Today, you will be doing a little background research on our selected author, Jerry Spinelli.
Go to his homepage to help you answer these questions: http://www.jerryspinelli.com
On a separate sheet of paper, work on answering these questions:
Go to his homepage to help you answer these questions: http://www.jerryspinelli.com
On a separate sheet of paper, work on answering these questions:
- How many books has Jerry written
- What image is featured on the "Jerry" page?
- Why do you think he chose to picture this?
- Go to the Faqs link and select two facts about Jerry to record below:
- Go to the Jerry’s books link. What is the title of his autobiography?
- What did Jerry first want to be growing up?
- What are some of his hobbies?
- What was Jerry’s first published writing?
- Why does Jerry consider his children an inspiration for his writing?
- Go to Jerry’s book link. Write a summary of one of the books you have not yet read. Does this sound like a book you would like to read? Why or why not?