Author Justin Matott talks to Mitchell Stu­dents about the impor­tance of devel­op­ing pro­fi­cient writ­ing skills and dis­cusses the life of an author.

Jour­nal­ism stu­dents respond:

Author Inspires Young Writers

By T.J. A. and Addie M. 
On Decem­ber 15, 2011, author Justin Matott vis­ited Mitchell Ele­men­tary. The whole school joined him for a spe­cial assembly. He told us some great stories. We learned he has writ­ten at
least 12 books, that a good story can take six months to write, and you need to be cre­ative with your writing. He showed us how being funny attracts more peo­ple to your work. He also encour­aged 4th, 5th, and 6th graders to use our imag­i­na­tions dur­ing a writ­ing work­shop fol­low­ing the assembly.