Thursday 14 May 2015

Writers at Work!

On Tuesday 12 May I had another amazing day at Queensferry Primary School!  

There were 2 lightning visits with the P3 classes, where I got to see their excellent newspaper reports, book reviews and art work - I tell you, I felt 10 foot tall leaving the classrooms after hearing and seeing all that quality work - THANK YOU!

And there were creative writing workshops with the P7 and P6 classes - we were writing flash fiction story starters.  It was really exciting stuff - no two stories the same, and hearing the writers read out afterwards was a highlight for me!  And here are just a few quick photos of just some of the Writers at Work - can you name them?  (If only everybody had transparent heads, you'd be able to see the amazing stories inside!)












So much concentration - so much creativity!  I salute you, P6s and P7s!

And I'm coming back!!!!!  I'll be telling you more about my next visit closer to the time.  Can't wait!

P.S.  Photos from the Mystery Assembly are on their way - come back to the blog soon and you'll get to see them!  

15 comments:

  1. When Joan Lennon came to our school, we did a bit of flash fiction writing. We had five minutes to put down ideas .To help us she gave us pictures of houses and cards to give us ideas. I really enjoyed it, it was fun. At the end we got to read it out with passion. Thank you Joan Lennon. By Conor P7B

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  2. Joan Lennon taught us how to write a flash fiction about a house and a goodie or a baddie .Your goodie or baddie had to be going towards the house or away from the house and you had to write about your character and you had to make it interesting . I made my story about Minecraft and Logan made his about a prison .It was really fun to write freely. Thanks Joan! By Lewis and Logan P7B

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  3. On the 13th of May 2015 Joan Lennon, our very own patron of reading came to our class and helped us with writing, the type of writing that we had written with Joan was called flash mob writing. Flash mob writing is a type of writing that starts right in the action. To get us ready to start the writing we got given two cards either ‘goodie or baddie’ or the other ones that were ‘going to or going away from.’ I got a baddie card and my other card said going away from, the story that we had to write about was about a house. In my story the very first sentence was ‘Just then he jumped, the only sound that he could hear was his four legged friend crying…’ I enjoyed writing that story because it was quite short and you didn’t have to write very much. Thanks Joan. By Eve Wallace P7B

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  4. Welcome aboard the blog, P7B - and keep up the great writing!

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  5. Mr Stink By David Walliams

    Mr Stink is one of my favourite books, I would recommend this book to anyone because it’s a book that will take you on an adventure that everyone will enjoy.
    This book is about a little girl who rehomes an old man called Mr Stink. Mr Stink lived on the streets with his dog. The little girl also looked after Mr Stink she washed his clothes she gave him a bath and she also would bring him food. The only problem is that the little girl's mum would not listen to her, all her mum cared about was her sister who was spoilt. But at the end her mum decides to help her daughter with Mr Stink. This heart-warming story is for any age and anyone can enjoy.
    By Naomi P7B

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  6. Thanks Naomi! This review will definitely get us wanting to read the book!

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  7. Hi Joan!!!!!!!!!!!! It is Jude and Fergus from p6C. Fergus and I are writing to put forward a book extract one from me and one from Jude. First we will do Jude’s extract. I was falling from the top of my house. There was water all around my house. Now Fergus, I knew the witch was near when my phone started to melt. Quickly I ran out the house and there she was double barrel shotgun in one hand broomstick in the other…

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    1. Hi Jude and Fergus - great stuff - absolutely makes me want to read on!

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  9. Hi its Sam and Kieran we recommend the Graveyard book. Hi again Joan hope you reply

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    1. I LOVE The Graveyard Book - great recommendation Sam and Kieran!

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  10. Hi jaon lennon I really enjoyed you coming to our class. It was really fun. I liked the fast fiction story they were fun to write. This is some for the good parts of my story .s I awok from my heavy bad dreem. Drip drip drip it landed on my head . from Hannah

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    1. Glad you liked writing the fast fiction, Hannah - and your extract really has me intrigued!

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  11. Hi Joan! Our book recommendation is Gobbolino the witches cat. We enjoy this book because it’s funny, exciting and gripping. We recommend this to children and adults. We really think you should read this book and enjoy it as much as we have. By Ross and Ben.

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    1. Thanks Ross and Ben - I love cats and I love witches, so this book sounds perfect for me!

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