Good preparation is an essential part of Island Readers & Writers programs. This page provides some examples of book related questions and activities that help prepare readers for an author and/or illustrator visit. Some ideas come from teachers and others from our Friends Over Books volunteers, staff and collaborating partners. Additional information such a biographical profiles and booklists may be found on publisher or author websites.

Classroom Examples

• Retelling to Enhance Oral Fluency (pdf download)

Questions Sheets

• Touch Blue, Cynthia Lord (pdf download)
• Calpurnia Tate, Jacqueline Kelly (pdf download)
• We Can’t All be Rattlesnakes, Patrick Jennings (pdf download)
• Ok for Now, Gary Schmidt (pdf download)
• Lighthouse Christmas 6 TRAIT WRITING GUIDE (pdf download)
• Lighthouse Christmas Lighthouse Investigations (pdf download)
• A Lighthouse Christmas Readers Theater Script (pdf download)
• Lighthouse Christmas Worksheet (pdf download)