Signature Assignment: Children’s Literature Blog, Author Study Unit
This week’s spotlight on your blog is on responding to literature to demonstrate reading comprehension. You’d like to feature author studies and literature units that can be used for a variety of reading abilities.
Create an author study blog post that includes the following information:
175- to 260-word author biography, including:
The author’s website/social media link, if applicable
2 of the author’s most well-known books with its genre
Explanation of how students of 2 different reading levels will benefit from this author study (i.e., the lessons they can learn from this author)
Comparison of the author study for 2 different reading levels. Identify the following information in a chart:
Literature unit
2 reading objectives for this unit
Assessment description: 175-word description of an assessment that promote creative and critical thinking for one of your objectives
2 writing objectives for this unit
Assessment description: 175-word description of an assessment that promote creative and critical thinking for one your objectives
Examples of topics from one other content area you might be able to address within this unit
175-word description of a summative activity to do at the end of the unit that assesses the purpose/goal of the unit
Description of benefits to completing an author study for the reading level
Include citations within your blog entry for any resources you consulted. Add the references to the bottom of your blog entry.
