Authors Profile EDRG 3321 MW

As I was researching non fictions books when I came across Doreen Rapaport. She is a author who has written several history non fictions books. When I was reading her website I the reason why she feels so passionately about writing these books. "In 1965, I went to Mc Comb, Mississippi, to teach at a freedom school. The experience changed my life. I met "extraordinary ordinary"people — black Americans who had been deprived of rights that I took for granted, and who were threatened with death every day. Their courage inspired me. They were heroic. I knew there had to be many more "unknown heroes," people who helped change history. I set out to recover and write about this "lost" history. That was more than seventeen years ago."

Here is her website http://www.doreenrappaport.com/index.html Check it out if you can.

Non-Fiction MW 11 - 12:30

When I think about non-fiction literature the first thing that used to come to my mind what boring, picture less, textbooks or encyclopedias. After today's lecture I have done a 180 in my way of thinking. After seeing all of the different types of non-fictions books that are available for use in the daily classroom setting. I think that most students have a negative view when it comes to textbooks so anytime that I have the opportunity to use other books I will definitely be using these books in my classroom.

MW 11:00 a.m. Authors Profile

America Votes: How is Our President Elected by Linda Granfield is a non-fiction book that could be used in a 3rd grade social studies/history class. This is picture book that was originally an essay. Granfield took the essay and broke it into sections that make the election process easy for students to understand. Through out this book the students will learn about ballots, voting machines, referendums, the electoral college, presidential responsibilities, debates, and more. The pictures and information in this book are great. It would be a great way to keep students engaged in the government system.



http://www.lindagranfield.com/home.html This is Linda Granfields website. As I was looking up some more information about her I came across her page. This site is full of historical picture books and chapter books that would be great for students to work with. The picture books will help them stay engaged but will also teach them tons about history. She also has a section of activities that would be a great tool as well. Check it out if you can!

MW 3321 11:00a.m. My favorite books

I really love anything that is by Nicholas Sparks. He is a romance writer, most people know him from the movie The Notebook. This movie was based from his book. And I must say the book is much better!!! He also wrote Nights in Rodanthe, which is a fairly new movie that just came out. And yet again the book is so much better, he gives so much detail that you don't get to experience when you watch the movie. Most of his books make me cry and there are few that I have come across that I don't like. The Wedding, was a hard one to get into because it is slow to start but once it took off I couldn't put it down.

I have recently discovered Emily Giffin, I am currently reading her newest book, Love the One Your With. It's yet again another love story. It's about a lady who is just married and runs into her old lover, which of course stirs up old feeling. In the end she must choose between her husband and old flame. I have only read to chapter 4 but so far it has been great!

And last but not least you can't forget Twilight. I always said that I would NEVER pick up that book, but once I did I was not able to put it down. How could you with a main character like Edward Cullen!!!!!

Authors Profile EDRG 3321 MW

Dr. Seuss is one of the most well known childrens author of all time. The way that he uses his ryhming words, crazy situation and pictures seems to draw all different types of students to his work. When I was growing up my favorite story by him was The Foot Book, in this story it's all about feet, black feet, white feet, fury brown feet. Feet, feet, feet how many feet can you meet. My sisters and I use to run around the house repeating this over and over.

As I was looking around for information on Dr. Seuss I found his website. http://www.seussville.com/ As soon as you enter the URL you are greeted by the cat in the hat, just one of many of Seuss crazy characters. On this website you will find information about him, different games, color pages, events that are being held and much more. This would be a good website to get different fun activities for students off of. If you have a chance, check it out!

Chapter 7 Picture Books

"Picture books are the marriage of literature and fine arts into a unique form." I just love this quote that Mrs. Pickett start our class off with today! It is a great way to describe picture books. Picture books in my opinion are the best and at times the most important to use with our students. They help to keep students of all ages engaged in the story and provide a visual imagine that can provoke more discuss. I love that we can get pictures books in any subject area now.

One of the most interesting parts of picture books is the visual elements and the different types of media that is used. Everything thing from lines, color, shape, texture and design can and do represent something different. Color has always been the best part of picture books for me. By just looking at the color on the page it sets the tone for the story. You can infer quite a bit of information just by observing what colors are used.

There was a lot of information given throughout this chapter about picture books that we can use to help us as teachers chose the best ones for our students!