Tomorrow - It's Going Down (the hopes of children, that is).

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

22 hrs
After almost a week, I have all the bookmarks printed off for the 72 first graders at Doomed Elementary. Only tonight and tomorrow to get ready to talk to the kids about being a writer. Mainly talking about the writing process and showing them copies of edits and the original covered copies of my 1st 2 books. Typing up my presentation before I write it on note cards for reference. Need to print off a few pages/chapters of old chapters, new chapters with edits and first drafts! Crazy. So much to get around and so little time!

18 hrs
Off to bed. Need to finish my presentation and the bookmarks tomorrow. I'm going to need some rest for all that. Good night!

6 hrs
The presentation is finished, note cards written up, got the note to parents printed, an old rough draft printed, and what I'm working on now. Just have to get these bookmarks cut apart and put the ribbon on them. Then I can pack it all up and have it all ready for tomorrow. Might run through the presentation once.

Rando: I would be scared, I hate getting up in front of people.
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Boring: I'm nervous. I had problems with presentations throughout school. Only time I didn't have a too bad of time with on was my senior project presentation day. Then again it was on a topic I kind of fell in love with. Or maybe I should say person, since it was on Elvis Presley.
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[lilac05]

LOL @ Doomed Elementary & the thought that 1st graders will have any interest in a presentation that requires time to type and print on note cards!

[ginandjucie24]

Lol at note cards. Actually lol at the whole thing.

[killercupcake]

LOL

Plot twist: the teachers have read Boring's work and want her to come in so the first graders can teach her some things.

[katfco]

When she looks up from her notecards (see, Boring, I can write without subjects in my sentences, too):





And at the end, when the teacher says, "Class, let's all thank Ms. Boring Author for her time,"

[cuddlyevil]

NOTES FOR THE PARENTS!?!?!?!?!

[UMaineTeach]

yeah... sure.

1st graders don't actually write and re-write, or attend to any presentation that uses note cards, or really, truly, understand that authors are people; that people write books they read. They can tell you "the author writes the text and the illustrator makes the pictures" but it's not a solid idea yet.

does she have a Power Point? are her books child appropriate? and again, I ask, did the teacher's invite her or did she invite herself?

[cuddlyevil]

Shouldn't she be doing more research for the book about vikings? This seems like overkill.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

May 6, 2015 19:30:50 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

Shouldn't she be doing more research for the book about vikings? This seems like overkill.

Um, they looked more or less like us, but shorter.  I'm not sure what else there is to know.

[livinitup]

May 6, 2015 19:40:35 GMT -5 Ohhmm(bligo) said:

May 6, 2015 19:30:50 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

Shouldn't she be doing more research for the book about vikings? This seems like overkill.

Um, they looked more or less like us, but shorter.  I'm not sure what else there is to know.

They wore pointy hats.

[meij]

She knows what age first graders usually are, right? Showing them an unedited and edited draft of a book isn't going to make an impression on children just learning to read.

They'll like the bookmarks. At least they'll have something to look at and fiddle with during the notecard part.