[LM_NET] Target: Author Study Questions

[LINDA SLACUM <lslacum@CCPS.ORG>]

Group,
I am looking to revise an author study project I collaborate with 6th grade 
language arts teachers.  In the past, students read 3-4 picture books written by 
the same author.  They were asked to keep a similarities/differences list comparing 
the books.  Then students did background research on the author's personal life.  
Our hope was for students to see a direct connection between an author's life 
experiences and his/her writing.  Since our list of authors is quite varied, it was 
nearly impossible to develop just one set of questions for all students to 
research.  Of course, we covered the basic low level questions (who, what, where, 
when).  The teacher and I are considering a list of high level questions and 
allowing students to choose which 2 they want to answer.  What higher level 
questions do you think should be included?  I will post a hit of results by the end 
of this week.  Thanks in advance for your input.

Linda
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Mrs. Linda Slacum, Librarian
Cherry Hill Middle School
2535 Singerly Road
Elkton, MD  21921
lslacum@ccps.org
http://www.ccps.org/chms/index.html


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