Mo Willems

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Mo willems luyks Gerald and Piggie books.

He  duz outlines with  krans and  fishin  books.

Todd Parr

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It  loxs   lille   qermanent   marker.

he  ywsis all the  kollr morcrs todd parr.

He lics   to  love.

Todd  parr   max  a  not.

It looks like permanent marker.
He uses all the colored markers. Todd Parr.
He likes to love.
Todd Parr makes a note.

Leo Lionni

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He likes to rite abute animls. He  likes to tech  kids.  He likes to  rite abute lrning.

leo lionni  liks to  rip and make nows of how to make his amnols and soow drekshins to redd .    I like his books a loot.

Eric Carle

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Eric carle liks to put plastik in his books and he liks to do his books about annmols.

ERic carle  liks to do water paint. and to put color.and liks to put anmoz in the boks.in won bok he put plastic.

Eric Carle Likes To Make Books Ubout Aumls.

David Shannon

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David Shannon uses paint to illustrate.

David Shannon hides Fergus in his books.

Dr. Seuss

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dr. seuss ruys rim ing wurz.

dr. seuss dos blak otlin z.

dr sevss  lik  fune   fing .   he   lik     colr.

Dr. Seuss writes rhyming words.
Dr. Seuss does black outlines.
Dr. Seuss likes funny things. He likes color.

Editing

As stated in the previous post, the children have been taking time to edit their work.  One of the most important parts of being an author is reading over your work and making changes.  With teacher help, the children were able to look at their work and make it stronger.  

They started out by typing what they wrote by hand.

They then read their printed work to themselves aloud and to each other.  I asked them to look at their work closely and see if there was something they felt needed to be spelled differently or if there could have been something done differently to make it even better.  For some children they thought their work was perfect and made sense.  This is a hard concept.  

They then passed their work to their peers.  I asked beforehand if it would be okay and everyone (but one) agreed.  As adults we sometimes have a hard time with our hard work being put under a microscope.  Some of the children had a hard time accepting others' ideas for changes, but we all agreed it was up to the author to make the final decision.  

When everything was changed and final drafts completed, we discussed how the children's work could be represented visually.  Authors choose illustrations or photographs that help get the meaning of their words across to the reader.  I asked the children what picture they could capture to make their words stronger.  Each child took at least one photograph to put next to their words.

My job now is to put their words and pictures together in one place.  We will make final changes, come up with titles, and press the "publish" button together!