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Encourage a Young Writer Day
One more week until my favorite holiday – Encourage a Young Writer Day is next Wednesday, April 10.
Science Fiction Story Continues
With four writers working on the Science Fiction story in Group Projects, I’ve been eagerly waiting to see who would continue this story. I’m happy to announce the wait is over! The Purple Phoenix’s newest addition increases the conflict between the astronaut and the millionaire. Follow this link to see how Purple Phoenix uses humor to show two distinctly different personalities.
I can’t wait to see what happens next. Who’s going to decide? Could it be you? Remember, anyone can contribute to Group Projects any time. So, come on and join in!
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Teachers: Fulfilling the Common Core Just Got Easier
Leap into the Common Core
with No Ordinary Lizard
These free writing guides fulfill all 10 writing standards in the Common Core by combining examples and activities generated from the middle-grade novel No Ordinary Lizard with the instruction and opportunities available here at All Write with Me.
Inside the Guides
- Thought-provoking questions to facilitate opinion writing
- Research topics to generate informative writing
- Examples from the book No Ordinary Lizard to foster narrative writing
- A list of standards addressed by each activity
- Links to relevant instructional pages on allwritewithme.com
From the Book
- Research topics in science, biology, mythology, history, oceanography, space and more
- Character relationships, character growth, core themes
- A variety of narrative techniques to emulate
Download your free writing guide
and start fulfilling the Common Core writing standards today!
3rd Grade Lizard Writing Guide
4th Grade Lizard Writing Guide
5th Grade Lizard Writing Guide
Tip:
If you use Adobe Reader XI to view and save a copy of the writing guide, you can customize your guide by adding your own notes and highlighting your selections. These notes and selections can be removed/updated every year to adjust to the changing needs of your classroom.
Free downloads of Adobe Reader XI are available here.
These guides were developed by the author, Diane Owens, in collaboration with certified teachers Nancy Barth and Alyce McConaghy.
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Teachers: Fulfill all 10 Common Core Writing Standards
Free and easy to use, these Writing Guides fulfill every writing standard within the Common Core State Standards.
Grade-specific guides developed for 3rd, 4th and 5th grades.
Coming soon!
I Love to Write Day – the world’s largest party for writers!
On November 15, 28,000 schools across the country will be celebrating I Love to Write Day.
There’s more. Libraries, book stores, community centers, authors, and anyone else who wants to will drop everything else and join in. Writing, talking about writing, encouraging others to write, and enjoying what’s been written. It’s been going on every November 15 for the past ten years.
It all began in 2002, when author John Riddell had a brainstorm. He was driving his daughter to a writer’s conference when it occurred to him that the world needed “a special day when everyone can write something.”
Anything. Or everything. John says, “Write a poem, a love letter, a greeting card, an essay, a short story, start a novel, finish a novel. The possibilities are endless.”
Free books
Does your teacher or school have a fun event planned? Publishers are donating books to schools that come up with creative ways to celebrate. A panel of authors will choose their favorite events. Free books will be shipped to the schools they choose. To enter, share the details of your event by emailing John at ilovetowriteday@ilovetowriteday.org.
How?
Need some examples of how to celebrate? Here are two of my favorites: Students in South Carolina went to local nursing homes and helped the residents write their life stories. Fifth graders in Millville, New Jersey wrote letters to their state governor. A few days later he made I Love to Write Day an officially celebrated day in New Jersey. There are more examples and ideas available at ilovetowriteday.org.
Happy writing!
A New Play (The First!)
All Write with Me now includes an ongoing play! The Sword of the Winds, written by The Purple Phoenix, already includes a Princess of Peace, a dragon and a wind-thrasher. There’s also plenty of trouble – a raid, a kidnapped queen, stolen royal treasury, and a lost sacred relic. All in the first scene! Be sure to come back often to read this play as it unfolds. Knowing The Purple Phoenix, it’s bound to excite you all the way through.
Follow the link to read it now. When you come back, you’ll find The Sword of the Winds under the Share your work tab. Also, be sure to let The Purple Phoenix know what you think of his play by leaving a comment in the “Leave a Reply” box at the end of his page.
New submission
Check out Elizabeth B’s report, Terriers and Other Dogs. It’s a great example of an opening paragraph that not only relates to the intended readers, but also lets readers know what to expect from the report. Well done, Elizabeth.
Welcome Elizabeth & Kaden
I’m happy to welcome two new writers to All Write with Me – Elizabeth B., 7th grade, and her brother Kaden B., age 10.
Elizabeth submitted Champions in Friendship, a great story about the value of friends, and Dolphins, an oral report filled with fascinating facts on these intelligent creatures.
Kaden submitted a well-written poem about changing weather, Rainbow.
Follow the links to read their submissions. Then feel free to welcome them to the site by leaving them a comment.
When you can’t come up with a story idea…
What if I told you there’s this mega-huge library that not only has every book ever written but every story idea ever imagined? What if I told you I’ll take you there and let you stay as long as you like? What story would you choose? Who and what would the story be about? Where would it happen? How would it start? How would it end?
Of course you already know I can’t really take you there because a place like that doesn’t really exist. And that story you imagined? It probably doesn’t exist either. But it could…. if you write it. 
Encourage a Young Writer Day
Ah, it’s finally here – April 10, Encourage a Young Writer Day, my favorite holiday!
I’m so glad you’re here. Take a look around and explore, explore, explore. If you have any questions, please let me know!
Finding a new way to an old problem
What do you do if the characters in your story speak a different language than your readers? What do you do if that language is intermixed with your readers’ language? And what do you do if the foreign language doesn’t even really exist?
See The Purple Pheonix’s creative and efficient way of handling this situation in his newly revised Fantasy Novel.
Great solution, Purple Pheonix!
More writing by young author team
The Purple Pheonix and The Blue Dragon are once again writing together. Read their latest addition to The Pokémon Story. I’m pretty sure one of their characters is about to get into some big-time trouble.
Encourage a Young Writer Day
If you’re looking for something to do on Encourage a Young Writer Day on Tuesday, April 10th, you’ve come to the right place!
Teachers and parents, make sure to check out the Educators Page at facebook.com/allwritewithme too. (It’s got a brand-new look.)
More great writing!
I’m happy to say The Purple Pheonix has conquered his writer’s block. Click on the titles to read the latest additions to The Group and The Pokémon Story (which he is now writing alone).
Glad you’re back, Purple Pheonix. Please tell the Blue Dragon I hope to see him again some day!
Writing and Story Updates
The Purple Pheonix and the Blue Dragon have teamed up to launch a new story, The Pokémon Story, in Share your work.
The Blue Dragon has added to the ongoing science fiction story in Group projects. Read it here. (Remember to scroll down.) If you’d like to add to the story, select the “reply” link under the Blue Dragon’s addition.
The Purple Pheonix is now on Chapter 5 of The Group. Impressive!
Happy reading and don’t forget to comment! I’m sure they’d love to hear your opinions.
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on February 22, 2013