This week we have been very interested in the craft of writing. We watched a live webcast by Julia Donaldson where we learned about the different ways books are published and the tools we could use in our own writing such as alliteration or onomatopoeia. Then we were very lucky on Thursday to have a published author come in and help us plan a piece of writing! Janis Mackay, author of Magnus Finn, worked with all the classes to talk about the skills needed to be a writer. We then worked with P5/4 and P7 to create an imaginary character.
It was great fun working with people from outside our own classroom, and Janis really inspired us to write our own stories. Watch this space!
I enjoyed working with people that aren't in my class. It was fun meating Janis mackay her book looks really fun. She was kind and friendly
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ReplyDeleteIt was great fun and it was good working with P7 and P5 in groups.
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ReplyDeleteI thought that this activity was very interesting.
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