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Noticing the Unique and Powerful Craft of an Author

Help me give my students the resources they need for our Author Study unit. This unit requires students to read more than one book by a single author.

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Our Author-Study Unit asks students to read like writers. We pay attention to HOW a writer creates their characters by noticing the motivations that drive the characters and the barriers that cause conflict in their lives. Students identify the unique techniques an author uses across multiple books, the trademarks of their individual writing style. Finally, students are taught to notice how voice and perspective are used to reach and teach the reader. In order to do this kind of work, students need multiple books by the same author to study. These books also have to be on their individual reading level so they can comprehend these fine details without too much difficulty or frustration. Reading from the perspective of a writer, and dissecting their methods of creation, helps students understand the core elements of a story on deeper levels.

Ms. Brandt PS 207 Rockwood Park Grades 6-8

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More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Burn for Burn Trilogy 3 Books Collection Set by Jenny Han and Siobhan Vivian (Burn for Burn, Ashes to Ashes, Fire with Fire) • Amazon Business $33.23 2 $66.46
Linked • Amazon Business $15.49 2 $30.98
Orbiting Jupiter • Amazon Business $9.99 2 $19.98
We'll Always Have Summer (The Summer I Turned Pretty) • Amazon Business $9.31 2 $18.62
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer I Turned Pretty, The) • Amazon Business $9.23 2 $18.46
Forged by Fire • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Tears of a Tiger • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Walk Two Moons (Trophy Newbery) • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Hero • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
QB 1 • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Fast Break • Amazon Business $8.99 2 $17.98
Travel Team • Amazon Business $8.49 2 $16.98
Football Genius (Football Genius, 1) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Level 13 (A Slacker Novel) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Love That Dog • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Rain Reign • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Wednesday Wars • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Miracle on 49th Street • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Chasing Redbird • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Big Game • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
The Big Time (Football Genius, 4) • Amazon Business $7.99 2 $15.98
Blended • Amazon Business $7.53 2 $15.06
The Wanderer • Amazon Business $7.46 2 $14.92
Stella by Starlight • Amazon Business $7.39 2 $14.78
A Corner of the Universe (Scholastic Gold) • Amazon Business $7.39 2 $14.78
Long Shot (Comeback Kids) • Amazon Business $6.99 2 $13.98
Milkweed (Random House Reader's Circle) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Milkweed (Random House Reader's Circle) • Amazon Business $9.99 1 $9.99
Whatshisface • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Whatshisface • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
Stargirl (Stargirl Series) • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
Stargirl (Stargirl Series) • Amazon Business $7.94 1 $7.94
Restart • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49
Restart • Amazon Business $6.49 1 $6.49

Materials cost

$561.52

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$8.42

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$599.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$105.87

Total project goal

$705.81

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $705.81

1 Donor

-$333.30

Donations toward project cost

-$299.97

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$33.33

match offer

-$352.91

Match offer toward project cost

-$299.97

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$52.94

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.61

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