Weekly Writing Corner topics for Sep 9-Oct 28

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What’s Up Doc?

Bugs Bunny loves carrots! Pretend you are Bugs Bunny. Describe a carrot from his point of view. Describe the carrots looks, taste, what it is like to eat and more!
Deadline: September 9
Published: Week of October 7

How I Earn Money

How do you earn money? Do you do chores? What kinds of jobs do you do?
Deadline: September 16
Published: Week of October 14

It was a dark and stormy night …

Finish this story.
Deadline: September 23
Published: Week of October 21

What’s Your Opinion?

Should kids be allowed to vote? Why or why not?
Deadline: September 30
Published: Week of October 28

Best Friends

Some people say a dog is a person’s best friend. Do you agree with this? Why or why not?
Deadline: October 7
Published: Week of November 4

Fruit Facts

Write a paragraph about your favorite fruit. Include two facts and two opinions.
Deadline: October 14
Published: Week of November 11

Halftime

During halftime, the most amazing thing happened!
Finish this story.
Deadline: October 21
Published: Week of November 18

Receive or Give?

Some say it is better to give than receive. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Deadline: October 28
Published: Week of November 25

Next On Kid Scoop for September 2012

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Week of October 7
Harvest of the Month: Carrots
Carrots were once used to decorate hats. Learn more fascinating facts and the health benefits of eating carrots on this week’s Kid Scoop page.

Week of October 14
Financial Literacy: Credit Unions
What is a Credit Union? A credit union is a place to save money and to borrow money. But, it is different from a bank in some key ways. This week’s Kid Scoop page looks at credit unions and how they are the same and different from banks.

Week of October 21
Silly Scary Story
Kid Scoop provides a page chock full of writing ideas with a Halloween theme. Kids can create dialogues for comics, use parts of speech to create a really silly story and use the newspaper to inspire creative thinking.

Week of October 28
Elections
As election day approaches, Kid Scoop provides lessons and activities that teach key vocabulary and civics concepts related to elections.

Crazy Horse Memorial

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The kids of Cheap Family Travel enjoyed the visit to the Crazy Horse Memorial, especially the tour of Korczak’s home and the laser light show that is displayed right on the monument every night.

Watch their video!