"Recent events have meant that kids are at home, looking for things to do. These ideas might help!"
For a family or group:
- Do a story circle. Someone starts writing or telling two sentences of a story. The next person continues. Try to have the story go around at least twice.
- Ask your parent or caregiver questions such as:
- How did they go to school?
- How did they talk to their friends when they were your age?
- How did they meet the love of their life?
If you're on your own:
2. You can also visit the Young Alberta Book Society page, and check out my videos about writing and using your imagination.
- Write a pen and paper letter to someone who already knows you and your family. Ask lots of questions. Grandparents or an aunt or uncle can answer questions such as:
- Where does your family's name come from and what does it mean?
- What person in your family has done something interesting or weird?
- What are you proudest of?
- Or something else that you've always wanted to know about.
2. You can also visit the Young Alberta Book Society page, and check out my videos about writing and using your imagination.
- For my Facts to Fiction: Playing with History video:
- Here's the Edmonton Bulletin article from 1882. You can also find it on p. 30 of my Rescue at Fort Edmonton Novel Study Guide.
- These historical events and links may inspire you to write historical fiction. Write from the point of view of:
- The Lucky Loonie that “helped” Canada’s women’s and men’s hockey teams win 2002 Olympic gold over the Americans, or the kid that convinced the Canadian ice maker to embed the loonie at centre ice.
- A kid who survived the Frank Slide, which tore down half a mountain in Alberta in 1903
- A kid who’s alive at the same time as Leonardo Da Vinci, and helps him figure something out.
- A kid in the Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946 when Viola Desmond (who’s on Canada’s $10 bill) refused to get up from a “whites only” seat.
