» Browse
| « Back |  | Jacqueline Guest
Box 522
Bragg Creek AB T0L 0K0
403-949-2600 (work/home)
writer@jacquelineguest.com
www.jacquelineguest.com | | | Bio | - Jacqueline is a Métis author who lives in a log cabin in the pinewoods of the Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta. Author of seventeen novels, her fast paced books keep readers on the edge of their seats with topics ranging from deadly video-games to helpful ghosts. Jacquelineâ��s sports books hit all the biggies: soccer, basketball and hockey, providing insights into the games and the kids who play them. Her historical titles turn Canadaâ��s vibrant past into an exciting read for everyone while her gritty young adult mysteries provide provocative page-turners. With over fifty actual artefacts and a wealth of historical knowledge, her Social Studies curriculum based History and Culture Presentation is highly visual and interactive and brings the Era of the Fur Trade alive. Guaranteed winner for students and teachers alike! Jacqueline's Easy Key Writing workshops ensure three easy steps to higher marks on any writing assignment, even the dreaded Provincial Exams. Jacqueline has presented across Canada and strongly believes that reading gives you knowledge and knowledge gives you power!
| Genres | - Fiction » Action/Adventure, Children's—Middle Years, Children's Writing—Young Adult, Historical, Mystery
| Workshops Offered | - Dinosaurs!
- Group Size:This 60-minute PPT presentation engages Division One students with facts and fun about dinosaurs including speculation on what they looked like, who their cousins were and why they aren’t roaming the halls of their school today. It includes an actual dinosaur egg fossil from a Hadrosaur so that youngsters can see what one looked like. There is an interactive story entitled
Max and the Disappearing Dinosaur Egg
which relies on the children to make wise choices as to the ending of the tale
- Easy Key Writing Workshop
- Group Size:Easy Key Writing Workshops
Jacqueline's intensive ninety-minute Easy Key Writing Workshops provide the keys to success in writing- with proven results even on Provincial Exams! The Three Keys to Writing Successfully are easy to remember and give students the tools to construct a story with all the elements necessary to achieve high marks from editors or teachers. Visit www.jacquelineguest.com for more details.
- History and Culture
- Group Size:History and Culture Presentation
A Blast from the Past- The Era of the Fur Trade in Canada
Join Jacqueline Guest, author of 17 novels, as we re-live the era of the fur trade in Canada’s fabulous past. Learning and laughing are guaranteed as we recreate history in an unforgettable interactive session involving artifacts and actual facts. Highly visual, this curriculum based presentation is a hit with students and teachers. Visit www.jacquelineguest.com for more details.
- Q&A: A LIve Book Report with the Author
- Group Size:Q @ A: A LIVE BOOK REPORT
WITH THE AUTHOR!
Sixty-minute session in conjunction with a novel study of one of Jacqueline’s titles where students get to ask the questions.
Explore aspects of the book such as:
Where the idea came from
Character development and motivation
Why a synopsis is so important
Writing in other time periods
How a book is published
Plotting
An insider view which lets the reader live in the landscape
of the novel. Teleconferencing Available. www.jacquelineguest.co
| Audience Age Groups | - Adults
- Secondary School (10-12)
- Middle School (6-9)
- Elementary School (K-5)
| | « Back |
|
