This month we’ve explored the concept of “Finding Your Voice” from a variety of different angles. We’ve looked at voice as an expression of talents, strengths, dreams, hopes. We’ve celebrated the role of good books in encouraging children to embrace a diversity of voices. Voice can also be thought of as that sometimes, indefinable quality… Read more »
Tool Box
Lessons in Discovery of Voice
The downloadable writing lessons attached to this post are samples of Lessons in the Discovery of Voice found in Ruth Culham’s incredible 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide, Grades 3 and Up. Culham defines ‘voice’ as being the literary trait that “is the soul of the piece. It’s what makes the writer’s… Read more »
Love That Dog, Find Your Voice
Help children experience the power of voice and introduce them to amazing poets by reading Sharon Creech’s LOVE THAT DOG. Then follow up the Read-Aloud with one or more of the activities suggested at the links below. Northern Nevada Writing Project (NNWP) consultant, Dena Harrison, has written the following TEACHER’S GUIDE which uses Love That… Read more »
SOAR, ELINOR!
The first few lines of Tami Lewis Brown’s incredible non-fiction picture book Soar, Elinor! read: “In 1917, some girls dressed their dolls. They played house and hopscotch, jump rope and jacks. But one little little girl wanted more. Elinor Smith wanted to soar.” And soar, she did. As a result of Tami Lewis Brown’s masterful… Read more »
Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco, by Julie Berry
Got a pair of dice? If so, download the plot point reading comprehension board game attached below. Slither and stalk through the ghoulish corridors of the world’s creepiest school for boys ever founded. At Splurch Academy, there are monsters at every turn. Monsters? Or teachers? Hard to tell… Here’s a big ReaderKidZ warning for you. Watch out for the Rebellio-Rodent… Read more »
Skeleton Man, by Joseph Bruchac
Bruchac’s Skeleton Man is the epitome of Halloween terror at its tasteful best! Just read the following chilling line: …and in the moon that shone so gently on me is stark and hard in the way it lights up the creature that looms there above me. He is taller than a tall man…He has no… Read more »
The Boy Who Painted Dragons – Make a Dragon’s Lair
Make Ping’s artistic experience come to life by creating your very own Dragon’s Lair Diorama. You will need to have a sizable picture of a dragon’s face. To make a dragon you can either trace one of Ping’s drawings or draw one of your very own. For step-by-step .pdf featuring pictorial instructions, download the A Dragon’s Lair:… Read more »
