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Writing a Children’s Book - Lesson 4 of 6
Title
Writing a Children’s Book - Lesson 4 of 6
Overview
This is the fourth in a series of six lessons in which students focus on writing a children’s book. In this lesson the class will review the publishing process and write a business letter to a publishing company requesting them to publish their children’s book manuscript. Students will also discuss copyright issues.
Topics Covered
Writing a Business Letter, Publishing, Copyright
KLA
English
Subject
English
Year
8
Stage/Level
4
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
understand and develop an ability to write a business letter.
Duration
50 minutes
Teacher Prep Time
10-15 minutes
Materials Required
business letter scaffold (sourced in core English texts)
business letter model handout (Attachment 1)
Procedure
Teacher presents the class with the following task:
You have just completed writing your first children’s book.
Now you must decide on a publisher.
Find the name of a publishing company in the Yellow Pages or on the Internet. (A list of publishers could be compiled by the teacher before the lesson if time is limited.)
Class reviews the Business Letter Model (Attachment 1) and Business Letter Scaffold (to be sourced by teacher from core English texts).
Students write a business letter requesting the publishing company, to read their manuscript and publish their book:
The letter is to be completed as a polished piece of writing for homework and ready for marking the next lesson.
Class discussion on issues that will need to be discussed with the publishing company:
contracts;
copyright (writer/ illustrator);
royalties.
Teacher directs class activity:
Create a mind map outlining the process involved in publishing a book and the issues you would need to include in each stage of the publishing process and your contract with to publisher.
Students transcribe the mind map to their workbooks for future reference.
References
www.ipaustralia.gov.au www.copyright.org.au Aliki, How A Book Is Made (Hippo Books Scholastic Publications Ltd, London) Cole, Babette, Dr Dog (Random House Children’s Books, London 1994) Cole, Babette, Mummy Laid An Egg! (Random House Children’s Books, London) Cole, Babette, Bad Habits! or The Taming of Lucretzia Crum (Hamish Hamilton / Puffin Group, London 1998) Sendak, Maurice, Where The Wild Things Are (Puffin Books, 1963) Sendak, Maurice, The Sign on Rosie’s Door (Puffin Books) Nicoll H and Pienkowski, Meg and Mog Series (Puffin Books) Clemen, Rod Counting On Frank (Angus and Robertson 1990) Any of Graeme Base’s books. Browne, Anthony, Willy Series
Follow up Activities
Organise an excursion to a publishing company.
Interview a publisher. How do they select a “good” manuscript to publish? What are some of their most recent publications and other questions as decided by the student?
Using the Internet contact an author and/or their website and Present your findings to the class.
Go to a children’s book launch at a local bookstore.
Suggested Assessment
Letter
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Attachments
Attachment 1: Business Letter Model
Author
C Eklund BA Dip Ed MEd D Hubbard BA Dip Ed
Last Modified
February 2001
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