Yesterday Natalie Lloyd, author of A Snicker of Magic, Skyped with my 8th graders. They asked thoughtful questions and showed a palpable enthusiasm for learning about the life of an author we've gotten to know through her magical book. Since my students are middle schoolers closing in on entering high school, they often try to act all tough and disconnected, but I think they were genuinely happy and excited to talk to an author whose story and writing we have been invested in all year. You see, we didn't just love her story, but we also found inspiration in Natalie's words to strive to make ourselves better writers.As the school year is winding down and I find myself having only two weeks left with my 8th graders, I'm happy Natalie was so generous with her time and willing to talk to my students. It was a beautiful experience, one that I hope gives them sweet Blackberry Sunrise memories.
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This is a great experience - I'm sure they loved it and appreciated it more than they might have expressed on the outside. You can never go wrong with an author visit!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! What an amazing experience! I'm sure they will remember it for a very long time!!
ReplyDeleteWow - they will never forget this. It's so powerful for our kids to talk to real writers - it somehow lifts the whole experience off the page and makes it so much more "real".
ReplyDeleteWow - they will never forget this. It's so powerful for our kids to talk to real writers - it somehow lifts the whole experience off the page and makes it so much more "real".
ReplyDeleteWe Skype with Natalie this week :) She is such a wonderful person to talk with - I love how she connects with her readers. The teachers I work with were so in awe of her last year, it was the first time I saw them really connect with a book and author the way we do.
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