{"id":1172,"date":"2013-12-02T22:36:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T05:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2013-12-02T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T06:39:10","slug":"michael-wade-was-here-not-mr-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/2013\/12\/02\/michael-wade-was-here-not-mr-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Wade was here, not Mr.Clean!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 15th, author Michael Wade was here.\u00a0 He began by telling us that, allthough he might look like Mr. Clean, he is definitely not.\u00a0 Mr. Wade told us many funny stories, reminded us of the power of every day words and managed to embarrass a couple of teachers, too. \u00a0One of his stories involved some very strong toilet paper that two students tried to break, but could not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1175 alignnone\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image8-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image8-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image8-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image8-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1174 aligncenter\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/11\/image7.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He reminded us of some of the things that good writers do.\u00a0 For example, he read us a story he is working on now and asked for feedback about how to make it better.\u00a0 He also showed us a sample of his writing and talked about the importance of rewriting.\u00a0 He does seven complete rewrites of each of his stories.\u00a0 In the end, his message was that anyone can be a writer.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for a very inspiring visit, Mr. Wade!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/12\/image1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1178 aligncenter\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/12\/image1-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/12\/image1-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/12\/image1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/southslope-library\/files\/2013\/12\/image1-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 15th, author Michael Wade was here.\u00a0 He began by telling us that, allthough he might look like Mr. Clean, he is definitely not.\u00a0 Mr. Wade told us many funny stories, reminded us of the power of every day words and managed to embarrass a couple of teachers, too. \u00a0One of his stories involved &hellip; 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