Get Ready

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Get Ready
Set
Go
Lets begin our author study ! Created by Ana
Zenon
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An author is
a writer
Writers look like this
Are you a writer?
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An illustrator is
a person who creates pictures for a book
Illustrators look like this
Are you an illustrator ?
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An author study is when we learn about the books
written by one person.
talk
write and draw
We read
about books written by 1 person
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Remember Eric Carle ?
Eric Carl
He is an illustrator.
He is a writer.
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Books by
Eric Carle
He wrote and drew the pictures for these stories
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This month for our author study we will learn
about
Maurice Sendak
author
illustrator
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W I T E
T L k
Read
Let us read, talk and write about Maurice
Sendaks books.
Here are some books that will make you go WILD
about this author .
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Books by
Maurice Sendak
Chicken Soup With Rice
Pierre
One Was Johnny
Alligators All Around
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As we read Maurice Sendaks books lets try to
answer these questions
What kind of books does he like to write ?
fiction
nonfiction
or
What makes his stories interesting ?
The repetition ?
The alliteration ?
The rhyming words ?
The settings ?
His writing style ?
The characters ?
Are his illustrations similar to Eric Carles?
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Get Ready
Set
Go!
Go get WILD with Maurice Sendaks books!