"Good Conversation!" A Talk with E. L. Konigsburg
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E. L. Konigsburg
Meet the author of the Newbery Award-winning books "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" and "The View From Saturday" in this candid discussion of reading and writing.
- 20 minutes
Questions for classroom discussion and assignments:
- Most of E.L. Konigburg’s books deal with a search for personal identity. Write an essay entitled, “Who Am I?”
- The author talks about being in school and not being part of a peer group. Imagine that a new student has joined your class, and discuss what you can do as a class to help the student not feel like an outsider.
- Write an essay about what it would feel to be a new student, in a new school, in a new town.
- The author talks about how the role of women has changed in our society. Research the history of the women's movement in our country. Choose one important woman and write a report on her.