Many other interviews feature brief clips of the author, often just talking to the camera. To hold viewers attention — and give an exceptional learning experience — we provide a more in-depth look at the author’s life, featuring a variety of camera angles and locations (both indoor and outdoor), and a personal approach to questions.  Each author program is 20 minutes long.

These programs are designed to help students get a better understanding of the books they're reading in class, or on their own. Each program features a lively discussion, in which a panel of kids discuss a modern young adult classic, such as The Giver, Frindle or Shiloh. Each program also includes a variey of tools to enhance learning, including Ask the Librarian, "man on the street" interviews, plot summaries, vocabulary games and more.

No. When you join goodconversations.com, you get online access to both the "Good Conversation!" AND the "All About the Book" series, anytime. You can also take advantage of our teaching resources and have your students submit entries for the goodconverations.com writing contest.

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A good place to begin is by watching programs on Christopher Paul Curtis, Andrew Clements, Karen Cushman and Avi. For “All About the Book!” start with: The Giver, Frindle, and Number the Stars. That will help give you a good feel as to what goodconversations.com is all about!

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 Yes. Each "Good Conversation!" program comes with suggested questions and activities. For the "All About the Book!" programs we include a list of the questions and topics that are covered.

 There are lots of ways!

• Some teachers project the programs for a group learning experience.
• Other teachers have students watch the programs on their own, before or after reading an author’s work.
• To encourage independent learning, some teachers ask students to watch a program on an author they will not be studying in the regular curriculum, and read a book by that author for extra credit.
• Teachers also preview the programs on their own to better acquaint themselves with the author and get ideas for planning lessons.

Each program is about 20 minutes — perfect for viewing in one classroom period.

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