Author: betsy baldwin

“Despereaux looked down at the book, and something remarkable happened. The marks on the pages, the “squiggles” as Merlot referred to them, arranged themselves into shapes. The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase…”
(from The Tale of Despereaux)

My Dear Writer-Reader,
You are invited to create your own delicious and wonderful entries in this Writer’s Notebook which will be yours and yours alone. Just as the tiny mouse Despereaux delights in his discovery of the magic and power of the words he uncovers in the castle books, you too may discover hidden delights as you put your pen to paper.
There is no right way to begin; just write about what intrigues , interests or perplexes you! Write something each day. Write in phrases, rhyme, doodle, create cartoon characters who speak your thoughts.; scratch out and rewrite! Don’t worry about spelling or making corrections. Just get your thoughts and feelings down. The more you write, the easier it will be to write!
Your first entry should be about your first day (or first week) in middle school. How were you feeling? What were you thinking, seeing, hearing? Was that first day what you had expected? Think of the journal entries in Middle School is Worse than Meatloaf or the doodles and explanations in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Greg Heffley’s Journal about middle school.
Now, go WRITE!
Have a DELICIOUS time,
Ms. B

“Today is the first day of school, and right now we’re just waiting around for the teacher to hurry up and finish the seating chart. So I figured I might as well write in this book to pass the time.” (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
Created for you by Ms. Baldwin