On Friday afternoon, our class had a visit with the author Mark Peter Hughes. Mr. Hughes is the author of several teen and tween novels, including Lemonade Mouth (which some students recall as a Disney movie) and A Crack in the Sky (of which we received a copy during his visit). You can find out more about Mark Peter Hughes on his website www.markpeterhughes.com .
We were able to learn many things about writing during our seminar with Mr. Hughes. As we are just starting our personal narratives, he gave timely advice on how to "show not tell" in our writing. He told us encouraging stories of how he had to work at his own writing, sharing the first draft of one of his published books and the revised final result. It was good for students to see that Mr. Hughes completely revamped his approach to the story. If a professional writer has to revise, so can a 5th grade writer. We were also able to practice using our five senses to write short passages. Thank you to TESPTO for bringing Mr. Hughes to Proctor School.
We have also begun the Global Read Aloud for 2015. This year we are reading Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. We've only read a few chapters together, but the students are making connections and beginning to relate to the main character. What an exciting concept to be reading the same book as the rest of the world!
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -- Albert Einstein
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