"Good Conversation!" A Talk with M. E. Kerr
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M. E. Kerr
One of the country's most popular young adult authors discusses her book "Gentlehands" and explains why she writes under various pseudonyms.
- 20 minutes
Questions for classroom discussion and assignments:
- What does M.E. Kerr say that M.E. stands for and why did she choose these initials?
- M.E. Kerr talks about “fatal clues that humans have”. Write about what she means by this.
- The class will read a newspaper article that discusses a problem confronting teenagers today. Change the article into a short story by creating a character who is faced with this problem.
- M.E. Kerr says small towns are notorious for gossip. Write an essay entitled, "Wait until you hear this," Then tell a story about an imaginary person.