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A Touching Story by a Boy

Post Published June 18, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

Maybe you’ve noticed. Stone Soup publishes more writing by girls than by boys. This is not intentional. We would love to include an equal number of contributions by boys and girls in every issue.
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Poem by a Child, Age 12, Published in 1913 in St. Nicholas Magazine

Post Published May 30, 2015 by William Rubel

This poem, A Song Of Home, is a poem written by a child age 12. Originally published in 1913 in the children's magazine St. Nicholas it is a poem from another time.
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Writing Activity: Adapting Story to Film

Post Published May 25, 2015 by William Rubel

I found a project through Twitter for teaching students to think like a filmmaker. The project, for grades 6 to 8, is written by Judy Storm Fink and is published at the NCTE website, readwritethink...
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Teaching Detail in Creative Writing by Kids: Observational Writing

Post Published May 21, 2015 by William Rubel

In the Collected Maxims of the German writer, W. G. Sebald (1944 –2001), he is credited with offering this advice to writers: ‘Significant detail’ enlivens otherwise mundane situations.
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Historic Photography by Kids

Post Published May 20, 2015 by William Rubel

The Kodak box camera, first produced in the 1880s, became the iconic camera for the amateur photographer. The camera was as easy to use as our phone camera's. Point and shoot.
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Taking a Stand Through Fiction

Post Published April 29, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

Let’s say you have a strong opinion about something you see happening in the world. You know it is wrong, and you want to speak out. The most direct way to make your point would be through a nonfict...
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Creative Writing Formulas for Teachers

Post Published April 20, 2015 by William Rubel

I recommend this blog post, What Kids Have Taught Me About Writing, by children's book author Kathleen McCleary. Those of us who read a lot of writing by children produced in schools -- and I certain...
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It’s All in the Details (engaging the senses)

Post Published February 28, 2015 by Gerry Mandel

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day on March 17, we chose “Leprechaun Rain” as the featured story from our March/April 2015 issue. This is not a complex story.
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Celebrating the Melting Pot

Post Published December 23, 2014 by Gerry Mandel

The United States is made up of people who immigrated here from all over the world. Some came a long time ago, some more recently. All of us are Americans, who have “melted” together into one cult...
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