Name of Strategy: Relating to Authors and Understanding Their Works.
Source: Gibson, Carol S. Anderson. "A Biography Study: Using Role-Play to Explore Authors' Lives." ReadWriteThink. International Reading Association, Web. 26 Feb 2010.
Explanation: This lesson could be done with any author and any written material. I do not think I would go into it with such great detail as having seven to ten lessons on one author and the whole act of role playing. The only reason is that as a teacher I am limited on time in the classroom and I do not feel like spending all of it solely on the author but on his/her works. I like the idea of reading the history of an author and trying to connect why they might have written their work(s) the way they did. For Example, Richard Connell wrote the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. This story involves hunting people as game instead of just animals. Connell was a soldier in World War I, maybe this can be connected to his short story. Both involves guns, hunting the enemy/game, survival skills, and so much more that could probably be relatable to both the short story and his experiences in war. This is what I want my students to see. How they can relate authors to their works and maybe an understanding of where they are coming from and why they wrote it. This could also go into my students writing something and then writing a little (auto) biography and either getting in small groups and presenting their personal works and their history or present it to the whole class.