Surprise Author Visit

By Student Bloggers Gabriele and John

Last Wednesday 4th graders got to learn about Steven Krasner, a legendary children's author. Steven talked to us about writing our own story and gave us some advice. He told us that when a person makes the “face” that means it does not make sense or you have left something out. This was one of the many pieces of advice Steven gave us.

This is Steve Krasner making "the face".

We discussed how to make a mystery story. He also gave us another piece of advice that was to revise every time you write an idea. A writing piece needs to be changed every time you find that something doesn’t work. Another bit of advice that he told us was that there are no such thing as a bad idea. A bad idea is just a myth.    

He also told us about the books that he made. He made a nonfiction book called The Longest Game, and also wrote an animal fantasy book called Have a Nice Nap Humphrey. He told us that the title is the last thing you do. It’s also usually the last line or sentence in the book. We hope that you'll read Steve Krasner's books.

Thank you TESPTO for bringing this wonderful program to our school.