Thursday, April 7, 2011

39 Clues Webcast


Today we watched a live webcast with some of the authors of The 39 Clues series (including: Jude Watson, Peter Lerangis, Linda Sue Park, and Gordon Korman).  During the webcast, we submitted responses to polls about questions from some of the books. The authors read an excerpt from their book and asked us our opinions.  We loved hearing the instant result of the polls! 




Jude Watson's writing space











 

The authors also showed us videos of where they write. These authors work in offices or small spaces at home. We learned that we also need a cozy place to write.



We also received helpful writing tips from Ruth Culham:
1.Get your ideas together.
2. Organize your story.
3.Use voice in your writing. ("Voice" means energy.)
4. Use rich enlightening vocabulary.
5. Make sure your sentences flow together.
6. Edit your writing check for your mistakes.
Make sure your end result is presentable.
These tips can really help us improve our writing.


We're missing a couple of the installments!  They are on our class wishlist!


We have most of The 39 Clues in our classroom library.  Some students in 4D decided to try this series for the first time. (This made Mrs. Alaniz VERY happy!)

The students in 4D really enjoyed the webcast! 
Mrs. Alaniz even went straight to Barnes and Noble after school and bought the latest installment of the series (which had just been released that day):  Vespers Rising (Book #11). 


What do you like about The 39 Clues Series? 
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8 comments:

  1. Student #1April 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I look forward to seeing it! I was gone when it was on, but I will see a video of it!

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  2. student # 15.April 7, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    I loved meeting some of the authors and choosing the word for the next seires! I can't wait to start reading them!

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  3. student 3April 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM

    That was so fun!
    I liked the part when we got to chose a word for one of the books.
    I wounder what the treasure is?

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  4. Student 21April 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    I started reading the 39 clues series and I love it!!
    It is a thrilling and scary story!
    And I also enjoyed learning about the authors and where they write their books!
    I hope to finish the series this year!

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  5. student#13April 13, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    I think the 39clues webcast and books are great. I wonder how many books they will make?

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  6. Student#12April 17, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    I thought the webcast was so fun. I wonder what the 39clues authors come up with next?

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  7. student 20April 22, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    I think it was a good idea to do a webcast with the authors of 39 Clues. But why 39 Clues? I liked doing it.

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  8. student#2May 6, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    I loved watching the 39 clues webcast. I learned alot about writing from the webcast.

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