Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Mon, Feb 01 2010
The joy of sharing dictionaries
Writing blog entries while under the influence of intense sleepiness can lead to odd word choices and loopy sentence structure. Let me just say that I had great fun helping pass out dictionaries to third graders this afternoon. It's a real treat watching children gasp and applaud when told that they are getting their own dictionary to keep forever. And it's a whipped cream and maraschino cherry kind of topping on the treat to see a whole class of kids open those dictionaries and look up word after word and check the lists of planets and other information in the back of the book.
As a child, one of my favorite things to do was to sit and read a dictionary. When I see a kid do that same thing now I realize that the third grader who looks up at me and smiles from behind those pages might be a budding writer. I'm sure the fun of that realization will come through in this post, in spite of intense sleepiness. It was a very satisfying day.
posted at: 21:50 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
Writing blog entries while under the influence of intense sleepiness can lead to odd word choices and loopy sentence structure. Let me just say that I had great fun helping pass out dictionaries to third graders this afternoon. It's a real treat watching children gasp and applaud when told that they are getting their own dictionary to keep forever. And it's a whipped cream and maraschino cherry kind of topping on the treat to see a whole class of kids open those dictionaries and look up word after word and check the lists of planets and other information in the back of the book.
As a child, one of my favorite things to do was to sit and read a dictionary. When I see a kid do that same thing now I realize that the third grader who looks up at me and smiles from behind those pages might be a budding writer. I'm sure the fun of that realization will come through in this post, in spite of intense sleepiness. It was a very satisfying day.
posted at: 21:50 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
