Author school visits listed STATE BY STATE!
Is
that a great photo, or what? These are the wrists of 5th graders from
Sedgefield Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. Yesterday I
spoke to them about writing, touching on skills they can incorporate
into their SOLs (Standards of Learning tests) which are coming up next
week.
While I love the sweetness of younger students, I also like working with older students like this because we can really get into details. So we did my "Verbal-loons" activity, (lots of laughs there while -- I HOPE -- learning the importance of choosing exciting verbs). They also enjoyed a peek at my Evil Inner Editor, and then they created wrist bands with the initials "WCTW," which stands for "Writers Choose Their Words."
And speaking of author visits, I've put together a new website to help educators find nearby children's book authors and Illustrators who do school visits. They're listed state by state, alphabetically. It's a work in progress, so if you're traditionally published and would like me to include you on the list, send me an email:
kimnorman (insert @ sign) charter.net
(No charge, by the way. The more listings I have, the more useful it will be to educators.)
Here's the site, officially titled AUTHOR SCHOOL VISITS BY STATE.
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