Song
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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!
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Today Is Monday –Song
• 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!
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Today Is Monday –Song
• 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!
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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
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The Product• Teacher Checking
• Rewrites
• Ilustrations
• Teacher Checking
• Corrections
• Reading Own Book To Parent
• Reading Others Books
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Suggestions For Authors
• Dr. Seuss
• Bill Martin Jr.
• Eric Carle
• Anthony Browne
• Shel Silverstein
• Maurice Sendak
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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
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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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