St. Joseph’s School, Kingswood invited me to speak to a Classroom of their grade 5 students (25). The teacher, S Frost asked me to speak about ways for the children to make their stories more interesting and the language more vibrant. We started by designing a character together. The children saw how small changes to clothing or age made a difference in how the character was perceived. Then we talked about the action. What was the character going to do. How could they do it in an interesting way.
An exercise was set so that the children could immediately begin creating a new character of their own. In moving around the classroom while they composed, I was pleased to see some very interesting characters appearing with some very interesting traits. We rounded out the hour with a question and answer period. The children were very interested in my experiences as a writer and delved into when I write, why do I write the types of books I do. Questions flowed on long after the recess bell had rung and it was time to go. (G.Rosemary Ludlow 9th May 2017)
(G.Rosemary Ludlow 9 May 2017)
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