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Words of Wonder

Post Published February 24, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

It never fails. Whenever I visit my mother for a few days, I make my way to the basement bookcases. A bouquet of old stain, pine and mildewed pages welcomes me as I peruse my fondest childhood memorie...
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Teach Writing with Focused Reading

Post Published February 17, 2014 by Jenn Stefaniak

When I first started homeschooling, I spent days scouring the Internet for ideas on teaching writing, and whoa, was I hit with barrages of information. It was overwhelming for sure, but I managed to w...
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Rich or Poor?

Post Published January 9, 2014 by Gerry Mandel

Sammy Westfall set her story, “More or Less” (the featured story from our January/February 2014 issue) in the Philippines, where her family lives part of the time.
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Realistic Storytelling

Post Published November 11, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

I don't know about you, but I like the characters in the stories I read to seem like real people. Realistic characters have strengths and weaknesses, they talk in everyday language, they joke with the...
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History Comes Alive

Post Published September 10, 2013 by Gerry Mandel

Many Stone Soup readers tell us that historical fiction is their favorite genre. We think we know why. Realistic characters, whose feelings and concerns are similar to our own, can bring the events of...
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Using Stone Soup to encourage students to produce inventive, creative writing

Post Published October 20, 2009 by William Rubel

Creative writing, as a term, was invented in the 19th century to express the idea that there was writing, and then there was creative writing. With use, the expression has lost meaning and now creativ...
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Writing Activity: using the power of analogy, with “Abigail’s Cove” by Brooke Hayes, 12

Post Published July 22, 2009 by William Rubel

Analogy is a very powerful literary tool. It is hard to imagine what it feels like for someone else to have lots of competing thoughts in their head, but when we read this story it is easy to visualiz...
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Writing Activity: depicting an obsession, with “The Horse’s Reins” by Nicholas La Cortiglia, 10

Post Published July 22, 2009 by William Rubel

Lots of girls dream of horses. And there are lots of stories about horse-loving girls. What makes this story special, The Horse's Reins, by Nicholas La Cortiglia, is how Nicholas, through attention to...
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Writing Project (non-fiction): using personal experience to develop understanding, with “Experiencing Home” by Yodit Lemma, 12

Post Published July 15, 2009 by William Rubel

Experiencing Home by Yodit Lemma War and Peace. It has always been true that somewhere in the world there has been war and in other parts there has been peace.
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