Students continue to meet for literature circles to compare and discuss authors style and stories. Students create an individual project based on the second book they read. Students conduct author research. Students will mix literature discussion groups and formulate questions involving the authors. Students will be provided inter-mitten research and discussion periods in which students plan the next day s research and how what they found effects their thoughts on the author.
Students prepare and present group author study projects.
Students use information discovered about their authors to create and share Power Point Presentations. As the culminating activity, students create group Power Point Presentations sharing the author information they have discovered. Students share the presentations with their peers. Below are critical thinking questions for students to consider as they research and explore. Many writers have a pen name they use for writing.