4th Grade Author Report

We did a report together as a class. The students have all seen these because they helped me to create them. I thought that I would post our example on here so that you as parents can see what is expected of students for their poster.

Poster
The poster needs to have the author's name and picture, at least 1 picture of a place that has something to do with the author, and their flip book. Pictures need labels unless they are a picture of the author or one of their books. There should not be a lot of empty space on the poster, make it look nice! If you have too much space, find more pictures to add to it. Also, students are not to write directly on the poster. Students either need to write nicely or type on other paper, and then they can glue that paper onto their poster.

The flip book should have 8 tabs with labels like mine. The first tab is the author's name, and the last tab is the book by that author that students read. Students should use the information they found in their written report and list this information on each tab in their flip book. The last tab should be a 2 paragraph summary of the book they read.

Written Report

I also did a published copy of our written report. Students can either type this or hand write it in their nicest handwriting. Here is a copy our our written report so you know what student's written report should be like.

Andrew Clements

By: Miss Teaford’s Class

Our author is Andrew Clements. He was born on May 29, 1949 in Camden, New Jersey. When he was in the 6^th grade he moved to Illinois. He is most famous for his best selling book Frindle. We picked him because we liked Frindle.

Andrew Clements went to Northwestern University. He got a masters at National Lewis University. He also taught creative writing. As you can see, he is very well educated. We think everyone should read his books.

Andrew Clements has won a lot of awards. Here are some of them. He has won the Utah Children’s’ Choice Award. He also won the Sasquatch Children’s Book Award. Another award that he won was the Judy Lopez Award. Andrew Clements has won many unique awards.

Andrew Clements loves to read. A book once changed his life. He also likes to play the guitar. He loves being creative. He also likes to build things. These are some of his many hobbies.

Andrew Clements spent most of his summers in Maine without TV or Internet, only with books. He has been a songwriter, teacher, and has worked for many publishing companies. Andrew Clements likes to build houses. He now lives in Massachusetts.

Andrew Clements has written many books. In 1996 he wrote a book called Frindle. While we were in the year 1999, he published The Landry News. During 2005, he published Lunch Money. Andrew wrote a book called No Talking in 2007.

We picked Andrew Clements because he is a well-known author. He won many different awards. He loves to read and create things. He is a very interesting person. He is an amazing author who will go down in history!

Oral Presentation
Students must have their report completed and must give an oral presentation on Thursday February 28th or Friday March 1st. This is part of their grade. It must be at least 1 minute in length. Students are expected to read their written report to the class, read their flip book, and tell the class about everything on their poster.