Take students to lab and distribute packets. Instruct students to open Internet Explorer, proceed to Yahoo and enter the author's name. Remind students to fill out Contemporary Authors Research as they read the biography. Students should fill in information and perform calculations. Lastly, students exit Internet Explorer and enter ClarisWorks to create a memorandum according to the format provided.
Students can proceed at an individual rate to accomplish task.
Students who finish before others may do a second assignment on a different author. This can be provided as an extra credit opportunity.