Patricia Polacco Author Study

We have been study the fabulously talented Patricia Polacco the past several weeks. We've used several of her books as read alouds to analyze the craft of her writing. We have especially enjoyed the figurative language she uses, how her illustrations capture the mood of the text, and how she is able to bring to life so many personal moments from her life.

As a culminating project, students have access to about 20 different Patricia Polacco books to further examine her author's craft and practice several reading skills:

• compare and contrast
• describing plot
• analyzing characters
• describing mood
• making text connections
• sequencing

Students will complete 3 activities for this project, DUE AT THE END OF CLASS ON FRIDAY. Everyone must do a reading response letter (click HERE see the example below that was crafted in class as an example) and then may choose the other two activities from 4 options. Please see the documents below.

Students have been given copies of the project sheet and checklist for the response letter. In class, the text message has been demonstrated as well as how to craft the reading response letter. We are spending time each day working on these activities, but students may also do them at home. On students' Edmodo account, they have been given the link to this blog post so they can access it at any time.

         Edmodo Login: First name, middle initial, last name   (ex: janeqdoe)
         Password: 10 digit code