Cynthia rylant author biography worksheet

  • Over 300 pages of graphic organizers and responses that support an Author Study of Cynthia Rylant!
  • The Cynthia Rylant Author Study has facts about the author and balanced literacy activities.
  • About This Quiz & Worksheet.

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    Did you know an author study of Cynthia Rylant's life and her literary work can build critical thinking skills? By researching authors, students compare and contrast, analyze information, generate questions and more! 

    Most importantly, students’ draw parallels between themselves as writers and readers when they compare themselves to well known writers such as Cynthia Rylant.

    This provides key facts about Cynthia Rylant's life and literary works. Complete with independent worksheets and writing pages, this enhet has everything your students need to learn about Cynthia Rylant.

    ✅What’s Included: 

    2 Biography Posters

    Cover Page (to man a booklet)

    Printable Worksheets:

    -6 Facts about Cynthia Rylant (with word bank)

    -5 Facts about Cynthia Rylant (writing)

    -About the Author

    -Compare the Books

    -Match the Characters

    -I Can Describe Cynthia Rylant

    -I Can Describe Cynthia Rylant's Books

    Cut and Paste Timelines:

    -Early Life Timeline

    -Book Timeline

    Writing Pages:

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    Last updated

    22 February 2018

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    Over 300 pages of graphic organizers and responses that support an Author Study of Cynthia Rylant!

    Inside you will find:
    About the Author Research Activity
    Unique Author Characteristics Graphic Organizer
    Book Title/Quick Summary
    Author Hall of Fame
    What do you love about this author? Graphic Organizer
    What do we want to try in our own writing? Graphic Organizer
    Author's Craft Graphic Organizer
    Writer's Craft with Example from Text Graphic Organizer
    Characters Cross-Book Graphic Organizer
    Setting Cross-Book Graphic Organizer
    Plot Cross-Book Graphic Organizer
    Comparing and Contrasting Two Different Texts
    Comparing and Contrasting Two Different Characters
    Comparing and Contrasting Two Different Settings
    Comparing and Contrasting Two Different Plots

    Books Included:
    Night in the Country
    The Relatives Came
    An Angel for Solomon Singer
    All in a Day
    Appalachia
    In November
    The Old Woman Who Named Things
    Missing May
    Goo

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    Cynthia Rylant
    Lesson plans for Missing May and other books

    |Biography and Background| |"Checkouts"| |Henry and Mudge| |I Had Seen Castles| |The Journey| |The Lighthouse Family| |Missing May| |Mr. Griggs' Work| |Poppleton in Winter| |The Relatives Came| |Waiting to Waltz| |When I was Young in the Mountains|

    Biography and Background

    Cynthia Rylant
    Biography at Wikipedia.

    How Cynthia Rylant Discovered The Poetry Of Storytelling
    Author interview. Listen to the audio (6:38) or read the excerpts.

    "Checkouts"

    "Checkouts"
    Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions and suggested evidence-based answers, academic vocabulary, a culminating writing task with prompt and model response, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

    Henry and Mudge

    Henry and Mudge: The First Book
    Vocabulary games, writing practice, and a quiz. Access requires Adobe Reader.

    Henry and Mudge
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