Web Drop In Author Activity

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Jerry Spinelli

Go to www.kidsreads.com Click on the authors link. Scroll down to Jerry Spinelli or hit the ‘S’. Next, click on Spinelle’s name. READ.

Did you read an autobiography or biography?____________________________________________

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Jerry Spinelli has written many books that hold the riveting attention of readers. At this Kids Reads site, discover a title of one of Spinelli’s books, the genre he writes in, and where he gets the ideas that he writes about.

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Genre: ____________________________________________________________________________

List two places where Spinelli acquires his ideas for writing.

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Now, write a five sentence paragraph about what you like or would like to write about.

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