The Kid Authors from Group 1 of our Kid Author Project have had a very exciting week... We're published authors! Grab your copy of the eBook now, free on Amazon from 4/1/16 to 4/5/16!

(The book will also be available as a paperback, but I'm still working on it! Stay tuned!)

Group 2 starts their Pre-Mission Mission tomorrow (April 1st), and will officially start on April 12th. If you aren't already signed up, please make sure you CLICK HERE to register.

PLEASE NOTE: I need everyone to fill out this form if they want to be in Group 2, even those who were in Group 1. Thank you!
 
The Kid Authors Project is a free web-based (and international) writing project open to children in grades 1-6. All that is required to participate is Internet access.  

Over the past couple of months we have shared a lot of great moments together. I hope you were able to be a part of the fun, and I'm asking you to let me know what you thought of the experience.

PLEASE take a few minutes to fill out this survey, even if you (or your child) did not participate. It will help me fine tune the program for the next group.

ALSO--for the kids who will be published in the first group, there is a section on the survey for you to include an author bio for the book and tell me how you'd like your name to appear in the book.  So, please, please, please take the survey because it will help me out with that part of formatting the book.  :-)

GO TO THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE

Today (and probably tomorrow's) missions:

• Go to our KidBlog site by clicking on the SHARE tab
  
• Fill out a new Meet My Character form.  We are starting a brand new shared story--NOT another DiveBomb story!
• Fill out a new Meet My Villain form.

Keep writing on your DiveBomb stories or anything else you haven't finished up yet.
You don't have to do them both today, but you can if you want.  :-)

Don't worry about being behind.  I'll slow it down a little bit because it sounds like a lot of you feel like you're always working to catch up.  Does that sound good (to slow down the missions)? Also, do you watch/like the videos?

Happy Monday, everybody! It's so sunny and beautiful here today. Hope the sun is shining wherever you are.  :-)
Today's Mission:

• Go to our KidBlog site by clicking on the SHARE tab
• Make a new post and title it "Mission 15".
• Write a diamond (or "diamente") poem. 

Diamond/diamente poems are really cool because when you are done with them, they are usually diamond-shaped.  You can write about pretty much anything. I even saw a Minecraft diamond poem when I was looking for examples.

Here's how to write a diamond poem where the poem is about the same subject (see the green poem in the above picture):

• Line 1:  Your subject 
• Line 2: Two adjectives (or words that describe) that go with your subject
• Line 3: Three verbs (or action words that end in "-ing") that go with your subject
• Line 4: A short sentence or phrase that goes with your subject
• Line 5: Three verbs (or action words that end in "-ing") that go with your subject
• Line 6: Two adjectives (or words that describe) that go with your subject
• Line 7: Your subject. This line can be the same word as Line 1 or slightly different. (For example: Dog and Puppy)

You can also change your subjects to make a contrasting poem (see the orange poem in the picture above).  Here's how to do that:

• Line 1:  Your subject (Subject 1)
• Line 2: Two adjectives (or words that describe) that go with Subject 1.
• Line 3: Three verbs (or action words that end in "-ing") that go with Subject 1
• Line 4: A short sentence or phrase that goes with Subject 1 and 2
• Line 5: Three verbs (or action words that end in "-ing") that go with Subject 2
• Line 6: Two adjectives (or words that describe) that go with Subject 2
• Line 7: Subject 2.

Here's a cool website to help you write your diamond poem!
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Are you guys having fun?  Things have been quiet, and I want to make sure I'm not boring you.  :-)

• Click on the SHARE tab to log in to our KidBlog site.
• Leave a comment and let me know what your favorite part of the project has been so far, or what your favorite writing exercise has been. 
• Also let me know what your least favorite thing about the project or your least favorite writing project has been.

Everyone who responds by 9 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 2nd will be entered into a giveaway!

Today has been a busy day!  I had a birthday party right after leaving my grandparents' house, so I'm just now getting back home... BUT I am going right back outside to ride my horses because it's sunny and almost 50 degrees out!  That's a lot warmer than it has been (and no snow!), so I'm going to take nature up on her offer.


Today's Mission:

• Click on the SHARE tab to go to our KidBlog site.
• Start a new post and title it "Mission #14".
• Tell me about your favorite thing to do outdoors.  If you want to share a picture or drawing, please do!
• In that same post, tell me about your best or worst experience doing that favorite thing. For example, if you like climbing trees, maybe your worst time was getting stung by wasps or falling out of the tree... or your best time was when you found a nest of newly-hatched birds.
• Make sure you're checking out your other Kid Authors' posts and comments. Maybe you'll find someone who enjoys the same outdoorsy stuff you do!