Writing for The Museum of Lost Objects
A short and high-spirited workshop today with home-educated kids Isaac, Loreta and Mollie. First we choose from The Museum of Lost Objects. We described them to each other, then did 5 minutes focussed free-writing (spelling-and-punctuation-free-as-long-as-you-can-read-it-back). We shared that, chose the best bits. Then we looked at some poems written as cinquains, so there are 5 lines, and each line has a set number of syllables in it: … Continue reading Writing for The Museum of Lost Objects
Hello! It’s National Libraries Day on Saturday 7 February
Originally posted on Southwater Reads:
Celebrate your library! I look forward to meeting you at Southwater on Saturday 7 February on National Libraries Day. There’ll be loads going on – and you can find me there being Reader in Residence – come and say hello! You can make your own Mini Origami Book make an Inspired Book List to go on our Southwater Reads blog –… Continue reading Hello! It’s National Libraries Day on Saturday 7 February
JEAN ATKIN 