[ISLMA-Share] Help with author research writing assignment

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I’ve used moving the person through time for a biography. It should work for author too. Imagine how The Audacity of Hope would have been received in the 60s compared to the 30s. That should get them moving towards an answer that would require them to explain the thoughts of the time period compared to those of the author’s time period. Require justifications for the answer and you should have an argumentative paper.

Sincerely,

Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School

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This is a great challenge.
What about having the students look at materials like those about Banned Books on the ALA website, or We Need Diverse Books, or discussions of cultural misappropriation? Then ask some of those questions about the authors they are researching - do they write about things some people might find offensive, or inappropriate for students their age? Do they write about cultures they're not part of? Should they? Do they do it with integrity?
This could get really big, really fast, so you might want to help the teacher narrow the scope a bit.

Good luck - and let us know how it goes!

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How the outcome of their lives or decisions could have changed by different choices in their past?


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Have they had a book challenged or banned?  Students could argue for or against the ban.

Rachel

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What about arguing for their inclusion into a museum, hall of fame, or exhibit?

Beth



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Hello,
A 7th grade writing teacher would like her students to do an author biography research project that includes an argumentative portion of writing. We have the books in the library to support the author research portion but she's trying to come up with a slant on it to make it argumentative. She doesn't want them to just regurgitate information about their author. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Vicki Hall
Franklin & Grant Middle School Librarian
Springfield Public Schools
Springfield, IL

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