writing workshop for kids

1. Author Talk: The
Story Behind the
Stories
Zarah C. Gagatiga, Teacher Librarian
Author, Blogger, Board Representative for Librarians, PBBY
Reading Advocate and Library Consultant
http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com
zarah.gagatiga@gmail.com
@thecoffeegoddes

2. My First Library Card

3. When I was a little girl...
I loved to sing. I still
do.
I joined declamation
contests.
I kept diaries and
wrote in journals.

4. I am now a grown up!
I love to sing!
I tell and write stories
I blog!
I am a LIBRARIAN.

5. It’s cool to be a grown up!

6. It’s fun being a grown up!

7. Being a grown up is being
responsible

8. Responsibility = Honest
work

9. The Tale of Tales From the
7,000 Isles

10. Sagada, Benguet

11. Panglao, Bohol

12. A lot of reading, writing
and research!
* Writing proposal
* Pre-writing
- Research
- Field work and interviews
* Writing the folk stories
* Revision and editing
* Proof reading
* Publication

13. Writing Picture Books

14. YAY! New books!

15. Let’s try some writing
exercises!
Use these pictures to tell a story. Note that it follows a
sequence: beginning, middle and end. Choose a main
character or narrator. It can be the cake or a person who
eats the cake. Use your imagination! Have fun! Share your
story.