IPS/Butler University Laboratory School

We are continuing with our author’s study in Story Workshop this week.  Before break, the students worked in their groups and made observations about their author’s voice, word choice, illustrations, and structure.  This week I am meeting with each group and we are getting to know more about the authors’ lives and how that has impacted their writing.  Today the students focusing on H.A. Rey learned that he loves animals and always visits the zoo when he travels to a new city.  We made connections between his life and his stories.  “He writes about Curious George because he likes animals and likes going to the zoo,” Donovan.  We will continue learning more about the different authors this week and then start drafting our own stories inspired by the authors soon!

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