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Daily Creativity #112: Consider the Opening Line of Your Favorite Novel

Post Published August 25, 2020 by Liam Hancock

Select a sentence from your favorite novel. Tear out a page of your notebook or use an empty whiteboard to break down this sentence and find a deeper meaning, or possibly theorize what the author is t...
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A Different Kind of Chapter, some thoughts by Alice Myers, 10

Post Published August 24, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

A Different Kind of Chapter Alice Myers, 10 Imagine life as a book. A really interesting book. There are those chapters that make you smile, but there are also chapters that make you cry.
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Daily Creativity #109: Write About a Dream Vacation

Post Published August 20, 2020 by Anna Rowell

Write about a vacation you’d like to take. Describe the sights you see, scents you smell, things you touch, noises you hear, etc.
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The Dust Cloud, a personal narrative by Arshia Ramesh, 10

Post Published August 18, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

The Dust Cloud Arshia Ramesh, 10 There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. The air quality from the Sahara Desert dust cloud was rated over 350 in Kansas.
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Weekly Writing Workshop #20: Character Sketches Part II

Post Published August 17, 2020 by Jane Levi

An update from our twentienth Weekly Writing Workshop! A summary of the workshop held on Friday August 14, plus some of the output published below This week, the last in our first series of Writing ...
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Penolope Fiddlesticks, 8/14/2020

Post Published August 15, 2020 by Shreya Sharath

Many people have this fear about being the new student in the class, but this girl walked with her head held up high. Her name was Penolope Fiddlesticks, a strange girl if you ask me.
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Book Club Report: Paint the Wind, by Pam Muñoz Ryan

Post Published August 14, 2020 by Anya Geist

An update from our sixteenth and seventeenth Book Club meetings! Over the past two weeks, the Stone Soup Book Club has been reading Paint the Wind by Pam Muñoz Ryan.
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No Time To Go On Walks, a reflection by Sophi Reynolds, 12

Post Published August 14, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

No Time To Go On Walks Sophi Reynolds, 12 There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. With everything going on, I had not one moment to spare.
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Daily Creativity #103: Write about a Character Stranded on an Island

Post Published August 12, 2020 by Sarah Ainsworth

Write a story about someone stranded on an island. How did they get there? How do they survive? What few items do they have with them? Invent the circumstances and a way for your character to escape.
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Stuck, a personal narrative by Ismini Vasiloglou, 11

Post Published August 11, 2020 by Stone Soup Editors

Stuck Ismini Vasiloglou, 11 I write this sitting in the kitchen sink while pondering the recent news my mother just shared. I stare at the various colors of cat hair on the floor from my grandmothe...
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