Today Michael Wade came to our school to talk about himself and his books. He asked us what we thought an author actually looked like. We answered: an old man with glasses, brown hair, weak etc. Then he showed us some words he had learned with his Grade 1 teacher, and even though his grades were really below average, he became a writer anyway. He is also a prison guard full time. He later told us about some funny happenings, and had 4 people came up to the front to answer funny questions about their “dog” (later he changed it to “dad”, which made it really funny.)
Favorite and Funny Stuff
It was really funny after he changed the “dog” to “dad”, he read the answers again, and the end part said that their dad’s favorite place to go to the bathroom was the living room carpet!!! Then he read us a rough copy of an unfinished story about Gordon. Gordon plays a prank on the teachers on April Fools day, by pretending to spill his lunch but fails, because the teachers heard him. On the day of his plan, they do “mouth-to-mouth” to him and call an ambulance. The other one was a draft, in which Gordon plays a prank on the parents and teachers on a field trip. He wants to block the washroom so they can’t get in. Unfortunately for him, he ruins his cloth and has to change. So he buys a pair of sweat pants and it turns out to be a T-shirt, which was real bad – he already threw away the dirty stuff. In case you want to know more about the funny happenings, they are when Michael put a “Women” sign on the Men’s, and “Men” on Women’s; and when he put a “Speaker Broke, Please Shout” sign on the speaker of a brand new drive-thru.
What I learned
Michael Wade inspired me to be a writer because he said that no one has to be special to be a writer. I used to like writing stories, but they weren’t really funny. Now I know that if I think harder, I’ll be able to make my writing better, like what Michael Wade did with the dog stories. This was such a great presentation!
