DISCOVER
JAN BRETT
Jan
Brett was born on December 1, 1949 in Hingham Massachusetts. Jan Brett writes her own books and also
adapts and illustrates folktales. She
also does illustrations for other authors.
As a child Jan Brett loved to draw. Her trademark is using detailed boarders and
side panels in her pictures. Because
this kind of detail is important to her, it can take about a year to finish one
book!! For more information about Jan
Brett, click
http://falcon.jmu.edu/`ramseyil/brett.htm (For a complete list of Jan Brett’s
books click here http://www.janbrett.com/)
TO BEGIN: Step 1: Choosing a book from below, look
at the links and pick a book that interests you. Whether you like the characters, the plot,
the setting, look at the options and choose one that you would enjoy.
http://www,janbrett.com/ http://www,janbrett.com/ http://www,janbrett.com/ http://www,janbrett.com/ gingerbread_baby.htm hat_book.htm town_mouse.htm
berlioz_book.htm
Step 2: Go to the learning center and get the book that you have
chosen to read, if it is not there then write your name on the waiting list for
it, so that you can have it once someone else is done with it.
NOW YOU ARE
READY FOR THE TASKS
Task 1. Now you have read the book.
Create a small book that will tell the beginning, middle, end, and main
characters of the book. Include your own
illustrations.
Page
one should be the beginning of the book.
Page
two should be the middle part of the books.
Page
three should be the end of the book.
Page
four should highlight the main characters
of the book.
Task 2.
For this task you will send a
friend an e-mail summarizing the book you have read and what you liked the most
about it. You will send this summary in
the form of a postcard, complements of Jan Brett. Click on this address to begin,
http://www.janbrett.com/printquick/main_page.htm and pick the book of your
choice.
Task 3.
This task depends on which book you chose to read:
The Gingerbread Baby:
Your task is to look at a recipe for gingerbread cookies. Click here for a recipe.
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/recipes/recipe.phtml?recid=43. According to this recipe, if you were to make
two batches of gingerbread cookies, how many cups of flour would you need? How many eggs would you need?
The Hat: In this book the main character is a
hedgehog. Your task is to find out what
hedgehogs eat and what they do when they are frightened. Click here for info on hedgehogs,
http://www.abouthedgehogs.com/
Town Mouse Country Mouse: In this story the Town mice and the Country
Mice wish to experience something new.
In the end of the story what do they find out that is very similar to
the story of the Wizard of OZ? Click
here,
http://home.cfl.rr.com/mmeara/page4n.htm
Berlioz
The Bear: Berlioz In this book there is a strange sound coming
from Berlioz’s double bass. What family
of instruments is the Bass a member of? Click here to find out more.
http://datadragon.com/education/instruments/strings.shtml
Task 4.
Look at Jan Brett’s biography, http://www.janbrett.com/biograhpy.htm. Find something about Jan Brett’s biography
that interests you. Add a new page to
the book you created to include this information about Jan Brett.
THIS SITE WAS CREATED BY:
Jessica Butler
Tammie Halsted
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