Just wanted to say "Thanks" for helping me teach descriptive writing to my Year 9 students. (That makes them 13 years old). I teach English and have a bunch of kids who are currently not doing as well as they should be - they really need help to develop their descriptive skills beyound "It was a big scary creature".
So, I played the the section from "The Rookie" where Scott describes Sklorno for the first time (they were very happy to hear a voice that wasn't mine, let me tell you!) and then got them to take inspiration from that to create and describe an alien creature of their own. The results were mixed, but they made a real breakthrough in terms of what they thought was possible. Huge thanks to Scott and all at Dark Overlord!
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
I agree that the GFL series is perfect for the YA audience though. Boys in particular love to read about sports, and as an english teacher anything that makes boys want to read is a good thing!
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