Gary+Barrett

Topic: J.K Rowling works were a driving force in literature over the past 20 years. Thesis Statement: J.K Rowling's works were a driving force in literature for over the past 20 years, as proven by the creativity in her writing, the positive criticsm, and her work ethic with her books. //Source 1 (web) Rowling K.J//. 1st. 7. United States: http://www.essortment.com/all/jkrowlingbiogr_reak.htm, 1997. 446. Print. 1. Was born in July of 1965 in England. 2. Her given name at birth was Joanne Kathleen. 3. She has one sister named Di who was born 2 years after her. 4. She started writing at the age of 5 or 6 5. The first story she made was called Rabbit at the age of 6. 6. When she was growing up her family moved twice to different placces. 7. Got the last name of potter for her books from her best friends last name. 8. When she was 9 she attended a primary school in Tutshill. 9. As J.K. got older she started to get in literature and she enjoyed it. 10. She graduated from Wyedean Comprehensive. 11. Then she attended Exeter University. 12. At that school she studied french 13. Then her parents told her she needed to be a secretary so thats what she did. 14. Then after a while she found out that it wasnt the job for her. 15. Worked as a french teacher to support family. 16. Childrens book published her book in 1997. 17. She won the childrens book award in 1997. 18. Book has been printed in over 35 diiferent languages. 19. Made over 400 millon books in first 3 books. 20. Won New York Time's Best Seller.

Source 2 ( online print) Hudson, Hannah Trierweiler. "Hooray for Harry!" //Instructor// [1990] 119.5 (2010): 30+. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. 1. She has been writing books for 12 years. 2. In 1997 was when she published her first book. 3. They have sold over 400 millon books in that time period. 4. In over 68 languages. 5. She has inspired a crowd of copycats and soon have 8 movies relased. 6. She has led people to more then 4,000 pages. 7.Unlock's magic for little kids around the world. 8. There are 4 ways to make the series mangeable. 9. Help kids find there love of reading. 10. These type of books can give readers a boost. 11. Has been made into audio books. 12. Kids that struggle with reading can listen to this. 13. Book works well with paired reading. 14.Get students to watch previews of movie to get them excited about the book. 15. Books are for just about all ages. 16. Book is made into movie for kids. 17. Gives students new activites to do with book. 18. The ages include 1st through 8th. 19. Kids love the book and talk about it in the article. 20. It is a very popular book for kids.

Source 3 (online print) Ott, Bill. "Rounsing reads: singing the midlist blues." //American Libraries// 40.12 (2009): 55. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Web. 29 Apr. 2010. 1. It is hard being a writer at this time unless you are her. 2. Getting tougher for other writers to write. 3. Her genre of book was a good choice. 4. Her writing style is unique 5. There are different people who write like her. 6. One of the people is Stephen King. 7. She has put in alot of hard work to get where she's at. 8. She thought Fantasy was a good choice for her. 9. With picking that genre it made all the kids like her. 10. She also makes alot of money because kids love her. 11. She is fortunate that she was such a success 12. J.K is lucky that she didnt have a hard time selling her book. 13. With her book a success it made it harder for everyone else to write. 14. the reason was because she was such a great success. 15. She said it was hard for her to sell the first novel. 16. Then it got eaiser because people liked her book. 17. J.K came up with the idea when she was teaching. 18. For years now she has been a favorite of people. 19. Came up with a wizard as a kid for the character. 20. Was one of the best fantasy writers.

Source 4 ( web) //Rowling K.J//. 1st. 7. United States: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746830/bio, 1997. 446. Print. 1. Born in Yate, England 2. Has a sister named Diana 3. She is 2 years younger then J.K 4. Has been married 2 times. 5. She has 3 children 6. Got the last name potter from her neghbiors. 7. There names were ian and viki potter. 8. She got the idea of Harry Potter at a train staion because the train was late and she was thinking of her book. 9. She graduated from Exeter University. 10. She writes books in hand not on computer. 11. Took her 6 years to write the book. 12. Was a former english and french teacher. 13. She tought to support her family. 14. Her biggest book had 900 pages in it. 15. Gets her character names from acient times. 16. Was rejected by 9 publishers befor being accepted. 17. Last harry potter book was published in 2006. 18. It was called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 19. The first person she read her book to was her daughter. 20. In 2003 stated different languages of book.