Writing Activity: developing character and perspective with character sketches

by William Rubel

Published November 18, 2016

This writing activity is built around 11-year-old Ella Staats' story, "My Mother's Little Girl'" published in Stone Soup in September/October...
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Writing Activity: adopting a style through unusual language, with “Once Upon a Time” by Robin Eldred, 6

by Jane Levi

Published June 16, 2016

Introduction to This Stone Soup Writing Activity “Once Upon a Time” is an example of a story written in unusual...
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Writing Activity: writing a duet with “What Will Happen to These Woods” by Vanessa E. Beach, 11

by William Rubel

Published May 20, 2016

Introduction to this Stone Soup Writing Activity This is a story about an afternoon when two people go to the...
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Writing Activity: personal integrity and family history with “Homemade Crop Duster” by Vivek Maru, 10

by William Rubel

Published May 20, 2016

Introduction to this Stone Soup Writing Activity This story by Vivek Maru is a moral tale. It is about personal...
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A Moral Dilemma

by Gerry Mandel

Published July 14, 2014

“Catching Mice,” by Eoin O’Mara, age 11, is the featured story from our July/August 2014 issue. It starts innocently enough....
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Words of Wonder

by Jenn Stefaniak

Published February 24, 2014

It never fails. Whenever I visit my mother for a few days, I make my way to the basement bookcases....
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Rich or Poor?

by Gerry Mandel

Published January 9, 2014

Sammy Westfall set her story, “More or Less” (the featured story from our January/February 2014 issue) in the Philippines, where...
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Writing Activity: depicting an obsession, with “The Horse’s Reins” by Nicholas La Cortiglia, 10

by William Rubel

Published July 22, 2009

Lots of girls dream of horses. And there are lots of stories about horse-loving girls. What makes this story special,...
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