Author+Janie+Panagopoulos

=**Author Janie Panagopoulos**= P.O. Box 704 Roscoe IL 61073-0704 United States http://www.jlpanagopoulos.com/ Contact Name: Janie Lynn Panagopuolos Email: Pandex@prodigy.net Phone: 815-624-7783

Award winning author/historian, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos has toured schools throughout the United States sharing her stories of history, research and writing, now, connect with Janie through IP Videoconferencing and Skype.

Want something new for your Language Arts program? Here it is! Invite author, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos into your classroom for a residency I.P. Videoconferencing. In four different sessions, spread out over four months (your dates), Janie will meet with your students and take them on a "one-of-a-kind" Distant Learning experience where your students will learn from a professional how to write a story. Program 1: Introduction to writing program Research (libraries, museums, Internet - citing sources) Program II: Think before you write Program III: Elements - 3/3/3 of writing Program IV: Editing and Revision - problem solving
 * Author in Residence Program Grades 5-7**

Grade level 5-7 Age:11-13 cost: $100.00 per connect

Author in Residence Program Grades 8-12 4-60 minute connections Your Creative Writing or Language Arts students have questions? Let them ask a professional author through I.P. Videoconferencing. Author, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos will be happy to come into your classroom for a residency program and to serve as a mentor to your students. In four different sessions, spread out over four months (your dates), Janie will meet with your students and take them on a "one-of-a-kind" Distant Learning experience where your students will asks questions and learn what it is like to be an author.This program can be designed specifically for your students need or you may select the basic residency program listed below: Program 1: Introduction to writing and research (including Internet and citing sources) Program II: Pre-Writing is Non-negotiable - (collect and organize) Program III: Character, Setting and Plot Development - (3/3/3 of writing) Program IV: Editing and Revision
 * Author in Residence Program Grades 8-12**

Grade level 8-12 Age:14-18 cost: $100.00 Per connect

Want to take your students deeper into Language Arts and Creative Writing? Invite award winning author/educator, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos into your classroom through I.P. Videoconferencing. Janie can do an overview with Q & A time with your students concerning the "real" writing profession or even create a program that will fit your classroom needs. Selected subjects of interest might be: Internet research and citing sources, plagiarism, pre-writing is non-negotiable, how to create three-dimensional characters, settings, and plots, how to make stories more alive by using voice and senses and, of course, editing and revision. Select what you need to help your students gain a deeper understanding or writing and its many elements. Janie will also share her email address with your students and invite them into her "free" online mentoring program that will help support and reinforce good writing practices and the development of the budding authors in all your students. Grade level 8-12 Age:14-18 cost: $100.00
 * Basic Writing Workshop - Historical Fiction**

Basic Writing Workshop Grades 3rd - 6th Want to help your students to discover writing the right way? Do it the fun way and invite award winning author/educator, Janie Lynn Panagopoulos into your classroom through I.P. Videoconferencing. Janie will share with your students, in an interactive format, the importance of: 1) Research to "write what you know" 2) Not writing before your story is thought out 3) How to create three dimensional characters, settings, and plots 4) How to make stories "alive" by using voice and senses 5) Editing and revision. Janie will also share her email address with your students and invite them into her "free" online mentoring program that will help support and reinforce good writing practices and development the budding author in all your students. Preparation: Handouts for the program will be emailed to the teacher, two weeks prior, for students to look over. Students will need to bring handouts to the program for reference and should keep them in a folder for future use. Teachers are requested to contact Janie, by email, two weeks prior to their program, to discuss any particular concerns or outcome that they would like to see stressed. Grade level 3-6 Age:9-12 cost: $125.00
 * Basic Writing Workshop Grades 3rd - 6th**

Remember the "good ol' days" when money was available to book an author visit? Well, it's back! With I.P. Videoconferencing you not only can afford to bring author Janie Lynn Panagopoulos to your school, you can have her all to yourself in your classroom. On an IP Author Visit, Janie will share with you and your students her many adventures in writing and research and also allow interactive time for the students to ask their many questions (without having to share her time with a whole school assembly) Make your Language Arts and Social Studies programs fun and alive again by booking an affordable author visit through I.P. Video Conferencing with Janie Lynn Panagopoulos. Books by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos for discussion: (All titles A.R. approved) Traders in Time (complimentary blog available) Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp (complimentary blog available) Erie Trail West North to Iron Country Train to Midnight Runes of Isle Royale Calling the Griffin Madame Cadillac's Ghost A Place Called Home Castle at the Straits Little Ship Under Full Sail (Web site information available) Mark of the Bear Claw A Faraway Home: An Orphan Train Story (Complimentary blog available) Grade level 3-6 Age:9-12 cost: $100.00
 * Meet the Author, Grades 3-6**