There are a lot of science-based ideas expressed in everyday speech. This activity challenges you to identify some of those expressions, think about what they mean, research them to find out the science behind them, and then write about some characters experiencing those phenomena or expressing the …
story writing
Writing activity: Working with dialogue
This story from our archives, and published in our Animal anthology, is a great example of a story making powerful use of dialogue to unfold events, reveal character, and express feelings. The most remarkable part of Lena's story is the last quarter where four characters respond to a traumatic …
Writing activity: Working with dialogue, using “The Bear”
"The Bear", a story by 11-year-old Lena Boesser-Koschmann published in 1992, and published in our Animal anthology, is a great example of a story making powerful use of dialogue to unfold events, reveal character, and express feelings. The most remarkable part of Lena's story is the last quarter …
