Posted by Terry Lee Wilhite on
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I found a great idea to make the classroom fun and exciting when studying a book.  This could be used at any level of education.  Younger students would have to guided more carefully.   http://www.teachingbooks.net    Select the Author & Book Resources.   Click on Meet-the-author.  Next click on the movies and slide show.  By using these links the students can better understand how and why the author wrote the way she or he did.  I think it puts a personal touch to a reading rather than just opening the book and flying through the pages.  Questions concerning the author's background could start discussions.  Similar relationships between the author's background and the student's background could encourage students not only in reading stories but also in writing stories.  As a substitute teacher, this is only an idea to be developed later.  I do now know what is available when I hopefully do get my own classroom with students to challenge.