The time to visit my husband’s school to talk to the students about writing is just around the corner. As a matter of fact, I bet if I blink fast a few dozen times it will be here!
So I won’t blink, not even slowly, because I’m not ready.
I want to really motivate the kids. I want them to understand why good writing is important, and how they can become better writers.
The problem is, how?
Right now I am totally fascinated with screenwriting (I wonder why?), and would like to teach a screenwriting lesson to the kids. It seems like it would be a wonderful way for them to get a grasp of the necessary parts of a story–character, plot, scene, etc.
But I don’t think time is on my side. Whatever lesson I teach needs to be able to be completed in about 45 minutes. 45 minutes to explain the parts of a script (simplified for 5th graders, of course), to stress the importance of strong plot and characters, and to get them to write?
I don’t know. I just don’t know. It might be possible….