Class Work 4/23: Author Profile

For your warm up, you will each create a brief author profile for Lois Lowry.

Use these two web sites to get started, but you can use other web sites you find as well:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/lois-lowry

http://www.loislowry.com/

Your profile must include:
1. Author's name and picture.
2. Date and place of birth.
3. Description of childhood and family. (At least 5 specific details)
4. Why or how did she become interested in writing?
5. When and why she wrote "The Giver."
6. Important themes in her books.
7. The names of other important or famous books.
8. Advice she gives to young writers or young people.
9. Current information about her. This can include where she lives now, hobbies and family. (At least 5 specific details)
10. One interesting fact you think the other two students will not include.

Please label each topic of the profile in bold.  For example:

Author's name and place of birth

Childhood and family

Writing

"The Giver"

Important Themes

Other Books

Advice

Current info

An interesting fact

List the web sites you use at the bottom of your profile and mount it on a piece of construction paper.  You will share these profiles with the rest of the class on Friday.