We have been writing Author Reports in class for the past week. We have been learning how to link between paragraphs. We had to use idea links, use the same word towards the end of one paragraph in another, and start paragraphs with things like “As well as… He also”.
Author Study
Full Name: Terry Pratchett
Date of Birth: 28 April 1948
Place of Birth: Beaconsfield, UK
Famous for: Terry Pratchet is famous for writing many books, some of which are: Wee Free Men, Hogfather, and a Hat full of sky. As well as being famous for those, he is also famous for writing The Carpet People.
Childhood: Before he wrote any of those stories, Terry Pratchett went to Holtspur School where he was bullied because he had speech difficulties. He also had a principal who thought that he could tell how well you were going to do in adulthood because of how well you could read or write. The principal kept bothering him because of this. When Terry Pratchett got his first book published, it was called Business Rivals.
Adulthood: A while after writing Business Rivals, Terry Pratchett married a lady named Lyn Pratchett, and they had a daughter named Rhianna Pratchett, who is now 44 years old. Terry Pratchett died at the age 66. He died of Alzheimer’s disease, after a long struggle with it.He has written many amazing stories, and a lot of them are very well known.
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Guten tag Leyla,
ReplyDeleteYour Author Study report is full of lots of information.
Which is your favourite book of his? Who would you recommend it to?
Do you have any WOW acts you could add - you have left it blank.
Mā te wā,
Mrs Naden