The Hidden Blog of GAWC 2018
About Our Hidden Blog
This blog belongs to the Great American Writers of 2018. It contains some of their thoughts and musings from their week of camp. Everything is written from memory, so facts, well, they may have taken on lives of their own. If you are one of these bloggers, hello! If you are simply a reader and have stumbled upon this page purely by lucky clicking, welcome!
Either way, happy reading! |
Blog Entry 1
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On Tuesday at the GAWC 2018, guest author Stacy McAnulty came to our class. She told us about her newest novel, The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl. It is about a girl who gets struck by lightning and becomes a math whiz but also gains OCD. Her teachers say she qualifies for college, but her grandma says she must face middle school first. We won't tell you an y more because we don't want to be spoilers.
She also told us about some of the MANY picture books she has written, including EARTH! My First 4.54 Billion Years, Beautiful, and Brave. She also told us about Goldie Blox. She does not own this character, but she writes a book series about her. She also recommended some GREAT books. She is apparently not selfish because she did not recommend her own. We had a great time with Stacy McAnulty. She has written great books, too. You should go check them out. Take it from us. We would not have it any other way. - Natalie & Madison |
Blog Entry 2
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At the ZSR Library, in the Special Collection Room, we saw rare books from 1200-1900. The older books were bigger and handwritten. After 1450 they printed books on paper. This happened toward the Renaissance. At this time the world was going through a lot of changes. In this time Shakespear's plays were very famous. (By the way, that's 1 of 4 ways that he spelled his own name.) If Shakespear's plays hadn't gotten published by his friends, we would have lost a lot of famous plays.
In the 1800's, Charles Dickens found a new way of writing books. His new way was by sending in one chapter at a time to a book store. Even kids could buy a chapter: the price was for 35 cents. Everyone would buy it and read a chapter every week. In Africa they got printing in the 1800's. They printed things on goat skins and used wood for the covers. The paper was easy to print on. We learned a lot from the rare books collection and we owe it to the Great American Writers' Camp. Thank You GAWC. -Hriday, Evan & Alex |
Blog Entry 3
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Today we had a super fun field trip to the Scales Fine Arts Center of Wake Forest University. We had so much fun! First we went to the relaxing station (also known as a "lobby") :)
Then we went to the history hall of plays and saw the pictures of past plays from before. Then I realized that I (Jaya) had been here before for a dance performance, which was so much fun. Anyways, then we went to the stage and saw the lighting and even a disco ball! We also went backstage. I cannot believe what I saw. I never though I would see that! We saw how much work is put into just one show. We even went to the Ring Theater and learned about trap doors! We also learned about special effects. Today we has so much fun and a great time. I hope I can do it again some time. It was a unique experience. -Hayim & Jaya |
Blog Entry 4
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We thought that our tour of the United States Post Office at WFU was pretty fascinating because each individual student gets their own PO Box. There were numerous rooms full of different sized boxes and letters from all over the United States.
It was magical learning how they deliver all that mail! There were so many things we learned that we didn't even know. We (Amelia & Nora) really enjoyed learning how they send different kinds of mail to a lot of different places. The employees at the Wake Forest Post Office are there and know how to help and assist all your needs. They couldn't be nicer. We highly recommend going to the Wake Forest Post Office because they have nice employees, fascinating facts, and help your visit be magical. -Amelia & Nora |
Blog Entry 5
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On Monday we went to the WFDD 88.5 radio station. When we got there we got water. Catherine didn't let us get any more because it made too much noise. We waited for Molly, the Assistant General Manager, but she was in a meeting so Gabriel, the Education Program Manager, filled in.
Gabriel showed us to a room with many machines. There was a backup machine fore each machine. Then we went to a room with a lot of speakers. There was a light above the door to show that we were live (well, actually, we were just recording). We recorded our underwriting. Underwriting is the part of the radio that talks about a shop that paid the radio to talk about them ("Support for WFDD comes from listeners and from..."). Then we went back. It was the best trip ever. That's why we wrote about it! -Francisco & Ray |