Nov. 12, 2005: Meet Illustrator E.B. Lewis

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Activities:

1. Find a photo that you like in the newspaper. Pretend the photo is the cover art for a book. Make up a title for the book. Write several sentences telling what the story would be about.

2. Select your favorite comic strip characters in the newspaper. Now find a book in today¹s Mini Page that you would recommend to each character. Why would you make that recommendation?

3. Which books in today's Mini Page are about (a) important times in United States history, (b) animals, (c) family members, and (d) children?

4. Write a paragraph discussing three different people or events that helped E.B. Lewis become an illustrator.

5. Use resource books and the Internet to learn more about one of the authors or illustrators in today¹s Mini Page. Use these questions to guide your research:

• When did the individual first decide to become an author/illustrator?
• What other jobs did the individual have?
• What kind of training or education did the individual receive?
• What was the author¹s or illustrator¹s first book?
• What other books has the author/illustrator created?
  

This week's standard:

• Students comprehend and respond to a variety of images and text. Students identify forms and elements of literature. (Language arts: Reading)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)