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Author Inspiration for Your Makerspaces

Copy and paste these ready-to-use resources into your newsletters, social media, or other sharing sites to inspire and ignite reading interest. Be sure to connect to TeachingBooks Makerspace blog post for more ideas!

Possible Makerspace Station Ideas

• Name Pronunciation Station

• Print 3 Bookmarks that link to Author Name Pronunciations

• Consider Alaya Dawn Johnson, Scott Magoon, and Richard Wagamese on discussing the origins of their names

• Invite students to scan the QR code, listen, and take notes if applicable.

• When they are finished, they can record their own name pronunciation!

• Video Book Trailers

• Select book trailers for students to view and get ideas from to then create their own

• Such as Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lax, and Warcross

• Use as announcements, at assemblies, a Technology Club project, or to introduce a new unit!

• Digital Book Jacket & Ready-to-Go Booktalks

• Print 3 Bookmarks that link to Meet-the-Author Recordings

• Consider Jason Reynolds, Cynthia Lord, and Dan Santat as they explain how their story ideas came from real life experiences

• Encourage students to scan the QR code, listen, and possibly take notes

• When they are finished, have them record their own booktalk!

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