Writing this blog has been so much fun. In fact, I've grown quite addicted to it. So much so, that I let my students in on it. Being in a good mood and all of that, I decided it was time unveil to them the blog that was about them. I knew they were going to to be a little, "What!" but none the less I had to share.
I wanted to introduce them to it slowly. So, I began by talking about authors and how they write from their own life experiences. I rambled on about Tolkien and his childhood and how his ideas for TLOR could have from those experiences. I reiterated that all good writers do this (You see what I'm inferring,don't ya?). After the prep speech, I type in the address for this blog and display MY writings from My life experiences. They read the title of the last entry. "The Number 2?" Someone questioned. "What kinda title is that?" Then they started to read it. "Hey! That's about us!" "That happened yesterday." I interjected amongst all the surprised looks and comments, "See,authors write from their life experiences." Um, that point suddenly became irrelevant now that they saw my entries were all about them.
After the initial shock of "What!", they requested that I read all of the entries to them. As I read them, they tried to guess who they were about. They "hit the nail on the head" every time. Of course, when I read Hair there was a boy who disagreed with my analysis. He admittedly responded with, "I wash my hair everyday!" He's a rare breed. Then there were the boys who wore the description like a badge of honor. "Yep, that's me." They said proudly. OK, so the blog was a hit. That was a relief. Opening Pandora's box can be a bit scary.
Now for the finale. "I want to be in your blog." A few of them told me. In fact one of them said, "I'm going to go home and think of some funny things to do in class so you will write about me." Well, little did she know, that statement alone was all that was needed.
LET THE AUDITIONS BEGIN!
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