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Classroom Activity Planner: Look forward to your school visit.
You have a school visit in three weeks. The teacher asks what you will be doing with the class for forty minutes, and reading a chapter aloud fills eight of them. Picture walking in calm instead, with a plan that comes from your own book and students leaning in to ask you questions.
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Shape the plan until it feels like yours, then walk in knowing what comes next.
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
What changes
A school visit you can enjoy, and teachers can say yes to.
A teacher weighing two authors has to keep thirty children engaged, so the author who can picture the hour earns their trust. You hand over a plan that comes from your own book, and the dread of dead air goes quiet.
Dread becomes anticipation
You arrive at a school visit with forty minutes planned instead of a reading. The silence you pictured at 2 a.m. becomes a room full of students with something to say.
Students care about your book
Kids light up when the story they know comes alive in front of them. You are no longer the visitor they politely sit through. You are the author they want to ask a hundred questions.
You are the author in the room
Students meet you and your book together. You stand there as the person who made it, not as a stand-in teacher, and that is the part no worksheet can offer.
A yes before the booking
You send a plan with your request, and the teacher can picture the class before they say yes. That is a clearer answer than a promise to talk about your book.
Where it helps
Be ready whenever your book meets a young audience.
Every invitation feels lighter when you already have something to offer.
Before a teacher books you
Put a few activities in your request, so the teacher sees what students will do instead of reading a general offer to visit.
For a day with several grades
You walk into each room prepared for that age, with one book and no scrambling between bells.
When a class set is on the table
Give a teacher what they need to order a class set: a clear picture of how the book will be used in the room.
When your publisher asks for teacher resources
You start from a draft instead of a blank page, then polish it with your team.
For libraries, homeschoolers, and summer reading
Support a library program or a summer reading club. Give a homeschool parent structure around a book their child already loves.
Before your book comes out
When the first invitation arrives before launch, you say yes without panic, because your plan is already waiting.
After the visit
Keep the activities that worked. Post them on an educator page and trim them for your book's back matter, so more teachers can use them. A teacher who ran your activities once has a folder to reuse, which gives them a reason to invite you back.
Bring your book and the grade you are visiting.
You bring
Your manuscript as one file, and the students' grade, from Pre-K through postgraduate college. A finished draft works, and the book does not need to be published.
Your manuscript stays private. Author Media never stores or views it, and the AI companies do not train on it.
You get
A full set of classroom activities built from your book and aimed at that grade, ready to run with you in the room.
You can reshape the plan in the chat, so tell it your time slot or the room you will be in. It does not write handouts or slides, match your state's standards, or know your school's schedule. Check the plan against the class you will have.
Before you plan your visit
What is Classroom Activity Planner?
You are about to stand in front of students, and this Patron Toolbox tool gives you a school visit plan that comes from your own book, so you walk in calm.
How do I plan activities for an author visit to a school?
A blank page is the scariest part of a school visit. Start from your own book and the grade you will visit, and leave room for students to talk and for you to answer questions. With Classroom Activity Planner you edit a full set of activities instead of facing that blank page.
Who is Classroom Activity Planner for?
If you will stand in front of students at a school, a library, or a reading event, you are the author it was made for. Indie and traditionally published authors can use it, and you do not need a teaching background.
What grades does it cover?
Whether you are visiting a story-hour class or a college lecture hall, you can pick the right level, anywhere from Pre-K through postgraduate college. Visiting several classes in one day? Run it again for each grade.
Do I need to be a teacher?
No. Being the author is the part nobody else can supply. You do not need a teaching background, and you can adjust anything before you use it.
Can I get more activities?
Yes, and nothing is locked in. Run it again for a different grade, or continue the conversation and ask for more in a direction that worked.
What if my visit is only twenty minutes?
A short slot can still go well. Tell the chat how much time you have, ask for a plan to match, and adjust it until it fits.
Can I use it before my book is published?
Yes, so you can be ready before the invitation arrives. A finished manuscript is enough, and the book does not need to be on sale. Planning now means you have an answer ready when a teacher or librarian asks what you will do with their students.
Can I use it for nonfiction?
Yes. Whether you wrote nonfiction, memoir, or a novel, your visit can feel just as alive.
How is this different from a lesson plan?
If you are the one standing in front of the students, use Classroom Activity Planner. You get a plan for the time you spend with the class, with you in the room. Lesson Planner is the better fit when a teacher will teach your book without you.
Can I use it for a book club?
A book club is a different room. Discussion Guide Builder drafts discussion questions that go past whether the group liked the book.
Can I use the activities for a library, a homeschool group, or a summer reading club?
Yes, and those rooms can feel just as warm as a classroom. Choose the grade closest to your group, and tell the chat about the setting and the time you have. Ask for changes until the plan suits the room.
Will it match my state's standards or make handouts?
No, and it helps to know before you plan. It does not know your state's standards or a teacher's unit, and it does not write worksheets or slides. You run and adjust the activities yourself, and you can ask the teacher or librarian whether anything needs to change.
Is my manuscript private?
Yes. Author Media does not store, track, or view anything you post to this tool. The tools reach each AI through its business API with privacy set to the maximum, so the AI companies do not train on your words. That includes a book that has not been published yet.
How much does it cost?
Classroom Activity Planner is included with any Novel Marketing Patreon membership of $10 per month or more. That membership also unlocks more than 80 other author tools in the Patron Toolbox. AI tool use draws from your membership's credit balance, and the amount used varies with the request.
Walk into your next school visit with a plan.
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Take the visit further.
When a teacher will teach your book
Lesson PlannerBuild the full lesson a teacher can run in your absence, once the visit is over.
For deeper talk
Discussion Guide BuilderDraft a discussion guide for classes, libraries, and book clubs.
To go with the unit
Quiz MakerCreate a quiz a teacher can use before or after your visit.
For younger grades
Coloring Page MakerTurn a scene from your book into a coloring page for an early-grade visit.
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