Author Profile Anyone can be an author

Anyone can be an author even oneself. You don't need fame or recognition to be considered a writer. I myself think that I'm a pretty good author. I think that I have written a few good works and one that I seem to do pretty good in is poetry. Here's som that I had written for another class on my own: Poseidon: God of seas His temper in nowhere near a gentle breeze Full of bravado and pride While you are on his waters, there is nowhere you can hide Give him praise and he will guide you safely to your destination Evoke his wrath and he will show you true devastation With his trident in hand and his body scented by sea foam It is in these clear blue waters that he calls home. This is just one of the writings that I did, even though I don't really think it's that great. But I guess even I could be author if I wanted to.

Author profile New book Nightmare before Christmas

I had gone to the bookstore a few weeks ago and I found the book for 'The Nightmare before Christmas' in the childrens section. It's one of my favorite movies so I was excited when I found the book. I started to skim read through it and noticed that it was in poetry form which was great because we had just gone through poetry reading in class. Even though the book wasn't exactly like the movie (which they never are) it was still so much fun that I kept reading it over and over. This book is perfect for introducing younger students like elementary(2nd- 5th) and up to the wonders of poetry and for holiday reading. Even kindergardeners would enjoy this story in my opinion.

Monday's presentation

Monday was when my group gave our presentation and I think it went really well. Our story was 'The legend of the poinsettia' by Tomie de Paola and what we did was first we did a little guessing game and whoever had guessed correctly won what was in the bag. Then we did an introduction and then a group member and I took turns reading aloud the story which we cut short because we were on a time crunch. Then we passed out some handouts, making a poinsettia instructions, a lesson plan, song lyrics, and a questionaire. It was fun and everyone in the classroom looked like they were having a good time.

Wednesday's presentation

The presentation on Wednesday went pretty well and it was interesting. One particular presentation that stuck out to me was the one for Snow White. The presentation was targeted towards 12th graders and the video clip they showed and some of the clips that were on there was definitely something that would be a high school senior boy's dream come true. The presentation did seem pretty complicated and more like it was meant for an English or Literature lecture maybe and the students would write an argument or a comparison paper. It was a pretty complicated presentation to understand, but it was very informative.

Monday's presentation

The presentations on Monday were very well planned and thought out. The presentation about 'The Empty Pot' was an inspiring story that teaches a moral lesson about integrity and honesty. How Ping had kept trying grow his flower seed that the emperor had given him and the other children, but no matter what he couldn't get it to grow. When the other children had brought their flowers and he just brought the empty pot, instead of claiming another child's flower as his he confessed to the emperor that he couldn't grow the flower seed. The emperor was proud of Ping's honesty and made him his successor.
The presentation on 'Pink and Say' was good as well, but personally I thought it was too sad a story to share with students.

Websites and Books for Guided Reading/Author profile

Some of the best websites and books for guided reading would be the 'I can read alone' books like "My Parents Think I'm Sleeping" and a website that I always get my reading sources http://www.onemanga.com/. On this website all different types of manga or japanese comics are downloaded on the internet and you can read all you want for free. Of course there are also some more mature manga on this website too; so I would recommend that the parents would check out some of the images before letting their children read it. Even though this website does warn the reader about the content of those certain mangas. Other picture books like 'Brown Bear', and 'Winnie the Pooh' books are also great for guided reading not only for little kids, but for older students as well. It has been proven that using guided reading has helped to improve a students reading capability and vocabulary understanding.

Nonfiction books

Nonfiction books can be and are a very useful tool to have in the classroom because they become an excellent source of research for a particular subject or person. A nonfiction to me is a book that has about 90% of truth and facts on a certain subject or person with the rest of it being a little exageration to make the story more interesting. Nonfiction books are also great studying tools for both the student and the teacher. If there is something that a student or teacher can't remember about their subject, then they can refer to a book about that subject instead of constantly looking in the textbook which everyone dreads more than receiving a fruit cake for Christmas. A nonfiction book also gives very good insight into a person's life and they come in various shapes and forms of writing.