About
This resource includes research templates for 21 different children's authors. Students research about the life, awards and accomplishments, books written, interesting facts, and quotes from each author. These graphic organizers help students organize and report on their research of their favorite authors!
Ideas for Use
My recommendation for using this resource:
- Spend approximately 10 minutes talking about some famous children's authors that students are familiar with. Ideally, find one book written by each of the authors included.
- Have each student choose one author to research. Be sure to let them choose an author that interests them.
- Have each student use the point form note organizer to organize their research notes over the course of a few days.
- Use the paragraph/essay page to have students write their research in paragraph form.
- Have students condense the information to create their author poster. Display these posters as a bulletin board display.
What's Included?
The authors that are included are:
- A.A. Milne
- Arnold Lobel
- Beatrix Potter
- Beverly Cleary
- Chris Van Allsburg
- David Wiesner
- Don Freeman
- E.B. White
- Eric Carle
- James Marshall
- Jan Brett
- Jon Scieszka
- Judy Blume
- Lane Smith
- Leo Lionni
- Maurice Sendak
- Mo Willems
- Roald Dahl
- Shel Silverstein
- Theodore Geisel
- William Steig
For each author, the following templates are included:
- note-taking organizers for point-form research notes
- paragraph/essay page
- poster template
What Teachers Are Saying
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Great resource! My students struggle with research so having the templates to use was very helpful." Crystal B.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Very helpful and easy to use for students." Jackie S.
