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Treasure Box

Print off this "Writer's Treasure Box" and have tons of fun!

A Writer’s Treasure Box

Props:

Pencils, colored pencils, ideas journal, thesaurus, paper, stationary, envelopes, rubber stamps, and expandable file.

Activities:

Research writers, write to a writer, or visit a writer.
Keep a list of “ideas” to write about in your ideas journal. Keep your journal with you at all times because you never know when a good story will enter your mind.
Research types of writing; historical fiction, fantasy, traditional literature, realistic fiction, science fiction, information writing, biography, autobiography etc…
Read, read and read some more, great writer’s are great readers.
Write, write, and write some more. Write letters, write short stories, keep great opening lines, great endings, fantastic plots, interesting settings, characters that come to life, descriptive paragraphs etc…

Books:

A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats

Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James

Dear Annie by Judith Caseley

Don’t Forget to Write by Martina Selway

Yours Truly, Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada

Should We Have Pets?: A Persuasive Text by Pamela W. Jane, Sylvia Lollis and Joyce Hogan

The Jolly Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg