Each live interview lasts one hour, while author and book discussion groups are available for two to three weeks. Prior to the activity, you may want to ask students to read at least one of the author's books either independently or as part of a class study. Spend a class period or two reviewing the author's biography and booklist and developing questions with your students. Once the activity is over, you may wish to spend another class period reviewing the transcript with your students. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities. Top of Page Calendar Use the Authors Online Calendar to plan for author visits throughout the school year. You may want to print the calendar out and hang it in your classroom, or mark the dates for each author visit on your classroom calendar. A calendar of author appearances on Scholastic is available online. You can use this calendar to help you plan your author studies and literature assignments throughout the year.