Cyber Facts – The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
Today we will use the computer to learn about the author of our upcoming novel study.
Christopher Paul Curtis wrote The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963.
What else do we know about him?
Now is the time to find out.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences on your own paper. After each answer write the URL address for the web site that you used to find your answer. This will be the first page of your new Reader’s/Writer’s Journal. Good Luck and Have Fun!
1. Where was Christopher Paul Curtis born?
2. After high school where did he work and for how long?
3. What was his first novel published for young readers?
4. Where did much of his content for his story come from?
5. What honors did his first novel receive? List 4
6. What is an “accolade”?
7. What is the historical era for the setting of The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963?
8. Name three characters you will meet in the book.
9. Who were Christopher Paul Curtis’s grandfathers and what did they do?
10. What was his second book and what award did it receive?
Use these approved web sites:
Bringing The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 to the Middle School Classroom –from THE ALAN Review
http://scholars.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/winter99/george.html
The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963
http://faculty.ssu.edu/~elbond/watsons.htm
Authors/Illustrators: Christopher Paul Curtis
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/authors/curtis.html