Writing: Voice
In Your Own Words
Today's Snack: Enjoy
a ripe pear, and PAIR it with a glass of apple juice.
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Supplies:
Your favorite kiddie
book from preschool or early school years
Or . . . find copies
of the following famous children stories
Piece of writing paper
| No. 2 pencil
Let's
re-write a familiar story in your own "voice."
First,
re-read your favorite book from preschool or the early grades of school. Or you
can choose one of these familiar stories to rewrite:
Little Red Riding Hood
Humpty Dumpty
The Three Little Pigs and the Wolf
Now
choose one of these "voices" as the point of view for your rewrite, or make up
a "voice" of your own:
Comedian . . . Rap musician . . . TV
reporter . . . The villain . . . A smart-aleck squirrel who saw the whole thing
. . . a space alien . . . a monster . . . your best friend
Try
to fill at least one whole page re-telling the story in your unique "voice."