La Texican Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I signed myself up. I've been collecting snippets of facts for a historical fiction for a while. Maybe attempting the Na No Wri Mo will actually get me started in the writing rather than just shopping for factoids. Maybe I'll procrastinate and not do it though. I signed my son up for Na No Wri Mo. His storytelling skills are highly improved from last year. We sporadically do the Reading Eggs Story Factory. He gets to choose pictures from a bank, arrange them how he'd like, the write a story to go with the pictures. We just got the same writing prompt we got last year (I guess they recycle annually). I was able to see how his story telling has much more story in it, the pages continue on from the page before it much better. They're still heavily dependant on the picture to help tell the story. If I could easily upload the pictures to show you, you'd think it was actually kind of a funny story. If I typed it up, it'd be more Meh. Grammer- wise he can pick the "doing words", "naming words", and "describing words" out. He has main charachters picked out from beloved cartoons. He's been cutting out interesting pictures from magazines for about a month since I signed up for Na No Wri Mo. I just had him tape them to a large cardboard. He has a great ending in mind for the charachters. I guess we start writing tomorrow. I'll ask him to tell the story of what happens when the charachters encounter the pictures he has on his storyboard. Then we'll end up with a story to revise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAM Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 My kids are doing Nanowrimo too! They loved it last year and my oldest has already started her plotting. I am thinking of doing it alongside them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EppieJ Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ds is signed up for his third year of NaNoWriMo. His writing class at the PPP we belong to participates every year. The kids all have a ton of fun. The teacher brings in hot chocolate and parents bring snacks. The kids come to class comfy and hunker down for writing sessions and mutual encouragement. I've finally decided to do it along side him this year. He's older now and will need less direction from me, so I have little excuse not to! Now, if I could just solidify what I want to write about...:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 We're trying it for the first time here, for a 5th and 7th grader. I just downloaded their young writers middle school workbook today to use in October to get ready. Looks like a lot of fun! Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :bigear: Guess it is now, and we are in midst of Kidswrite class still. So...maybe next year? Would like to hear more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EppieJ Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 :bigear: Guess it is now, and we are in midst of Kidswrite class still. So...maybe next year? Would like to hear more. You can check it out on the website. Here's the link to the Young Writer's Program.... http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asmall Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 I had never heard of this. Thanks for sharing, my kids and I are signing up.:D My oldest always is starting stories, and I think this will be a help with her writing. AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgiven Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I've been doing NaNoWriMo for a few years now and my daughter does it too. She started in 1st grade. It's awesome to see how much she's grown, writing wise, by reading her stories. Crazy! I tend to gain weight in November, and it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReneTL Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 A few questions for those of you that have done this before: How do you schedule it? Does this count as all your Language Arts for October & November? I would love to do this, but I'm not sure about dropping all of our other "skill-building" work: outlining, spelling, grammar, etc. I would love to hear your thoughts about this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Yes I was thinking of NaNo too. I need to start outlining... I have pieces of one that needs fleshed out. Thanks for the heads-up to print parts of the YWP manual. It's a LOT of pages - do you print the whole thing for each kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Texican Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm not going to print the thing. I'm just going to read parts if it out loud to my kid. He's a beginner so I will be walking him through it, giving him promots, correcting his grammer, helping him see how to structure and create and keep writing. I actually pitched the idea to him by saying, "you want to help me write a story in a contest?" (by "help me" of course i meant "you do the work"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.