{"id":35761,"date":"2012-04-27T10:02:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T14:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=35761"},"modified":"2012-04-27T17:30:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T21:30:55","slug":"young-authors-receive-mentorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/young-authors-receive-mentorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Authors Receive Mentorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First-graders from Orange County shared their original stories with a best-selling children\u2019s author during a special event Thursday at the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The activity was part of the 2012 Young Authors\u2019 Conference held at the Teaching Academy and Morgridge International Reading Center, both part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/education.ucf.edu\/\">College of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 160 young authors from Catalina and Ivey Lane elementary schools came to UCF for the conference, where they presented stories they created in school and discussed their writing processes.<\/p>\n<p>Special guest Loreen Leedy spoke to students about storytelling and what inspires the stories depicted in her educational picture books she writes and illustrates. Leedy is the award-winning author of children\u2019s books such as \u201cMeasuring Penny\u201d and \u201cThe Shocking Truth About Energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the students left the conference with a copy of Leedy\u2019s newest book, \u201cSeeing Symmetry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conference also gave students and faculty from the College of Education the opportunity to engage in writing-tutoring and motivate the young authors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many benefits to the conference, from the powerful writing and sharing experience to the increased access to literature in the children\u2019s classrooms and homes,\u201d said Taylar Clements, an instructor in the School of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership.<\/p>\n<p>The chance to interact with other students, meet a famous author, and share their original work\u2014all on a college campus setting\u2014also served to get the first-graders thinking about what their futures could hold when it comes to college and careers, Clements said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First-graders from Orange County shared their original stories with a best-selling children\u2019s author during a special event Thursday at the University of Central Florida. 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