Station+4+-+Genre+&+Author+Study

As a reader or a teacher, one approach you can take to a text is to compare it to others by the same author or belonging to the same //genre//, or type of communication. This approach can help you or students find other texts you enjoy (because of the author's style or the kinds of story features they include). We've applied this approach (briefly) with each of the previous texts we've read: //King of Shadows// (Cooper) //Monster// (Myers)

Please follow the steps below to apply this approach to Salzman's //True Notebooks//.

1. Compare the subject (plot, point of view, characters, etc.) and style (the use of language at a sentence and paragraph level) of //True Notebooks// to these other titles by Mark Salzman. What similarities and differences do you see? Why might these be important?:
 * [|Iron and Silk]
 * [|The Soloist]

2. Compare //True Notebooks// to these other teacher biographies. What similarities and differences do you see? Why might these be important?
 * [|Holler if you Hear Me]
 * [|Educating Esme]
 * //[|Teacher Man]//

3. If you were composing your own writing inspired by this author/genre, what features might you draw on? why?