Author Card Webquest

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Introduction:

       Have you noticed there are alot of baseball cards available? Baseball cards have led to football, basketball, and many other cards. What if the library had author cards to look at?

Task:

 You will create an author card that contains the following:

• a picture of the author
• biographical information (name, date of birth, hometown, family
• list of books that the author wrote
• brief description of one title by the author
• why you like the author

Process:

    Step 1:   Choose an author

     Step 2:   Read a book by author

     Step 3:   Research the author to find the following information:

                        * a picture of the author

                        * biographical information

                        * list of books author wrote

    Step 4:   Save a picture of the author onto a disk.

                        If your picture is on the internet, hold down the mouse on the picture    and choose Save Image As. Save it onto your disk. Make sure it says A drive.

                        If picture is in book, see Mrs. Rushing.

    Step 5:Create your card using Microsoft Word.

                    Use Page Setup and set the paper size to 6" wide and 4" high. Set all four margins to .25". Using the column button in the top, make two columns. The first column will be the front of the card. The second column will be the back of the card.

                    * Front of the card should include the picture of the author, biographical information, and a list of some of the books that the author wrote.

                    * Back of the card should include a brief description of your favorite title by that author and why you like that particular title or author.

    Step 6: Print your card out, fold it in half and trim it. Turn it in to be laminated.

List of Authors

Barbara Parks	Laura Numeroff
Avi	Beverly Cleary
Marc Brown	Eve Bunting
Tommy DePaola	Patricia MacLachlan
Mary Pope Osborne	Patricia Polacco
Dr. Suess	Eric Carle
Mem Fox	Norman Bridwell
Joanna Cole	Bill Martin
Mercer Mayer	Robert Munch
Maurice Sendak	Chris Van Allsburg
David A. Adler	Peggy Parish

  Resources:

            Children's Authors and Illustrators

        KidsRead

              Kids At Random

 Evaluation:   

    Criteria for a completed author card

        * Correct spelling
        * Include at least three interesting facts about the author
        * Use at least two complete sentences to describe a favorite book by your author
        * List at least three other books by your author
        * saved picture of author in author card

 

Author Evaluation Chart

Criteria for a completed author card	yes/no
correct spelling using spell check
Include at least three interesting facts about the author
use at least two complete sentences to describe a favorite book by the author
Include genre
List three other books by your author
insert author's picture in author template