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J. Scott Savage is a dynamic presenter who has visited more than 4000 elementary and secondary schools, as well as writing conferences, librarian conventions, and literacy events.
Scott’s elementary school assembly is an interactive and energetic 40-minute presentation that is not only fun, but also educational. He inspires students to want to change the world, and instills in them a love of reading and writing.
A favorite part of Scott’s presentation is an activity where he shows all the students how even kids who don’t like writing can come up with a great story idea in less than five minutes using their own hero, goal, obstacles, and consequences while creating a story as a group, usually with hilarious results. Students laugh while they learn!
What Schools are saying:
“I wanted to thank you and Scott so much for coming to [our school] yesterday. We always love having you, and you inspire our kids immensely. All of the kids in one of our third grade classes came in this morning and wanted to write stories. They wanted to use characters that weren’t people just like the cucumber in yesterday’s story from the assembly. They had so much fun coming up with their own ideas!”
If you would like more information, or to schedule a visit, please visit our assembly page or email Jennifer Apsley at events@jscottsavage.com
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Reading Level Charts
Water Keep
IL: MG | BL: 5.2 | Points: 16 | Test Type: RP
Land Keep
IL: MG | BL: 5.1 | Points: 14 | Test Type: RP
Air Keep
IL: MG | BL: 4.7 | Points: 13 | Test Type: RP
Fire Keep
IL: MG | BL: 4.9 | Points: 14 | Test Type: RP
Fires of Invention
IL: MG | BL: 5 | Points: 13 | Test Type: RP
Gears of Revolution
IL: MG | BL: 5.2 | Points: 14 | Test Type: RP
Embers of Destruction
IL: MG | BL: 5.1 | Points: 13 | Test Type: RP
Zombie Kid
IL: MG | BL: 4.8 | Points: 8 | Test Type: RP
Making the Team
IL: MG | BL: 4.8 | Points: 7 | Test Type: RP
Evil Twins
IL: MG | BL: 4.5 | Points: 7 | Test Type: RP
Curse of the Mummy’s Uncle
IL: MG | BL: 4.8 | Points: 7 | Test Type: RP
The Lost Wonderland Diaries
IL: MG | BL: 5.1 | Points: 11 | Test Type: RP |
Secrets of the Looking Glass REQUEST QUIZ HERE
Graysen Foxx and the Treasure of Principal Redbeard REQUEST QUIZ HERE
Graysen Foxx and the Curse of the Illuminerdy REQUEST QUIZ HERE
Quantum Interstellar Sports League #1 REQUEST QUIZ HERE
Quantum Interstellar Sports League #2 REQUEST QUIZ HERE
PARENT RESOURCES
One of my favorite experiences is having a boy or girl tell me that my books are the reason they learned a love for reading. Parents ask me all the time how they can encourage their children to read, so I have created a parent FAQ to answer the most common questions.
A: First and foremost, they need to see you read. If you tell your kids to eat their vegetables, but you never eat yours, they see vegetables as bad. If you tell them to read book and you don’t read, what are you telling them?
A: I’ve never met a child who hates stories. I’ve seen lots of children who haven’t found a book they love. What do your kids like? Video games? Sports? Pizza? Guess what? There are books about all of those. Find out what your kids like, go to the library, and ask the children’s librarian for the best books on those topics. Then sit down with your child every evening a read a chapter or two. You’ll be amazed at how quickly they’d start asking you for one more chapter.
A: In my opinion, one of the biggest mistakes we can make at home or in our schools is assigning ages to books. If children develop a love of reading, they will naturally move up to more challenging books. If books are too hard for them, they will move on to something else. Give your children the freedom to try books that might seem too easy or too hard. If your kids want to read books you think might be too difficult, let them try. In the same vein, don’t discourage your children from reading book that seem too simple. Be thrilled that they want to read. It’s okay to offer them more challenging books, but never make them feel bad reading.
A: The best answer I’ve ever heard to this question was given by Orson Scott Card when a mother asked him if he thought a particular title was okay for her daughter to read. Scott said that the best thing the mother could do was read the book with her daughter so they could discuss it. If you have concerns about whether the content of a book is appropriate for your child, read it. Then discuss it with your children. This is not to say that all books are appropriate for all readers, but I see too many people telling children they can’t read books when the person telling them that hasn’t opened the book themselves.
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