…“You said my name wrong! You said ‘Reh-GINA’ and my name is ‘RUH-gina,’”
…“Can I move? He’s kicking me!”
…“This plastic chair is hard.”
I’m at the Young Writers workshop at our local library. The manager asked me to talk to the kids on “Descriptive Language” for the hour. It starts off with lots of restless commotion.
I glance at the large clock on the wall. I have an hour to figure out how to calm my young writers, first grade to eighth. How do I approach this wide range of ages? I would teach descriptive language in a much different manner to the older children than I would to the younger. I might be in for a long hour.