Today we were fortunate enough to meet a published author!
Matt Tavares, author of
Zachary's Ball, spoke to us about how he comes up with ideas, the writing process, and ultimately publishing a book. He gave us lots of helpful and useful tips to become better writers and illustrators. It was exciting to hear that Matt begins writing much like we do in our classroom! He often takes real experiences from his life (personal narratives) and adds in details from his imagination to make an interesting story. He also mentioned using illustrations to tell a lot of the story. Afterwards, the children couldn't wait to come back to the room and write/draw some ideas. We have a great group of authors in our class!
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| Our friend Hailey posing for an illustration! |
(Common Core Standard W.2.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagines experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structure event sequences. )
I enjoyed meeting a real author!
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I liked seeing a real author and seeing a sneak peek at his next book. I also enjoyed seeing him draw a picture of a baseball player.
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