Mary Endres Young Authors Information

Attention All Mary Endres Students!       

Now is your chance to be an author and illustrator

You are invited to make a book for:

THE YOUNG AUTHORS PROGRAM

Every year our school district encourages all students to make their own story and book.  While this is not a requirement, we encourage all students to participate in this wonderful program.  Please don’t be concerned about the competition aspect.  All children are authors and we will make every effort to honor each book as they are turned in!

Guidelines:

1. Encourage your child to be creative but keep the story at his/her ability level.  It must be their story.
2. Dictated books may be typed or handwritten by adults but it must be in the student’s own words and the student must do the illustrations. 
3. Stories can be written in English or Spanish.
4. Illustrations may be drawn by hand or computer generated.
5. The story needs to be in book form.  That means it must have a cover and pages securely attached to the cover.  The title of the book and your child’s name must be on the cover of the book.
6. All books must be submitted to your child’s teacher by Friday, February 17, 2012.
7. 4 books per grade level will be selected for district judging.
8. If your child’s book is selected to represent the district, you and your child will be invited to attend a state conference on Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Springfield, IL.

Other Information:

1.      Students who are serious about writing a story will receive a commitment pencil before the Winter Break.

2.      Students who submit their books early may be chosen to read their book on Literacy Night, January 26, 2012, in our Author’s Chair!

3.      Parents can encourage their young author’s by offering the following suggestions:

a.       The book should tell the whole story (beginning, middle, and end).

b.      The book should be of interest to other children.

c.       The story line should demonstrate creativity.

d.      The book should be in their child’s own language, not an adult’s language.

e.       Please refer to the grading rubric on the back of this sheet for additional guidelines.

4.  HAVE FUN!!!!