Winning personalities come to life in Big Buddy Biographies! This dynamic group of kid-friendly sports standouts, singing sensations, television and movie superstars, and even First Kids will inspire young readers. Each book highlights a person’s background, claim to fame, and dreams for the future. Colorful graphics, oversized photographs, and short, engaging sentences and paragraphs will…
Author: Moderator
Moderate Moderator
Dear America: Down the Rabbit Hole by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Feels Like Reliving History
In the spring of 1871, fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose learns that her parents have been killed in a terrible carriage accident. After her uncle Edward and his awful wife, Adeline, move into Pringle’s family home — making life unbearable for her and her younger brother, Gideon — Pringle runs away with Gideon to Chicago, seeking refuge…
Nana’s Gift offers a timeless message about intergenerational family relationships
by Michael Strickland Nana’s Gift is a heartwarming, touching, and beautifully written picture book by Agy Wilson, Darlee Sims is left at Nana’s for the weekend and at first is not happy with it. But having fun with Nana, Pasha and Honey, Darlee learns about her family, and best of all herself. With wonderful illustrations…
Intro to Writing for Television: Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Tuesday July 16, 2013
There is probably no single “absolute” anyone can use as a yardstick to describe the nature of the television writer, his background, his fortes, or the nature of his advent into the realm of television writing—save for the simple statement that there are no absolutes. – Rod Serling Foundation The TV writer is never trained…
Setting and Point of View in The Hunger Games: Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Wednesday July 10 and Thursday July 11, 2013
Like my Get Published: Free Tips and Resources page on Facebook. I post tons of Creative Writing tips, quotes, thoughts, and resources there. The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem,…
Setting and Mythology: Creative Writing Lesson Plan Tuesday 7/9/13 (Continued)
What is Adventure Time and why does a cartoon matter in Creative Writing? How can we use it to stimulate our own work? First, let’s look at its concept and creation: According to series creator Pendleton Ward, the show’s style was influenced by his time at California Institute of the Arts and his work as…
Visiting a Boise State Writing Class: Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Tuesday 7/9/13
Today, we will visit David Scott’s English 101 Class. Thyis is a chance for you to experience how a college writing class goes; the ins-and-outs, the tone, demands, and general feel. Here is a description of the course we are visiting: English 101: Introduction to College Writing Statement of Mission and Course Goals Recent research…
Motifs in the Classic Film Titanic: Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Monday 7/8/13
Welcome back from break! NOTES: As I mentioned, I curved the last quiz. I did this by adding five points to everyone’s grade. Thus, if you received a 30, I entered 35 points in ThinkWave, our site where your grades for the class are found. See: https://www.thinkwave.com/ … if you got 29 points, I entered…
Thank you, Nikki Grimes, for sending me your amazing new book: Words with Wings!
Checking the mailbox is always fun for a book reviewer. We never know what gems the publishers are going to send us. So going to the mail is like Christmas every day — lots of great packages to open. But every once in a while an author herself sends a very special gift. That is…
Toto: We’re Not In Kansas Anymore!” Creative Writing Lesson Plan, Thursday 6/27/13
Below is a plot summary for the original Wizard of Oz. Use it to study for today’s quiz, along with these items: The quiz is found at: http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ Quiz topics will include: Elements of a Short Story: See Short Story Elements. Plot, characters, and literary devices in the movie Armageddon (1998). Here is a refresher…
Young People's Pavilion 