Who’s Your Favourite Writer?

Author studies are an entertaining way to spark students’ life-long interest in reading, a particularly important factor for new readers and reluctant readers.
An author becomes a “writing mentor” for readers as they read and study his/her work and respond to it through a variety of writing activities. This “mentoring” and students’ writing responses help kids build confidence in their writing and even inspire them to become authors themselves.


Kids often bond with “their” author, which makes reading a more personal, fulfilling experience. Like adults, many kids prefer a particular kind of book, such as non-fiction, series fiction, fantasy, science-fiction and so on.
With this very perspective in mind, ‘Know Your Author’ was the activity conducted in September, for students of classes 9 and 10 .
The students were given an opportunity to branch out and read the works of a number of authors. In addition, students also read about authors who write in a variety of literary genres, which makes it easy for kids who do author studies.
A worksheet was given to the students to record their views on their favourite author and reflect on how they personally respond to the author’s books. The creative responses of the students proved that the activity was a success.

 

Coordinator: Carla Quadros