Program time: 45-60 minutes

1. Introduction

2. What it means to be an author

~Story ideas

~Character development activity-Take your character to lunch

~Story critique

~Editing

3. How to find the perfect illustrator

~Collaboration

~Art work stages

~Book sizes

~Typography

~Story layout activity-How to fit it on the page

4. What it means to be a publisher

~Printing

~Marketing

~Awards

5. Continuing Education

~Classes to take

~Critique groups

~Classes to create

6. Story time reading of book critiqued earlier

7. Questions

• K: Focus on rhyming words.
• 1st: Decoding words.
• 2nd: Developing personal and academic identities as readers and writers, approaching texts for a variety of tasks and purposes and engaging in reading and writing processes in order to deepen comprehension and strengthen composition. 
• 3rd: Engage in written or spoken dialogue as author and audience for a variety of tasks and purposes, making intentional connections within, between, and beyond texts. Writing Processes. Compose a range of texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, flexibly engaging in writing processes to plan, draft, evaluate, revise, and edit texts. 
• 4th: Engage in written or spoken dialogue as author and audience for a variety of tasks and purposes, making intentional connections within, between, and beyond texts. Understanding the writing process to be able to: Compose a range of texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, flexibly engaging in writing processes to plan, draft, evaluate, revise, and edit texts.  
• 5th: Build an identity as a reader and writer, developing a repertoire of resources and tools to continuously expand participation as an active consumer and producer of texts. 

Books used will depend on grade level. Available books are from 100L Lexile Level to 820L Lexile Level.