Underage Book Addicts: An Open Letter to Mary Pope Osborne.
Mid-Unit 3 Assessment Writing a First Draft of Research-Based Letter to Mary Pope Osborne about Expert Country This task addresses NYSP12 ELA Standards RI.3.5, RI3.3, W.3.2, W.3.4, W.3.5, W.3.7, W.3.8, and W3.10 After conducting research in Unit 2, students use the information they have gathered to write the first draft of a letter to Mary Pope Osborne.
In her Magic Tree House books, Mary Pope Osborne chooses important events from history.These events are not just particular to America either. Because of her background in the study of world cultures and religions, Osborne enjoys writing books that touch on these items and she identifies them in her Dear Reader letters at the front of her books.
Mary Pope Osborne was born into adventure. Her dad was in the army, so every year or two her family would move to a different state, or even a different country! By the time she was fifteen, Mary had lived in thirteen different houses and gone to eight different schools!
Write, write, write. Rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. And always love what you do. Click above to read about another special program called Mary Pope Osborne's Gift of Books. Click on the video to watch an interview with Mary Pope Osborne about the Magic Tree House books.
Mary Pope Osborne could be called a cave woman! After she graduated college, she lived in a cave on a small island in Crete for six months. After college, she traveled with a small group of friends from Europe in a rickety caravan over 16 Asian Countries such as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal.
Mary Pope Osborne is an ardent advocate and supporter of children’s literacy, and the award-winning author of more than 100 books for children and young adults, including novels, retellings of mythology and folklore, picture books, biographies, and mysteries. Ms.
Historical fiction is an incredible genre and Mary Pope Osborne does a great job of making history come alive for novice readers. At the end of every day, the students are my number one passion, and at the end of this project I want to say that I have a better understanding of ways to help the students that many educators believe are far from being able to be helped.