“Where do you want to go for lunch guys?” asked Lucy “the usual?” suggested James and the 3 friends began their walk down Sydney Road. Settling in for lunch Craig asked “what did you guys think of those books today?” “Well tap tap went her feet was really intimidating! I mean the writing was really good, it felt like I was reading a real published story not to mention the art work. God I have no idea what I’m going to do with the drawings for my book- Urgh!” and she began playing with her napkin. “The story about bitter was good though. It’s amazing how kids are able to just come up with stories like that. I guess they have a different kind of pressure to deal with than us so it’s still hard but you know? The Henry the Goat book was good but you know was really different to writing one for upper primary. I really liked the painting and writing thing though!”
“Yeah that was really good” added Craig “our pictures were really crummy but the idea was good. It makes sense to need the training to do it but I don’t know how you can really take full advantage of the process in today’s schooling. I mean we need to dedicate certain amounts of time to different subject areas and there is not really enough time to go through the process. It doesn’t really seem like something you can stop- go to music class- come back and continue with the painting and writing. You really need time to go through the books, the modelling, the art, the sharing, the brainstorming, the writing, and the sharing. It’s a really long process.”
“Yeah I get where you are coming from” agreed James “but I think it’s a good idea starting with a drawing, it makes the writing so much easier. Like poetry, I know that Lynda Bang had some interesting ideas about poetry like putting it to music and the importance of memorisation but it’s still something I struggle to write you know? I really agree with Wendy though, it’s not something that’s going to get the same level of importance as other writing styles. ”
The waitress arrived delivering our coffees when Craig excitedly mentioned the phone number/car writing task. “I know, I was going through all the cars in my life then remembered this old family car that I hadn’t thought about in years! Like it was amazing how I could remember these little details about it” James added. Lucy mentioned her writing “I thought of our red car (which I’m still bloody driving!), the poo car, my Nan’s car, my auntie’s car Lucy Laser and Dads big white work van that he would borrow sometimes. Mine was about dad’s old poo car, god I hated it! But yeah you’re right; I could remember all the rust spots and the cobwebs and everything! I really liked that one, when Wendy called time’s up I was really gutted! I’d like to try it with the first phone number too.”
“Are you excited to do the MAT stuff James? You know, being an expert on it and all?” Lucy asked, “shut-up! Im not even doing the MAT stuff at the moment; it should be good though doing the extra electronic version of our books though. And it’s a good way to get comments too because you know, it can be much more specific and stuff. I think this is a much better way of using MAT than what we have done before.”
“Yeah i know what you mean, the other stuff we have uploaded to it just really didnt need to be put into video or really deserve comments. I’m still pretty nervous about the story writing” added Craig. “I know what you mean” added Lucy “at least you guys have a clear idea- I keep changing and getting all muddled! I wonder if we will have to specifically include any of the noun stuff that we are going to be covering next week? I liked that video at the end of class, it was pretty funny and actually made me remember some of that stuff from school”.
“Who had the chicken toastie?” asked the waitress, our mouths filling with food not conversation.
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