Prior to the skype session students drafted questions to ask Simone about being an author, the creation of George, the authors or stories that inspired her, and asked for advice as potential authors or app designers of the future. George the Farmer even posted on Facebook about the skype session with his co-creator indicating that Simone really enjoyed the interaction with the Timboon P-12 Year 3 students. It’s not often that students in a rural school get advice from the creator of an itunes Number 1 selling app, thanks Simone and George!
The year 3 students were fortunate enough to host Simone Kain, the author of “George the Farmer”, during a skype session as part of their English classes on author’s intent and story-telling. Students had been encouraged to write a predictive piece about what “George the Farmer” could be about before they were introduced to the Landline story on George and his creators, Simone Kain and illustrator, Ben Hood. Further research was undertaken by the class as they studied how George was created to fill a gap in the childrens’ apps and books market about Australian farmers. After reading the books, ‘George the Farmer plants a wheat crop’ and ‘George the Farmer shears a sheep’, the students completed character profiles and developed other potential storylines about George and his family. Prior to the skype session students drafted questions to ask Simone about being an author, the creation of George, the authors or stories that inspired her, and asked for advice as potential authors or app designers of the future. George the Farmer even posted on Facebook about the skype session with his co-creator indicating that Simone really enjoyed the interaction with the Timboon P-12 Year 3 students. It’s not often that students in a rural school get advice from the creator of an itunes Number 1 selling app, thanks Simone and George! Comments are closed.
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