Florida B.E.S.T. ELA.K.R.1.3
The Standard
Explain the roles of author and illustrator of a story.
Florida B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students tell what an author contributes to a story and what an illustrator contributes. They use a book's words and pictures to explain each person's work.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student identifies the author as the person who creates the story and words. The student identifies the illustrator as the person who creates the pictures and explains how those pictures help tell the story.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the author physically writes every printed copy or that the illustrator only colors pictures. They may also assume one person always does both jobs.
How to Assess It
- Show the cover and one page of a picture book. Ask, "What did the author create, and what did the illustrator create?"
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs task cards such as writes dialogue, draws characters, and chooses colors, then have them sort cards by job.
Read one page aloud and ask, "What information came from the words, and what information came from the picture?"
Play Author or Illustrator by naming a task and having students hold up a pencil card or paintbrush card.
Examine book covers and title pages, then locate the names of the people who created the words and pictures.
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