Author+Information

= Author Research meets Author's Purpose =

Follow the steps below to research articles about the life of your author. Once you have completed the omnigraffle chart, add in a paragraph that address the following question:

Now that you know more about your author, what can you determine to be the purpose of his or her writing? In other words, why do you think your author wrote this particular novel? About these particular characters? As always, be specific!

Step One:

 * Find author biography using www.umreads.org
 * Click on High School Library
 * Click on Reference Material
 * Click on Literature
 * Click on Bloom's Literary Reference
 * Find biography and SAVE to your English 10 folder on your computer

Step Two:

 * Create a graphic organizer about J.D. Salinger using Omnigraffle (see below for sample)
 * Save graphic organizer as a PDF in English Folder
 * Submit finished work to Hand-in Robot

Step One:

 * Visit www.johngreenbooks.com
 * Read author's biography

Step Two:

 * Create a graphic organizer about John Green using Omnigraffle (see below for sample)
 * Save graphic organizer as a PDF in English Folder
 * Submit finished work to Hand-in Robot

**Step One:**

 * Visit www.suemonkkidd.com
 * Read author's biography

**Step Two:**

 * Create a graphic organizer about Sue Monk Kidd using Omnigraffle (see below for sample)
 * Save graphic organizer as a PDF in English Folder
 * Submit finished work to Hand-in Robot

**Step One:**

 * Visit www.jamesmcbride.com
 * Read author's biography

**Step Two:**

 * Create a graphic organizer about James McBride using Omnigraffle (see below for sample)
 * Save graphic organizer as a PDF in English Folder
 * Submit finished work to Hand-in Robot.

== = Sample Author Information Graphic Organizer =

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