Newly published student authors at OHS

Several OHS 7th Grade students have recently joined the ranks of published authors as they successfully authored, submitted, and were accepted for publishing on Apple's iBooks Store.

Their original books, authored in 7th grade English class, were the result of a nonfiction writing project entitled "My B-side".  Students chose a personal passion, hobby, or talent-- something that was the "flip-side" to their well-known personality-- and wrote about it. The objective was informative/technical writing, and by choosing a topic that students personally knew so well, they could focus on communicating this real life skill/talent/or interest through their first-person writing, rather than external research.

Students worked through the writing process to compose their drafts and utilized digital tools such as Google Docs, Pages, and iPad apps throughout the process. Each was also encouraged to create original media to accompany the writing. Many students created videos, animations, illustrations, photography, and widgets to bring their writing to life once assembled in iBooks Author.

Out of all the 7th grade authors over a dozen were selected to submit for publishing on Apple's iBooks Store.  Students could choose whether to submit via Mrs. Morrow's Books account under their own name as author or if they wanted to go through the process of creating their own Books account for the iTunes Store.

While we are still waiting on approval on several books, the following titles have already successfully been approved and are live on iTunes!

• How to Penny Board by Andrew Alder
• Showing Sheep by Taya Rainforth
• Softball: Catching and Batting Tips by Chloe Scott
• Cattle Hauling by Sierra Matschullat
• Launching Model Rockets by Samantha Bowland
• KBRX: Running the Board by Michael Poese
• Gymnastics by Makayla Hilker
• Cleaning Your Room by Rosie Nelson
• Volleyball Outside Hitter by Jackie Gonzalez

Congratulations to each and every OHS 7th grade English student... you ARE AUTHORS!