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by William Rubel

Published September 7, 2017

Writing Activity: Stories about trust, truth and lying

by William Rubel

Published August 5, 2017

Where are they now? We hear from Rachel Stanley, Stone Soup contributor in the early 2000s

by William Rubel

Published July 18, 2017

Writing Activity: plot a story on a graph with the brilliant, funny “Shapes of Stories” talk by Kurt Vonnegut

by William Rubel

Published July 1, 2017

This writing activity is based on a very funny Kurt Vonnegut lecture on the shape of stories. In this project, students learn to develop compelling narratives by graphing the plots. American author Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) is best...

Young Composer Nathan Grabow, age 12

by William Rubel

Published January 15, 2017

Writing Activity: developing character and perspective with character sketches

by William Rubel

Published November 18, 2016

Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony

by Amy Barnes

Published November 3, 2016

Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony "Discover your difference – the asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursed and make the most of it. -Howard E. Gardner The intellectually gifted 10-year-old who reads at...

A brief history of the Vietnam War

by William Rubel

Published November 3, 2016

A Brief History of the Vietnam War Note: This is background history for people reading the story My Country and the Way to America written by a child who escaped Vietnam on a boat and...

Selfie Contest Winners, Fall 2016

by William Rubel

Published October 28, 2016

Self Portraits These are the winners of our first Selfie Contest. Never in history have so many people taken so many photographs of themselves as we are doing now. I think many of us think...

Writing Activity: novels in the form of letters, inspired by Jane Austen’s childhood writing

by William Rubel

Published October 7, 2016

Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the the greatest novelists to have written in English. Her novels are still widely read and have been adapted into movies and television series. Jane Austen began writing as a...

Resources for Teachers of Writing

Post Published September 7, 2017 by William Rubel

Here are just a few websites and programs that can be helpful for teaching creative writing for students. From lesson plans to book suggestions, these websites have a lot to offer for anyone who wants to encourage children to write. National Writing Project The National Writing Project is made up of University-based groups around the United States and help to bring teaching methods that will deve...

Writing Activity: Stories about trust, truth and lying

Post Published August 5, 2017 by William Rubel

This writing activity is based on two stories published in the May/June 1994 issue of Stone Soup: "The Mother's Day Gift" by Mathew Thompson, 11, and "The Clay Pot" by Naomi Wendland, 12. Follow the links to open the stories in a new window, and read both of them carefully as part of the activity. These two stories deal with the same problem: the temptation to lie to hide a mistake.

Where are they now? We hear from Rachel Stanley, Stone Soup contributor in the early 2000s

Post Published July 18, 2017 by William Rubel

We are often asked--and we often wonder--what careers our young authors and illustrators went on to as they grew up, so we were thrilled to hear from Rachel Stanley, one of our published illustrators and authors from the early 2000s. She gave us permission to share her letter to us with you. If you'd like to see what work she is doing now, you can visit her website.

Writing Activity: plot a story on a graph with the brilliant, funny “Shapes of Stories” talk by Kurt Vonnegut

Post Published July 1, 2017 by William Rubel

Young Composer Nathan Grabow, age 12

Post Published January 15, 2017 by William Rubel

Nathan Grabow, a young American composer and pianist performs his original composition entitled Concertino in G Minor for Piano and Strings. He wrote the piece when he was twelve years old and is thirteen at the time of this performance with the Marywood University String Project Presto Orchestra, which is a youth orchestra. Nathan plays the piano in this performance.

Writing Activity: developing character and perspective with character sketches

Post Published November 18, 2016 by William Rubel

This writing activity is built around 11-year-old Ella Staats' story, "My Mother's Little Girl'" published in Stone Soup in September/October 2012. Read the story and then work on your project, which is write a story with two lead characters. But before you write the story, write a full character development, at least two typed pages long, for each of the characters.

Gifted Soup Ingredients from A-Z: Asynchrony

Post Published November 3, 2016 by Amy Barnes

A brief history of the Vietnam War

Post Published November 3, 2016 by William Rubel

A Brief History of the Vietnam War Note: This is background history for people reading the story My Country and the Way to America written by a child who escaped Vietnam on a boat and was finally settled in America, and using the Stone Soup teaching resource associated with it. Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. It borders China, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia.

Selfie Contest Winners, Fall 2016

Post Published October 28, 2016 by William Rubel

Self Portraits These are the winners of our first Selfie Contest. Never in history have so many people taken so many photographs of themselves as we are doing now. I think many of us think of "selfies" as self-indulgent throw-away pictures. But that is not what you sent me. What you sent in were thoughtful photographs. I want to thank everyone who participated in this contest.

Writing Activity: novels in the form of letters, inspired by Jane Austen’s childhood writing

Post Published October 7, 2016 by William Rubel

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