Author! Author!
Blog Response
Ever have trouble selecting a book to read? Well here’s a chance to share your ideas and see the ideas of others.
Learning intention: Students will deepen their understanding of how authors often innovate on text structures and play with language features to achieve particular aesthetic, humorous and persuasive purposes and effects
Task
- Write a profile of one of your favourite authors. You will find information on the covers or inside their books. Another great source of information is the Internet.
Include: Name, Date of Birth, Publishers, Book Titles and any other interesting information.
- What type of books does this author write? Explain why it is that particular type of book.
- What techniques does the author use to captivate the reader? Give an example of this used in the text.
- What titles of the books have you read. Which is your favourite
book by this author? Why?
- What is it that you particularly like about this author’s work?
- What questions would you like to ask the author if you could
meet them?
Taking it further:
Visit one of the other Year 6 blogs and respond to the discussions that are on their blogs.
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6SC: http://6sc2014.global2.vic.edu.au
1. Enid Blyton
DATE OF BIRTH: (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968)
Enid Blyton was an English children’s writer whose books have been among the world’s bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Blyton’s books are still enormously popular, and have been translated into almost 90 languages; her first book, Child Whispers, a 24-page collection of poems, was published in 1922. She wrote on a wide range of topics including education, natural history, fantasy, mystery stories and biblical narratives, but is best remembered today for her Noddy, Famous Five, and Secret Seven series.
2. Enid Blyton writes fiction books on magic and mysteries
3. Lot of unexpected twists
4. I have read most of her books my favourite book is the naughtiest girl in school
5. That a lot is unexspexted
6. How did you come up with your books
Name: Rob Kirkman
Date of birth: November 30, 1978
Place of birth: Richmond, Kentucky America
Nationality: American
Books that he has written: The walking dead and many more
His areas: Writer, editor, letterer, executive producer
The type of books he writes: Comics
I have read the walking dead it’s my favourite because it’s got a good story behind it.
What captives the reader is that he leaves you on a cliff hanger.
The particular thing I like about his work is that he uses strong words.
The question I would ask him is ‘was creating the walking dead difficult or was it easier than you thought?’
1. NAME: Roald Dahl
2. D.O.B.: 13 September 1916
3. PUBLISHERS: Puffin, and Penguin Books
4. Book titles: Danny the Champion of the World, the BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, Going Solo, and many many more books.
5. Roald Dahl writes many books for any ages, for teenagers, little kids, and orders. Roald Dahl does this so that every people can enjoy reading books.
6. Roald Dahl uses funny and great language. Example: Danny thinks his dad is the most marvellous and exciting father a boy could wish for.
7. I have read Danny the Champion of the World, Fantastic Mr Fox, and my favourite is james and the giant peach. Roald Dahl uses funny languages
8. Roald Dahl is my favourite because he uses great language and make it funny.
9. I would ask how does it feel to be famous?
Name: Roald Dahl
Date Of Birth: Roald Dahl was born on 13 of September 1916 and sadly passed away on the 23 of November 1990. Roald Dahl was born in Cardiff, United Kingdom and he died in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Children: Tessa Dahl • Lucy Dahl • Ophelia Dahl • Theo Matthew Dahl • Olivia Twenty Dahl
Parents: Harald Dahl • Sofie Magdalene Dahl
Spouse: Felicity d’Abreu Crosland (1983 – 1990) • Patricia Neal (1953 – 1983)
Occupation: Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot, and screenwriter.
Publishers: It’s been more than 50 years since Roald Dahl’s first story was published in the USA. Since then, his books have been translated into 58 languages. He is usually published by Puffin Books and Penguin Books.
Other Jobs: Roald Dahl served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, in which he became a flying ace and intelligence officer, rising to the rank of Acting wing commander. He rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults and became one of the world’s best-selling authors.
Book Titles: Roald Dahl was one of the greatest story-tellers of all time. He was born in Llanduff, South Wales, of Norwegian parents, in 1916, and educated in English boarding-schools. Then, in search of adventure, the young Dahl took a job with Shell Oil in Africa. When World War II broke out he joined the RAF as a fighter pilot, receiving terrible injuries and almost dying in a plane crash in 1942.
It was following this “monumental bash on the head” and a meeting with C. S. Forester (author of the famous Captain Horatio Hornblower stories) that Roald Dahl’s writing career began, with articles for magazines such as The New Yorker. He wrote successful novellas and short stories for adults, such as Tales of the Unexpected, before concentrating on his marvelous children’s stories. The first of these, James and the Giant Peach, in 1960, was followed by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and an unbroken string of hugely successful, best-selling titles.
Name: Derek Landy
D.O.B: October 1974
Place of birth: Lusk, County Dublin, Ireland
Books written: Skulduggery Pleasant series and more.
Education: Drogheda Grammar School
Movies: Boy Eats Girl
Awards: Hampshire Book Award
Nominations: Carnegie Medal, Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature
Derek Landy writes many action packed and mystery books. That is what I like about his books.
I have read the skulduggery pleasant series and it has been my top one favourite so far. If I had to choose my favourite book in the skulduggery pleasant series it would have to be the dying of light which is the last book of the series. I thought it was way more action packed and lots of mystery than the previous books in the skulduggery pleasant series.
He uses lots of interesting words and intrigues me into the story like I’m in the story. This is what I like about Derek Landy.
If I could meet Derek Landy I would ask how he thought of these ideas and makes his story so intriguing, and maybe what else he may write in the future so I would be ready.
Author! Author!
Name: Rainbow Rowell
Age: 41 years old
Date of Birth: 1973, Nebraska, America
Publishers: 4
Book Titles: Fangirl, Eleanor & Park, Attachments and Landline
Occupation: Writers
Nationality: American
Book ages are targeted for: Teenagers/ Young Adult
Favourite book by the author & why: Fangirl, because it is a really fabulous book and it always leaves me wanting to read the next chapter. I like pretty much glued to it after I have started to read it.
NAME: J.K. Rowling
DOB: July 31, 1965 (age 49)
Publishers: Bloomsbury
Book titles: Harry Potter and the philosopher’s stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Casual Vacancy and many more.
1) This author’s most famous series-Harry Potter, is about a child who has been cursed by an unforgivable curse, but survived it. Every book has been made into a movie, and it is an intriguing witch and wizardry series.
2) The author writes so deeply, that everything is easy to visualise. An example of this is,” He was as white as the clouds above, slit nostrils and snake-looking eyes.”
3) I have read every Harry Potter book and really enjoyed them. I haven’t read any of her other books, though.
Name: Rick Riordan
Age: 50
Occupation: Author
Series/books Published: Percy Jackson series, Heroes of Olympus series, The Kane Chronicles, Tres Navarre series, The Maze of Bones, The Son of Sobek, the Staff of Serapis
Rick Riordan writes fantasy and mythology books. He wrote this book because he finds them interesting and enjoyable. To captivate readers, Rick Riordan uses different genre like action, adventure, romance and comedy and makes fun and exciting characters like Percy Jackson and Leo Valdes. I have read the Heroes of Olympus Series and the Percy Jackson Series. My favourite series is Heroes of Olympus series and my favourite in that is the Lost Hero. I like his work because he connects to all ages and there is never a blank part. If I could ask Rick Riordan a question, I would ask “What kept you going?”
Name
Suzanne Collins
Occupation
Author
Birth Date [2014]
August 10, 1962 (age 52)
Education
Indiana University, New York University, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Place of Birth Hartford, Connecticut
Full Name
Suzanne Collins
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Suzanne Collins is an author and is one of my favourite. She writes the book that I am currently reading: Catching fire, and has written the rest of the series: The hunger games and mocking jay. Her books are really well detailed. She explains each moment and makes you feel like you are in the book living that moment. I have read her book the hunger games and am reading catching fire but I am yet to read the last book in the series, mocking jay. If I could meet her I would ask her: when and why did you start writing books?
Jeff Kinney
D.O.B : 19/2/71
Publishers: Harper Collins Publisher
Books: Diary of a wimpy kid series.
Type of books: Cartoon-Comedy
Techniques: Fantastic drawing skills and great humour.
Titles of books I have read: I have read all the diary of a wimpy kid series but my favourite one would have to be book #8 Diary of a Wimpy kid Hard Luck.
What I particularly like about Jeff Kinney’s work is his amusing humour and how he can make someone of any age laugh.
I would ask Jeff Kinney these questions:
1. What inspired you to be an author.
2. How do put a lot of humour into a book.
3. Where did you get your drawing skills from.
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