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Jahan Raymond, Pianist

Post Published February 18, 2014 by William Rubel

Jahan Raymond is an American composer living in Los Angeles, California. He performs "Starchier," a piece first published in Stone Soup. Jahan was nine when he wrote the piece in December, 2011.
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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 Activity: increasing tension with first person narrative

Post Published July 22, 2009 by William Rubel

This story, told from the point of view of the first person, is short but wound tight, like a spring. The story flows from beginning to end, concluding in a climax, Piper has succeeded in doing someth...
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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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Children’s Art: Turkish Bombing in Cyprus, 1973

Post Published April 2, 1973 by William Rubel

Children’s Art: Spanish Civil War 1936-1938

Post Published January 1, 1938 by William Rubel

The University of California at San Diego has a collection of over 600 drawings by children who experienced the Spanish Civil War. This is one of the best documented collections of war images by child...
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