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Understanding Author & Illustrator 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? K
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Pourquoi Tales Unit Focus: What purpose do Pourquoi tales serve in the understanding of early peoples about the natural world in which they lived? Essential question for this lesson: Can students identify the unique features that distinguish a Pourquoi tale to enable them to write their own tale? 4
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Evaluating Animal Nonfiction Book(s) Concept: Evaluating the usefulness of a nonfiction book. Students will use a nonfiction book's spine, front cover, table of contents, and index with the help of their research word bank to determine the usefulness of their resource. Essential question: How will you know that your nonfiction book will answer your questions about your animal? K, 1
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