We were very lucky to have had the famous author Anne Bowen at our school today! She talked about “What Good Writers Do!”
THE COOL THING she is a UTAH Gal!!! At the age of 22, Anne traded hills for mountains, and moved to Utah to begin her teaching career. She married her husband, Art, and has lived in Ogden for the past thirty years. Anne has two grown sons, six grandchildren, one grand-puppy, and two senior golden retrievers.
The amazing thing is all the advice she was giving us, we have been doing in class…The kids were so excited! They loved that they had a connection with her and that they do what she does! I loved that she reinforced what Mrs. Peterson and I have been preaching to the kids too!
GOOD WRITERS
*Ask questions
*THINK THINK THINK
*WonDer
*Record their thoughts
*Use your 5 Senses
*Use WOW words…describing words
*Write about your experiences
*Be creative, take ordinary and change it to AMAZING
****TOOLs to AlWaYS have on hand! Favorite pen, a journal, post its… just in case you have a FabUlouS idea pop into your mind – you write it down so you never forget it!
It was such a fabulous presentation today and she will be at the Treehouse tonight signing Autographs! We are so lucky to have had this opportunity! Our school is so cool!!!
Reading and Writing Rocks!!!
Here are a couple of her many books! Check out her website for more info!