Author Event
Calling all Sugar Creek writers!
The Sugar Creek PTO Author Event is part of the Imagination Fair and celebrates students’ creativity through writing. All Sugar Creek students are invited to participate by creating their own individual and unique piece of writing, whether it’s a story, poem, comic, or nonfiction work. Submissions may be written in English, Spanish, or both, and students will have the opportunity to display their work at the event and read it aloud if they choose.
Types of Projects
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Poetry
This includes expressive, thoughtful writing in any poetic form. Submissions may be prose poems, acrostic poems, collections of haiku, or rhyming, classical forms of poetry such as couplets or sonnets.
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Fiction
This category includes all creative writing about fictional characters. Submissions could be comics, short stories or storybooks.
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Creative Nonfiction and Autobiographies
This category encompasses writing that is factually accurate, but written creatively. Submitted projects could be autobiographies or personal essays, family histories or stories as well as science or nature writings.
Author Event: How to Participate
1. Register
Complete the Author Event registration form and return it to your child’s classroom teacher by Friday, January 31.
2. Choose & Create
Choose a writing category and develop an idea. Students may want to brainstorm before choosing one.
3. Review with an Adult
Have an adult help review spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
4. Submit Your Work
Make sure the project is neat and includes the student’s name, teacher’s name, and grade.
Submit projects to the classroom teacher by Monday, February 24.
5. Practice (Optional)
Students who plan to read their work should practice reading aloud clearly.
6. Celebrate!
Invite family and friends, support classmates, and enjoy the Imagination Fair!
Project Ideas
The very best and the most fun writing projects are about things that interest kids! To get started, think about things you like to do, things that interest you or things you want to learn more about. These are the things that will inspire you to do your very best writing. For example, if you like airplanes, you might want to write a poem about what you think it is like to fly in an airplane or you could write a story about how a pilot and his plane saved the day. Suppose you are specifically interested in World War II planes, you could write a paper about how planes played a role in the success of a certain battle. Have fun coming up with ways you can apply your interests to the various writing categories.
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Students may submit an original story, poem, comic, or nonfiction piece. Projects may include drawings or illustrations and should reflect the student’s own creativity.
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No. Reading aloud is optional. Students may display their work or choose to read it aloud if they feel comfortable.
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Parents and caregivers may help with brainstorming and proofreading (spelling, grammar, punctuation). The writing should be the student’s original work.
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