Out of school!Out of paper towels --Out of sanitizer . . .Out of masks.Out of sports.Out of work.Out of business.Out of energy.Out of things to do.Out of friends.Out of touch.Out of sorts.Just out of it.
Artist Statement My name is Jaslene Kwack, and I am 12 years old. I drew this picture on my iPad. I first got inspiration from Taekwondo, which is a sport that I practice and enjoy...
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl is one of the most underrated books I have read. In comparison to his other books such as Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I...
Transcript: Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be reading “Folk Song,” a short poem by the great Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun. Tomaž Šalamun was born on July...
An update from our fifty-fourth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, February 4 This week, we discussed another fundamental building block of writing: characterization. Characterization is how a...
An update from our fifty-third Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, January 28, plus some of the output published below This week, we discussed images. Images are a...
PostPublished February 23, 2023by Stone Soup Editors
Out of school!Out of paper towels --Out of sanitizer . . .Out of masks.Out of sports.Out of work.Out of business.Out of energy.Out of things to do.Out of friends.Out of touch.Out of sorts.Just out of it.
PostPublished February 16, 2023by Stone Soup Editors
Artist Statement
My name is Jaslene Kwack, and I am 12 years old. I drew this picture on my iPad. I first got inspiration from Taekwondo, which is a sport that I practice and enjoy a lot. Although I learn just like everyone else, I think one thing that sets me apart is how I strive to expand my knowledge and preserve the things I already know.
PostPublished February 15, 2023by Stone Soup Editors
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl is one of the most underrated books I have read. In comparison to his other books such as Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I feel like this book doesn’t get as much praise as it deserves.
Like his other famous books, Danny, the Champion of the World is very funny and imaginative.
Transcript:
Hello, and welcome to Poetry Soup! I’m your host, Emma Catherine Hoff. Today, I’ll be reading “Folk Song,” a short poem by the great Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun.
Tomaž Šalamun was born on July 4, 1941, in Zagreb, Croatia. He was married to the writer and journalist Marusa Krese, and then to the painter Metka Krasovec.
PostPublished February 8, 2023by Stone Soup Editors
An update from our fifty-fourth Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett
A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, February 4
This week, we discussed another fundamental building block of writing: characterization. Characterization is how a character is revealed through language, or the "'dramatic' methods writers use to imply the qualities of characters," Conner explained.
PostPublished January 31, 2023by Stone Soup Editors
An update from our fifty-third Writing Workshop with Conner Bassett
A summary of the workshop held on Saturday, January 28, plus some of the output published below
This week, we discussed images. Images are a fundamental building block of writing, but what are they? An image is tangible and visible, something physical that we can see.