If you are a school in Australia and would like me to visit please contact Speaker’s Ink<\/a> and they’ll arrange my visit. I’m visiting Australia all the time and can add school visits onto each trip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I could visit your school from 9am to lunch time or better still for the whole day (author talk until lunchtime, then workshops until home time). If you book a full day of author talks\/workshops I’ll do a free talk to teachers during lunch time or after school, about incorporating non-fiction into the language and reading programme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I offer 1\u00bd hour writing workshops on the following subjects:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Plus four mini workshops with the maximum of 20 students for one hour during school or after school on the following:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Workshop One:<\/em> Exciting Beginnings<\/strong> (how to start your story in seven different ways)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Workshop Two:<\/em> Plot Fantastic<\/strong> (how to structure a story)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Workshop Three:<\/em> Lively Language<\/strong> (includes passive vs. active writing, show don’t tell, using imagery)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Workshop Four:<\/em> The Finale<\/strong> (includes peer editing, and satisfying endings)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Afterwards, I’ll critique the students’ finished product and give them a certificate. For more information please email me.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n For Teachers<\/strong> I offer talks on non-fiction in the Language and Reading Programme<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Email me for further information<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you live outside the Auckland area \u2013 you will need to contact me directly. I am very happy to travel to your area but I will need to organise other school visits while I am in your town\/city to make it cost effective. If you can pass the message to schools in your area that I am available (for a fee) \u2013 I would be most grateful. What I’ll need for the talk:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If I am visiting your school during Book Week I would be very happy to sell my books to you at a discounted rate so that you can sell those to students and make a profit from them. Please email me if you require more information. I can send you a book order form so that teachers and students can buy the books direct from me or you can buy them on Long White Cloud Books<\/a>. I also can give writing workshops at your school. To ask about book writing workshops, please email me<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n School Visit Feedback<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n “We had a wonderful time with you – thanks. I bragged you up on the Library Listserve – every school should have you visit!”<\/em> “We thoroughly enjoyed Maria Gill visiting Hebron Christ College. She gave an excellent presentation, engaging our students in the closer examination of non-fiction books, and giving them new ideas for their own writing and research. Since then we have made a poster of Maria and her books, which constantly reminds children of ‘when the author came to visit.'”<\/em> “We appreciated Maria’s presentation because the children, and the teachers, not only found her engaging and inspiring, but it was refreshing to gain an author’s perspective of non-fiction writing.”<\/em> “We had 93 children and 9 adults watch you for a whole hour – and ready to stay longer, too, if they didn’t have to get back for other commitments. As I mentioned in my introduction, we have had very few opportunities for children’s author visits to our library in the 3 years of my tenure here and it was a great pleasure to host you at this event.”<\/em><\/p>\r\n Write Like an Author Workshops<\/strong><\/p>\r\n I also teach Write Like an Author<\/strong> workshops around the country. I\u2019m in Hamilton and Tauranga in the April School holidays, Wellington and Palmerston North in the July holidays, and Christchurch and Dunedin in the October holidays.<\/p>\r\n Students aged 8-14 years old learn tips and techniques from a published author, as well as playing fun writing games throughout the day. At the end of the three-day workshop, students will have started a story of their own. They\u2019ll also find out how to edit their work and information about competitions they can enter. For younger students we also have a one-day junior camp and for older students (and students who have completed the 3-day Intermediate workshop) they can enroll in the Advanced camp. For more information go to www.writelikeanauthor.com.\u00a0<\/a>If your students are more art inclined, they can find out about the popular www.drawlikeanartist.com<\/a> workshop.<\/p>\r\n I would love to give an author talk at your school. You can book me to come to your school through NZ Book Council, Getting Kids into Books speakers agency, or contact me directly if you have any questions. I am prepared to travel around the country but will need to charge for travel and … Continue reading Talks<\/span> What I bring to a school or library visit:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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If the rate is not what you had budgeted for, can I suggest you charge your students a $2 gold coin to contribute towards it. Many schools have been doing this for a while for other speakers. Alternatively, you could ask a local business if they would like to sponsor it.
My talks are entertaining, educational and inspirational to children.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhat you can do to make the school visit successful:<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Please do put the photographs on your website or newsletter, as parents love to see their children engaging in the talks. Could you please send me a copy of some of the photographs. I would love to put them on my Facebook site or website if I can get permission from the parents.
I look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\r\n![\"Workshops\"](\"https:\/\/www.mariagill.co.nz\/images\/school_workshops.png\")
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These are my workshops:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Gerri Judkin<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Lois Huston, Hebron Christian College<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Ann Parnell, Mangawhai Primary<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Resources](\"https:\/\/www.mariagill.co.nz\/images\/resources_links.png\")
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Essential Resources<\/a>
Book 1: Ages 7-10
Book 2: Ages 11-14<\/li>\r\n
Essential Resources<\/a>
Book 1: Ages 7-10
Book 2: Ages 11-14
Available Term 1, 2013<\/li>\r\n
Essential Resources<\/a>
Book 1: Ages 7-10
Book 2: Ages 11-14<\/li>\r\n
Essential Resources<\/a>
Ages 14-16<\/li>\r\n
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
For more information please email me directly<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n
South Pacific Press<\/a><\/li>\r\n
South Pacific Press<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"