WRITER'S WORKSHOP MINI LESSONS

Authors and Illustrators

Lesson 1: Writers are called Authors and Illustrators

Remind students that writers tell stories that are near and dear to their hearts.

Show students a pile of Dr. Seuss books.

Ask, "Does anyone know who created these stories?"

Share with students that Dr. Seuss was a very famous writer.  

Tell students that Dr. Seuss was a writer.  He wrote the words to his stories.  He drew the pictures to his stories.

Remind students that not all authors do both -- write and draw.  

Say, "Dr. Seuss did both - - he wrote the words and drew the pictures."

Tell students that in today's read aloud book, they are going to hear about how Dr. Seuss became a writer.

Read The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull.

Discuss the book.

Remind students that writers are called authors and illustrators.

Dismiss for Writers Workshop.

The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull