| K.M. Grant Ms. Grant has access to iChat and Skype.
Please
have the students prepare in advance a list of questions for her
to answer. She will first give a brief presentation, perhaps showing
her latest book or talking about an upcoming project, and will
then take questions. If you prefer, the Q&A can come first,
depending on your students' needs. How you handle the Q&A
is up to you. Sometimes students come up to the screen individually
to ask questions and then the next student comes up. Sometimes
the students gather around the screen to ask questions. The format
will depend on your needs and what kind of equipment you have.
If you have an activboard or some other means to project the images
onto a larger screen, for example, the format might be somewhat
different. In any case, students must be familiar with some of
her books.
Honorarium: $600 * for 3 one-hour long chats over the course of a day $400 * for 2 one-hour long chats over the course of a day $200 * for 1 one-hour long chat
K.M. Grant writes epic adventures set in the past, often taking her inspiration from her own lengthy and colorful family history. One of her ancestors was the last person in the U.K. to have his head exhibited on a pike. She lives in Scotland with her husband, three children, and two dogs named Blackberry and Crumble. Please visit K.M Grant and the DeGranville Trilogy for more information about her and her books. Her books are available from a variety of sources, including Booksource, Barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com. Grade
levels: 5-YA A FEW WORDS FROM TEACHERS WHOSE STUDENTS HAD AN ONLINE CHAT WITH K.M. GRANT:
Katie was positively delightful! The students loved engaging with her and asked lots of questions. She is so personable, and she told fascinating stories which had the children laughing throughout the Skype. I was bombarded with enthusiastic responses when I asked students afterward to share their thoughts about the experience. And on the way out, one big-eyed student said, *We're going to Skype with authors again this year, right?* What a wonderful experience! It felt very intimate, and I know the students loved being in a small enough audience that they could easily ask questions. I had a parent email me that her daughter couldn't stop talking about Ms. Grant when she got in the car.
Shannon Taliaferro 6th Grade LA McCulloch Intermediate School 3555 Granada Dallas, TX 75205 (214) 780-3500 ...the students were absolutely giddy with excitement once we were off-air. Thank you for giving so much of yourself for this maiden voyage into virtual author visits. I can say without any hesitation that it was totally fabulous. You were totally fabulous.
Leesa Cole McCulloch Intermediate School 3555 Granada Dallas, TX 75205 (214) 780-3500
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