Author Study — 7-Day Deep Dive Investigation Pack
One author. Seven days. A lifetime of reading skills.
Every great reader has that moment — the moment they stop just enjoying a book and start wondering about the person who wrote it. Who were they? What shaped them? Why did they write this? What were they really trying to say?
The Author Study 7-Day Deep Dive Investigation Pack turns that curiosity into a rich, structured week of investigation. Students choose any author they love — or one they are curious to discover — and spend seven days exploring their life, their books, their writing craft, their themes, their world, and their legacy. By the end of the week, they don’t just know more about their author. They know more about how great writing works.
This pack is designed for gifted and high-potential learners who are ready to go beyond reading for plot — students who want to understand how and why a piece of writing does what it does. But it works beautifully for any motivated reader who is ready for a genuine intellectual challenge.
What your student will investigate across the seven days:
Day 1 — Getting to Know Your Author
Day 2 — Into the Books
Day 3 — Writing Craft
Day 4 — Themes and Ideas
Day 5 — The Author’s World
Day 6 — Your Critical Response
Day 7 — The Author’s Legacy
Final Mission — Write in Your Author’s Style
Every day includes:
- A Hook Question to spark curiosity before the investigation begins
- Key Facts explaining the concepts students will explore
- A structured Activity with tables, analysis tasks, and research questions
- A Star Challenge for students who want to go further
- A Vocabulary Builder with five key terms defined clearly
- A Reflect question with no right answers — just deeper thinking
This pack is perfect for:
- High potential and gifted learners in primary and lower secondary years
- School holiday enrichment that builds genuine literary skills
- Independent reading response and extension work
- English units on author study, literary analysis, or writing craft
- Any motivated reader ready to go deeper than the plot
What’s included:
- Complete 7-day investigation pack — print and go
- Final Mission creative writing task
- Parent and Educator Guide with tips, answers, and suggested authors by age group
This is the kind of deep, rich literary investigation that changes how a student reads — not just this author, but every author they encounter from here on. That is what Depth Education is built for.
Format: PDF document, print at home Suitable for: Primary students
Curriculum links: Australian Curriculum — English (Literature, Literacy, Language)
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