Just Like You
Audience:
Kindergarten-Sixth grade
Setting:
Large or small groups- usually it's an all-school assembly
Time:
60 total minutes: 45 minute presentation + 15 minute Question & Answer session
Equipment needed:
Schools need to provide:
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-a computer with the projection capability to display a Power Point presentation onto a screen for the audience to see. I will bring my presentations on a flash drive and load it onto the school's computer.
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-a microphone
Description:
This presentation focuses on my writing process and how it parallels the way students write. Most schools use this presentation for an all-school assembly.
Through stories and a Power Point presentation, I discuss:
• How I get my ideas
• How I mold my ideas into stories
• How I approach writing, rewriting and editing
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Children love to hear the personal stories behind my books, and to my delight, they laugh often and much as the stories unfold.
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Throughout my speech, I emphasize how an author brings “heart” to a story. The author sees or hears something that gives them an idea for a story. Combining that idea with the author’s feelings, thoughts and experiences, a story blossoms into a rich, meaningful piece of writing that is as unique as the individual who wrote it.
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“Sometimes I have great ideas. Sometimes I sit in my chair and can’t think of a thing to write. I’m just like you! Some days writing is easy, and some days it’s hard. I’m just like you! Some days people love my stories, and sometimes I have to go back and write it all over again. I’m just like you!”
– Excerpt from the speech, “Just Like You . . ,”
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