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Mo Willems Author Study

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Who is Mo Willems? Explore the author with your class. Learners read books written by Willems, compare and contrast the characters therein, and make predictions about what will happen. Finish off this author study by having small groups produce puppet shows based on the stories. Bring art into literature with this fun activity. 

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author studies, authors, key details, details, making predictions, retelling, summarizing, sequences, patterns

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compare and contrast books, compare and contrast characters, mo willems, summarize, author study, key details, retelling, sequence, prediction, sl.2.2, english language arts
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K - 2nd
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English Language Arts
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5 days
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