Writing Activity: Stories about trust, truth and lying
This writing activity is based on two stories published in the May/June 1994 issue of Stone Soup: "The Mother's Day ...
Writing Activity: plot a story on a graph with the brilliant, funny “Shapes of Stories” talk by Kurt Vonnegut
This writing activity is based on a very funny Kurt Vonnegut lecture on the shape of stories. In this project, ...
Writing Activity: developing character and perspective with character sketches
This writing activity is built around 11-year-old Ella Staats' story, "My Mother's Little Girl'" published in Stone Soup in September/October ...
Writing Activity: novels in the form of letters, inspired by Jane Austen’s childhood writing
Jane Austen (1775-1817) is one of the the greatest novelists to have written in English. Her novels are still widely ...
Writing Activity: working with stream of consciousness
Stream of consciousness can be an effective writing style to use when you have a character who sees and thinks ...
Writing Activity: Bringing dreams to life with “Princess and the Island Stallion” by Christina Lynn Myers, 11
Introduction to this Stone Soup Writing and Art Activity An island of one’s own… fields and forests and streams… a well-stocked ...
