Take a few minutes to visit these websites about Andrew Clements to learn more information about the author.
1. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2883
2. http://www.andrewclements.com/bio.html
3. http://www.kidsreads.com/authors/au-clements-andrew.asp
Record 3 interesting facts you learned about Mr. Clements in the "post comment" box.
1. Mr. Clements says the secret of becoming a good writer is reading. He says that he loves to read, and he hasn't heard of a writer who wasn't first a reader.
ReplyDelete2. A good book is written one word at a time. You don't have to know how a book is going to end. Focus on th next step, next idea, next word.
3. I read that Mr. Clements read the Hardy Boys as a kid. I've recently started reading them, too. Isn't that cool?
Here's what I learned about Andrew Clement.
ReplyDelete1) He has 4 children that help inspire him. He has twins that helped him understand the twins in his book Lost and Found.
2) He taught 7 years of school. His favorite part of teaching was meeting all the people. His experience helps give him ideas to write.
3) His most famous book is Frindle so far. It was the book that won the most awards so far. I'm about to read Frindle!
Mr.Clements was fired 2 times as a teacher befor becoming a full time writer.He went to Northwestern University, thats where my sister wants to go .He taught school for 7 years,4th for 2 years ,8th for 3 years ,and high school for 2 years . Mr.Clements said that books can be wretin 1 step at a time.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1949 and lived in Oaklyn and Cherry Hill until 6th grade. Then he moved to Springfield, Illinois.
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Andrew Clement was born in New Jersey on 1946. Then he moved to Springfield, :)Illinois:) in 6th grade. When he grew up he went to Northwestern University. When he got a diploma he wrote an amazing multi-award winning book called Frindle. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrew Clement was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1949. His curent home is New York. He lived in Oaklyn, Chicago, and Illinois. He had many jobs. His first book was "Big Al". In 1990 he wrote " Frindle" it was published in 1996. He graduated from Northwestern University. He was Married and had 4 kids. As a kid his favorite genre was mystery and so is mine.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Clements was born in 1949, in Camden New Jersey. When he was growing up, he spent his summers in a cabin on a lake in Maine. In HighSchool he wrote a poem, and his teacher said it should be published! He then went to college feeling confident in his writing.
ReplyDeleteI learned that Andrew Clements was a very very good wrighter. I also learned that he got very good grades on his writing papers. I also learned that he was inspired to wright one book called Lost and Found because of his twin sons. last I learned that he is an amazing wrighter.
ReplyDeleteHe was born in 1949 in Camden, New Jersey. He started writing Frindle in 1990 and published it 6 years later, in 1996. When he was growing up, he spent his summers in a cabin on a lake in Maine. He is a very good author. He has written over 55 children's books!!! Some are: Frindle,Lunch Money, The report card, The jacket, The school story, A week in the woods, No talking!,Lost & found, The last holiday concert, Extra credit,The Landy News, Things not seen, Things hoped for, The janitors boy, & a lot more too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love learning about Mr. Clements! You found many interesting facts about him. I wonder if you'll be a writer someday, too?
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