Finding the main idea:

Authors talk about reading

and writing

R. L. Stine

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• What did R.L. Stine call the little things he wrote?

magazines • How old was he when he started writing? Nine years old• On what did he write these? On an old typewriter

Fear?• http://bcove.me/0k03ooyl

What did R.L. Stine do with his bike and why?Tossed it in the garage as fast as he could.

How does his fear as a child help him as an author of scary books?He remembers what made him scared. He remembers what it was like to be a child.

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KATHERINE PATERSON

Role models in her books?

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Naming a character

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What are two things you learned about the character Gilly Hopkins

from the previous clips?

• She is NOT a role model. • She lies, cheats, steals and makes fun of

handicapped people. • Gilly has a lot of hurt inside her.• Katherine Paterson had the name Gilly Hopkins

long before she created the character in the book.

Listen and write down some reasons why Paterson wrote the

book, Bridge to Terabithia.

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Topic sentence

Katherine Paterson wrote the book, Bridge to Terabithia because ____________________________________________________________.

Possible topic sentences might end with something like:

…her son had just had a friend die and she wanted to try and make sense of it.

…due to a loss, she felt the need to write a book about a child who dies.

…she needed to process the loss of her son’s friend.

Avi

What symptoms did Avi have as a young reader?

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• How do you turn this statement into a topic sentence?

• What DETAILS would you add to other sentences?

Your topic sentences, read aloud. Awesome!

Excellent!!Way to go for it.

You’ve got some good stuff there.

Watch this clip. Jot down some notes. Then, with a partner, list some qualities

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What things did Avi say make “kid readers?”

• Let’s hear from you and your partner…

You rock He did say that. Do you agree?

You got THAT right!

Walter Dean Myers

Reading is like…

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Listen to these clips and choose one to write a topic sentence on:

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What clip did you choose…?

The urban experience

Books were my friends

Inner city kids