As a final project in a unit about authors and illustrators students will work with the classroom teacher and librarian to write and illustrate a book of their own. Students begin this lesson after having multiple encounters with hearing what an author/illustrator is from both the classroom teacher and librarian. They will have completed many tasks such as finding author and illustrator names on book covers and identifying each. They will then move into being an author/illustrator of their own book. This will require students to search their own topics and use resources available to them within the classroom and library with the support of the classroom teacher and librarian.
Overview:
Students will be able to identify and explain the job responsibilities of an author and an illustrator and to better connect with this concept, they will become an author/illustrator.
Essential questions:
What is an author?
What is an illustrator?
What relationship do an author and illustrator have?
How do an author and illustrator affect one another?
What type of job do you have in kindergarten that is affected by someone else’s work?
Final Product:
Students will create and present their own book using a media of their choice (computer, handwritten) and they will defend their choices.
Library Lesson:
These are the tasks/learning goals students will need to accomplish while in the library:
What an author is;
What an illustrator is;
How an author and illustrator work together to tell a story;
Where the names of the author and illustrator can be found on the cover of a book and on the inside of the book;
How working together is so important when working towards the same goal
Estimated Lesson Time:
120 minutes
Have you taught this lesson before:
Yes
Strategies for differentiation:
Some students are going to be much stronger writers than others, therefore each child needs to be pushed accordingly. The purpose is to have students fully understand what an author and illustrator do, how important their relationship is, and how kindergartners can build these same kind of important relationships in their own lives. Therefore, it is important that each child be allowed to work at their own pace and held to standards that are achievable for them.
