With literacy such an important topic in the school day, what better opportunity can there be for teachers but to invite an author to their school? There are many authors with published works, many of who also are also illustrators that offer workshops for schools.
These workshops in schools can offer the school children a variety of different experiences. This may range from drawing workshops, which will focus on how to draw characters and so they can be reproduced time an time again, enabling consistency so the reader can always identify with each image. The sessions may also focus on how authors write books. This looks at the mechanics of writing showing pupils how to write a beginning middle and end of a story enabling the reader to feel they are a part of the book. Alternatively authors may helps pupils to concentrate on creative writing. This could be through the engaging students in essays; writing plays / screen plays and of course there are poetry workshops. Many author just visit schools and read to the children. There is nothing more inspiring than story telling by the person who wrote the book.
At the end of the day many schools may get together in the assembly hall and show the other classes what they have learnt and achieved through the day. A memorable day for all involved.