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Weekly Writing Corner
Where Children Experience the Power of the Pen! Learn more.
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SCHEDULE
Stand-up Comic
Send us your favorite riddles and knock-knock jokes.
Deadline: June 7, 2009
Published: Week of July 5, 2009
Time Capsule
What would you put into a time capsule to tell your grandchildren about your life as a child in the summer of 2009?
Deadline: June 14, 2009
Published: Week of July 12, 2009
Author! Author!
Who is your favorite author? Send us three significant or surprising facts about that person.
Deadline: June 21, 2009
Published: Week of July 19, 2009
Outdoors!
What do you love about being outdoors?
Deadline: June 28, 2009
Published: Week of July 26, 2009
Blooming Creative
Write an acrostic poems about flowers. Begin each line with a word that starts with the letter indiciated:
F______________________
L______________________
O______________________
W_____________________
E______________________
R______________________
Deadline: July 5, 2009
Published: Week of August 2, 2009
Master Chef
It would be silly if a refrigerator ....
Finish this story.
Deadline: July 12, 2009
Published: Week of August 9, 2009
Carnival News
Write an news articles about an imaginary carnival.
Deadline: July 19, 2009
Published: Week of August 16, 2009
Seals at School?
Imagine you went to school one day and found seals alking into your classroom.
Deadline: July 26, 2009
Published: Week of August 23, 2009
Kids' Bill of Rights
What are three to five rights you think every child should have?
Deadline: August 2, 2009
Published: Week of August 30, 2009
Kids' Bill of Rights
What are three to five rights you think every child should have?
Deadline: August 9, 2009
Published: Week of Sept. 6, 2009
Skateboards on Sidewalks?
Should kids be allowed to ride skateboards on public sidewalks?
Explain your opinion and try to convince others.
Deadline: August 16, 2009
Published: Week of Sept. 13, 2009
That's Strange
What is one of the strangest things you have ever read or heard about?
Deadline: August 23, 2009
Published: Week of Sept. 20, 2009
Money Math
Write a math problem that solves a money question such as—If three apples cost $3, how much does one apple cost?
Be sure to send an answer with your problem.
Deadline: August 30, 2009
Published: Week of Sept. 27, 2009
UPDATED 7/1/09
