Guest Post: Writing Your Feelings and “My Grandma’s Angels” by Sam Rozal

by Sarah Ainsworth

Published August 25, 2018

When I think about my grandparents, my head is flooded with vivid memories of them. I hear my grandpa’s deep...
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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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Gifted Soup: Thinking Outside of the Soup Pot

by Amy Barnes

Published October 14, 2015

Gifted Soup: Thinking Outside the Soup Pot I have always loved the story of stone soup creation. With two identified...
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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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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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