There is nothing more rewarding to a children's author than visiting a school where the students are prepared and excited.
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| This greeted me at the door. |
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| The library walls were filled with great drawings of characters from the books. They showed the characters' hopes, dreams and fears. |
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| The students had made an author study chart of my books, showing the genre, purpose, characters, setting, problem, solution, and theme of each book. |
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| They made these wonderful booklets with main characters, setting, "hot shot" words and phrases, book teaser, theme, problem/solution and a plot mountain. |
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| And HERE is the first group. |
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| And the second group. |
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| And the third group, showing me their wonderful booklets. |
To be continued....
4 comments:
Lovely, simply lovely.
Jane Austin? Perfect name for a librarian, wouldn't you say? The student created matrix was great to see. I think this provides students a variety of ways to look and think about "story". Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to see part two.
Barbara Coleman
Isn't it wonderful when a school (usually prompted by the librarian, God bless her/him) prepares the children so well in advance? It makes ALL the difference in how much the children get from the author visit.
What a wonderful experience that had to have been for both you and the students. : )
Susanne
PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER
That's so fabulous. How did you keep from crying?
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