The Author and the Illustrator

English Language ArtsGrade KGrade 1Grade 3Grade 5Grade 6Grade 4

DEFINITION:
The author is the person who who writes the book. The illustrator is the person who draws the pictures for the book.

HOW IT WORKS:
It’s important to know who has created the "work" you are reading. We name the author and illustrator because it is their work that you are reading and looking at.

HOW IT'S USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE:
Authors and illustrators are used every day in books, TV, Newspapers and Internet Articles.

Lyrics

Writin’ books over here

What you doin homie?

Writin’ books over here

Got my pencil on me

Writin’ books, writin’ books, writin’ books

I woke up an author

Pennin’ best sellers

Just give me an offer

I choose the setting and select the plot

I change the weather

I can make it hot

I’m Stephen King

Might be J.K. Rowling

Writing machine, I just keeps it goin’ (keeps it goin)

And any theme, I can handle it

Handy Manny, I’m fully equipped

Fiction or non fiction

That means its true

Fables and fair tales runnin’ loose

In the zoo

Check verse 2 to learn what illustrators do (what they do)

Writin’ books over here

What you doin homie?

Writin’ books over here

Got my pencil on me

Writin’ books, writin’ books, writin’ books

Writin’ books, writin’ books, writin’ books (I woke up an author)

I’m an illustrator my friend, I draw

Give a cat claws (rawr rawr, rawr rawr)

Design a cover for all your books

The story Peter Pan, I drew Captain Hook

I matter just as much cuz my works on the front

You can’t judge a book by its cover, they say

But everybody does anyways

So come to me, allow me to create something great

Use a stencil, get my painting straight

I’m Van Gogh wit it (Gogh wit it)

Nile River how I flow wit it

Bring your book on Egypt

I’ll throw some gold in it

Writin’ books over here

What you doin homie?

Writin’ books over here

Got my pencil on me

Writin’ books, writin’ books, writin’ books

Writin’ books over here

What you doin homie?

Writin’ books over here

Got my pencil on me

Writin’ books, writin’ books, writin’ books

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.7 — Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., explore a number of books by a favorite author and express opinions about them).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.6 — Name the author and illustrator of a text and define the role of each in presenting the ideas or information in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9.B — Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text").
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.8 — Identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6 — With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 — Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.6 — Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3.A — Establish a situation and introduce a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9 — Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.9.B — Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]"").
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.9 — Compare and contrast the themes, settings, and plots of stories written by the same author about the same or similar characters (e.g., in books from a series)
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3 — Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).