I am an author

Book Making.

Book Making is all about children making their own books and becoming authors.  It is a delightful, engaging and interactive way to get children excited about writing and reading. This approach empowers children to see themselves as competent writers and honours children’s prior learning. It is used in all our early years classes as part of English lessons. Children are encouraged to write books abouttopics they are familiarwith and are experts in. At times, there will be some encouragement to create a book about a set topic or there will be examples of books to use as a guide (mentor books). Books may be linked to other curriculum areas.

Wonderings about Book Making.

"Book Making makes me feel happy. Book Making is writing a book about something that you like. You can draw pictures. Book Making helps me get better at spelling." (Hayley R. M1)

"Book Making is fun and very educational. It helps me get better at writing." (Isabella A. M1)

"I like making books because I get to be the author. I can make up my own books and not copy books." (John Z. M1)

"Book Making makes me feel good. It is about making books and writing." (Alishba M2)

"Book Making is good because you get to see what you are doing. Book Making helps me write and read." (Calvin V. M1)

Genre

This semester we are working on the following genres:

Information Report - The purpose of an information report is to provide us with facts and generally describe objects. Information reports are presented in an organised manner.

Narrative - A narrative is a text that tells a story. The story can be realistic, imagined or a mixture of both. The goal of a narrative is to connect the reader with the text and the characters and events that occur within the story. Narratives involve a problem and a solution.