Author Neil Geoffrey's visit to Glenbrae School - Excitement over this!

Author Neil Geoffrey got back to the students in the writing group and assured them that he would visit them on Monday 18th June 2018 at Glenbrae School. This he did through Chris B who relayed the message. Excitement over this was obvious! The students were excited. Neil Geoffrey was coming to discuss with them the book review that the students did for his first book Gassey Goosey that is soon to be published. 

The students planned what to say to him about the book review they did and convey some ideas for the next book that he could write.  They collaborated and came up with questions they would ask him.

The students also went to the junior and senior classes - year 0 to year 5 students and read the book Gassey Goosey to them. Besides the students who went to read to the students, two student observers also went to the different classes to observe the reactions of the students who were listening to the story being read so they could confirm that the book was written for a younger audience.

Doing the book review helped these students in the writing group understand the fact that to write a narrative for a target audience is a big process and that it takes time and effort to write, read, re read, edit and proof read, craft sentences all the while to improve their narrative and bring it to a stage that the book is ready for publishing. They are excited to meet with the author as they are curious to know how long it took for the author to write his story which is now ready for publishing. They are keen to ask the author which part of the writing process he most enjoyed and why and other burning questions they have. 
I will keep everyone posted as to what happened when the author visited the group.