Impatience!

I haven't even finished my planning for this Mantle, but I couldn't help making a start with the class. It is week 4 already, and the children have had their first EMR session, including snorkeling in the school pool. Most of our reading has been based on marine life, and we have written factual reports on marine worms, with some pretty impressive diagrams as well. This is only because we need some background knowledge before our trip to the Reotahi Marine Reserve. So I started...
Initially, we talked about drama, and read the Drama Contract that Leslee provided. We didn't sign it, we just talked about each bullet point and what it meant. The children were all in agreement, and I trust them to take it seriously and follow the rules. I guess I am very lucky having year 5 and 6 kids, you can reason with them and remind them when things don't go to plan.
I don't know if I got right, I know we are meant to work on our "hook" and this would lead us in but I just couldn't help myself. I suppose I will learn as I go.
Anyway, I asked them to remember the day when their first book was released as a bestseller. Pretty cool, they not only talked about the "book" but started to create some elaborate stories relating to that time. I had children who were accomplished authors and illustrators who had won book awards, and queues of people had lined up on the day it came out in the bookshops to buy a copy. What was super cool was that every single person in my class was happy to share.
I figured a publishing company would be a great business, so I mentioned what a hassle it was dealing with some publishers and how much money they must make out of us. And of course, the kids bought into it and now we are busy designing our publishing company. It is pretty flash actually. 2 stories with many offices, a luxury suite for when we work late because we are so inspired and we can't be bothered going home, several pools and a spa, a helipad, lounges, conference rooms, storage rooms and a diamond studded toilet, plus lots more! Lucky we are wealthy authors!
We are also thinking about a suitable name for our company, this decision is not something we want to make hastily, so it is requiring several days and lots of thought. Speaking of names, we thought it would be good to have a copy of each person's CV, just for the records. Heaps of fun inventing a past, and even more fun coming up with pseudonyms! I think I am having as much fun pretending as the children. And guess what my name ended up being? ... Mildred!