Mystery Quest is the next part of the Story Quest Academy curriculum. This 8 week course focuses on building the foundational skills such as creating compelling characters, point of view types, creating a fun writing routine, and how to use action verbs. Some of the fun activities include drawing their character, creating found poetry, making a pie and more!
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This is a guest lesson from Erin Michelle Sky & Steven Brown, the authors of The Wendy!
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This course is designed to take the student two months from beginning to end. With the self-paced, complete-it-as-you-go format, your writer can take it slow if they need more time finish each lesson or speed up and complete the lessons ahead of schedule. This allows you to customize the course depending on their learning speed and lifestyle. You can hit pause on sick days and pick up right where you left off.
Your young sleuths will read a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys books and a Penny Parker book. They will get questions to answer, topics to discuss, and fun book activities like making a pie and writing alternative endings.
The Penny Parker series was written by the main ghost-writer of the Nancy Drew series. Penny is sassier, more advantageous, and even more clever! She often gets help from a variety of characters including her father, reporter Jerry Livingston, her friend Louise Sidell, and photographer Salt Sommers, making it a blast for both boys and girls alike.
Many of the classic books we read are available for free or are available at your local library!
Story Quest Academy writing courses appeals to the five different learning styles: Auditory, Verbal, Visual, Logical, or Kinesthetic AND the different types of writers: Planners and Explorers.
My goal is to make kids LOVE stories, boost their imagination and cultivate their creativity.
I'm a professional copywriter, a homeschool advocate, and short story author. I live in Northern Idaho with my family and my big dog, Teddy Bear. For the past twelve years, I have worked as a business consultant and copywriter for Small Town and Rural, a design and marketing agency. When I'm not writing or reading something, you can find me painting birds or gardening.
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You will receive an exclusive reward from Story Quest Academy to give your writer once they complete their writing quest! These rewards will help to incentivize them to write and keep them motivated to finish their stories!
In the day and age of texting and emojis, creative writing is an essential subject to help middle graders learn how to communicate their thoughts and ideas eloquently. Writing short stories is the best way to have fun while teaching them how to order their thoughts and improve their grammar! They won't even realize its schoolwork!
Submit your story and get a fun BONUS quest! This week we will learn about Mystery Sub-Genres and the 14 Types of Cozy Mystery Detectives.
Book Club Selection: Penny Parker and The Signal In The Dark
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