At the Charter School, where the boys attend, they celebrate Young Authors by inviting the families to sit and listen to several authors read their published stories. Zach had come straight from baseball practice to read his story "Don't Capture Us" to his audience. They write and illustrate the stories themselves, complete with a title page and an "About the Author" page. These books are then submitted to the county fair each year. Last year, Zach won a second place ribbon at the fair for his story.
It's fun for the parents to hear the different stories - but it's hard for younger siblings to just sit and listen to each story as it's being read. Thank heavens for cell phones! Between Angry Birds, Cookie Doodle and Temple Run, Arie did quite well! She also found the camera phone and chronicled her time as well!
Mason is an 8th grader this year. He didn't have to write a story. Instead, he picked several written pieces from the year and put them in a portfolio. He had poems and short stories. But the biggest project he did was a written piece describing the fact and fictional pieces of Jurassic Park, the movie. It was about 20 pages long - no small feat! And it was quite an interesting read! Mason knows his dinos!
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