Trading cards have been issued in a wide variety of genres from
Baseball to Star Trek. With the renewed interest in reading today,
sparked partially by Oprah's
Book Club, author/book trading cards might be a commercial
success.
Task
We are going to develop a set of author cards similar to trading
cards that are commercially available. You will publish your card
using Microsoft Publisher.
Find author sites and information on the Internet using the
Student
Portal provided by The Greater Essex District School
Board.You will need the password and login
provided by your teacher. This can be used from school or
home. Search the General
Amherst Library for books about your author. Be sure to select
the General Amherst Library when doing a search.
Books
Don't forget to look at books.
There are reference books behind the circulations desk available for
use in the library and books in the general collection that can be
borrowed. (Remember you must present your student card to borrow
books). To locate books about authors use the link in the paragraph
above to our library.
Read a book written by an author whose work you like. Research
the author and obtain the following:
biographical information
a photograph
list of the author's publications
Save the author's picture as a .jpeg or .jpg file on the school's
computer system. You may be able to copy the picture off the internet
or scan an image from a magazine or book. Crop the picture using ???
to the desired size for your card. The
cards will be created using Microsoft Publisher.
directions for publisher
The photo side of your card should include the author's name,
biographical information and significant publications. The reverse of
the card is to include a summary of your favourite title and what you
like about the particular book or the author's work in general.
Trading cards have been popular since their debute in 1887.
Trading cards started as an marketing tool to sell cigarettes,
chewing gum, tea, Cracker Jacks Many different genres of cards are
now available for a wide variety of interest groups including: Sport
Cards (baseball, hockey, football, boxing, horse racing ...), Game
Cards (Magic ...), Movies, History, TV (Star Trek, Buffy, Yu-Gi-Oh,
Pokemon ... ), There are many trading card producers. For information
about the history of Trading Cards or visit these commercial
sites:
The
cards will be created using Microsoft Publisher.
