Lucas The Lion

Lucas is a lion, who likes to roam around in the warm weather.

Lucas looks different from the other lions. This makes him shy towards the other lions.

He does not like to play with the others because he is scared of being teased.

One day when he is out, he comes along another lion named Lucy.

Lucy is a very friendly lion, but she is new and wants to make friends.

Lucy comes up to Lucas and says “Hi, my name is Lucy! What’s your name?”

Lucas hesitates “Umm L-Lucas”

Lucy smiles and say “What a nice name!”

“Thanks” said Lucas

“How is your day?” asked Lucy

“Good” Lucas replied

They talk for a while about their day.

Lucy then says “I am new around here and I am trying to make new friends.” “Would you want to be my friend?” she asked.

Lucas is nervous at first and does not know what to say.

Lucas is finally able to speak and says “Yes Lucy! I will be your friend”

Lucas and Lucy became friends and walk to the park to play with the other lions.

After making his first friend, he then realizes that it is not hard to make friends.

Tips on Writing Stories for Children

Some of the information I found particularly helpful was the tips on how to brainstorm ideas for your story. While your brainstorming you should think hard on what your going to write about. Another  piece of information I found that was important and helpful was developing your characters. The main character or characters is one of the most important pieces of work in your story. There is some information that is similar to what I wrote about in my last blog post. One thing is that all the stories are age appropriate, has pictures, has flair, and has a main character. The information I found helpful on how to write dialogue was, having to reveal the characters and their relationships with each other. Another fact was to move the story forward with the dialogue you have. I think that you should be marked on if your story is easy to follow and understand, if the headline makes you want to read it, and if there is any grammar or spelling errors.      

Analyzing Children Stories

The three stories I read were:

- The Little Gingerbread Man- by Carol Moore 

- Invisible Alligators- by Hayes Roberts 

- The Wiener Dog Magnet- by Hayes Roberts

In the story The Little Gingerbread Man, the main character is a non-human called The Gingerbread Man. There is some dialogue throughout this story. It is between the children and gingerbread men. This dialogue helps develop the situation by showing how the gingerbread man does not want to get eaten. The conflict in this story is the gingerbread man trying not to get eaten.The conflict is resolved by the gingerbread's friends save him. I think that most kids would understand this conflict.  

The next story I read was Invisible Alligators. The main character is a young monkey named Sari. There is dialogue through this story. It is between Sari and the Invisible Alligator. The dialogue helps explain what the main character is doing. The conflict is that the alligators are causing trouble. The conflict is resolved when Sari catches the alligators. 

The last story I read was The Wiener Dog Magnet. The main character is a little monkey named  Kiki Marie. In this story there is no dialogue. The problem in this story is that Kiki bought a magnet that was a wiener dog. When she was walking she then stated to realize that the magnet stuck to actual wiener dogs. There were also two alligators trapped in the rapids. This is resolved when she threw all the dogs across the river. The dogs stayed together due to the magnetism. The alligators had been saved.

These three stories have some similarities but not many. One similarity is that all three stories have a main character that is non-human. Another similarity is that in every story, any conflict that happens, is resolved. I think all of these stories would be appealing to young children because the stories are easy to read and follow the plot.     

How to Tie Your Dirt-bike Helmet

So, you have a helmet. Or, you are thinking of buying one. How are you going to tie it? Well I am going to tell you how. It is very simple!

Steps:

1. First, you are going to have to have the helmet on your head. 
2. Once you have the helmet on your head, you have to grab the strap.
3. Now, you take the strap and pull it through the two hoops.
4. After you have put the strap through the two hoops, you are going to haul the strap back through the first hoop.
5. Now, you have your helmet tied and are ready to drive your bike!

I hope these steps helped you out, so you can ride your bike safely.

How-To Article Review

I am doing my how-to article review on How to Charge Your Electric Car. Characteristics that makes a good how-to article is when it supplies a lot of details on what to do. Another good characteristic that makes a how-to article good is when it explains every step very clearly. If this how-to article had more steps, I think it would improve it. Overall this a very good article. A statement that I think should be part of the rubric should be "Add as much detail as possible".

• There are no more than three grammatical or spelling errors in the article. 5
• The article has a catchy headline that makes you want to read it. 5
• The article has a purpose, explaining benefits to the reader. 4
• The steps in the article are clear and easy to understand. 5

 I gave this article a 19/20. This article was very understanding and easy to read. It could have some more details on how to do what.

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