{"id":368,"date":"2018-01-19T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T06:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/?p=368"},"modified":"2018-01-19T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T06:37:32","slug":"writing-workshop-with-adam-gidwitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/2018\/01\/19\/writing-workshop-with-adam-gidwitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Workshop with Adam Gidwitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grade 9 students were treated to a writing workshop\"\"<\/a> with Newbery Honored <\/a>author Adam Gidwitz<\/a>\u00a0in the library yesterday.\u00a0\"\"<\/a> It was an honour to have Adam return to our school, after an initial visit four years ago, which was well-remembered by some of our students.<\/p>\n

Over to Adam for the last word:<\/p>\n

Reading is\u00a0the cornerstone of a successful and meaningful life. No matter where you live, or what you do, your head will always be your home. Why not make it a rich and interesting place to live in?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (With permission from\u00a0http:\/\/mrschureads.blogspot.jp\/2017\/01\/newbery-honor-author-adam-gidwitz.html)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grade 9 students were treated to a writing workshop with Newbery Honored author Adam Gidwitz\u00a0in the library yesterday.\u00a0 It was an honour to have Adam return to our school, after an initial visit four years ago, which was well-remembered by … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/2018\/01\/19\/adam-gidwitz-visits-library\/","url_meta":{"origin":368,"position":0},"title":"Adam Gidwitz Visits Library","author":"Ms Schumacher","date":"January 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday we had the honour of hosting Adam Gidwitz in the library for a session with Middle School students.\u00a0 Adam talked about his Newbery Honored book The Inquisitor's Tale (which is also on the Sakura list this year)\u00a0and life in Medieval Europe, culminating in a question and answer session about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Middle"","block_context":{"text":"Middle","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/category\/middle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/files\/2018\/01\/MS1-1denac6-879x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/files\/2018\/01\/MS1-1denac6-879x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/files\/2018\/01\/MS1-1denac6-879x1024.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":350,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.stmaur.ac.jp\/library\/2018\/01\/19\/adam-gidwitz\/","url_meta":{"origin":368,"position":1},"title":"Adam Gidwitz","author":"Ms Schumacher","date":"January 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Newbery Honored author Adam Gidwitz returned to our library yesterday for a session with 4th and 5th grades. 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