HELP!!!!! I am in search of authors for my students to be able to research, discuss, and read in our writing class. I would like to do an author of the month every month (maybe two authors a month?) so that my students can learn about the world as seen through the eyes of authors and readers outside of their insulated environment.
However, I am trying to find an author that writes across genres for children or middle grade readers because we are learning more about genres this month. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Rudyard Kipling and Roald Dahl might be good choices.
Both awesome choices! I thought of C.S. Lewis but can’t read his nonfictions in my classroom
Does Tolkien count? I know The Hobbit is considered a children’s book.
I love Tolkien but I think I’m going to save him for December since the kids will be so excited about the new movie releasing.
What grade are you teaching and what genres do you already have covered? Harper Lee is always a good choice (most people are surprised to know she was a woman), Jack London, Farley Mowat, Tolkien…there are tons!
I’m teaching 5th grade writing and science. We haven’t covered anything but how to set up a paper
Ok, grade 5 is a great time to expand imaginations! As someone else mentioned, The Hobbit is a good one, Farley Mowat (specifically, Mutt or Owls in the Family, I believe both are non-fiction, but I’d double check), To Kill a Mockingbird (might be a bit too political for 10 year-olds), short stories by Stuart Mclean…there are tons out there. I remember reading Hatchet around that age. Dove is an excellent non-fiction adventure story. Some of the classics like Mutiny on the Bounty, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea…lol, I hope at least one of these is helpful.
To Kill a Mockingbird is 9th grade and I think they did Hatchet last year (both great books!) thanks!