Author Report

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. They need to have at least 5 pictures total. 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 questions the student wants to ask their author (unlike this example). Students should use the information they found in their written report and list this information on each tab in their flip book. 

Written Report

Here is an example of a written report. Students can either print this or hand write it in their nicest handwriting. They still need to type it on the blog though. 

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 would ask Andrew Clements the following questions if we could. What is your favorite book that you have read? What is your favorite book you have written? What is your favorite sport? Did you like 4th grade? Who was your 4th grade teacher?

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 in class by Friday, March 7th. If they are done early, they can give their presentation early. 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.