Grade 5 · Reading · Lesson 35

Design author study posters

An AUTHOR STUDY POSTER is a one-page tribute to a writer you admire. It does not retell every plot. It does not list every book. It pulls together the writer\u2019s LIFE, their best-known WORKS, the THEMES they keep coming back to, and one strong line of WHY a new reader should pick them up. A good poster has six clear zones, six steady colors, and a quiet rule: every word on the page must earn its space.

What this lesson teaches

1Research an author across life facts, genres, awards, themes, and writing style
2Plan a six-zone poster layout from name banner to recommendation strip
3Write a short bio, three book blurbs, and a quote that match the poster’s zones
4Critique a finished poster against a six-point checklist and revise weak zones

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