This year I was blessed with two events where I met up with 7th graders and we chatted for 30 minutes in each class about my book CHARLIE THE FISH. It was an online event due to the pandemic. It was a truly amazing experience and it meant the world to me to see that these 12/13-year-olds appreciate the story and their interest in knowing about the writing process and me.
Some of the questions they asked were where I
got my inspiration to write this story ,which camera I used to take the
pictures ,why Charlie is such a nice fish ,why Stuart is so mean and if fish is
my favorite pet among others .
It was a tremendously pleasant event where I felt
very grateful for the honesty and curiosity of these students.
I am extremely grateful to the teacher who
organized it and I'm sure that she prepared those students well in terms of
what questions to ask and how to formulate those questions. I think that their
English is very good being that at this school they start learning English in
the 6th grade. Of course, I realize that some of these students are more
advanced than others. Nonetheless, there were no moments of silence and
awkwardness.
Some of the feedback that I got was that in the
beginning this story is pretty easy to understand but then the vocabulary used
gets a bit more challenging which they enjoyed. They also enjoyed the activities
that I prepared to go along with the story, which I had emailed to the teacher
when she wrote to me telling me that they would be reading my book.
I am looking forward to next year´s group 😊
Written: December 17, 2020
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| Photo: Meire Marion |
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| Photo: Meire Marion |
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