When the Painted Lady larva or caterpillar is about 2” long, it will pre-pupate into a pupa or chrysalis. It will release a red frass ball (waste) and then walk away from its food source. The original caterpillars were mailed to me in individual cups with lid and artificial soybean food.
Ingredients1 cup shortening½ cup sugar½ cup brown sugar2 eggs2¾ cups flour½ tsp. baking soda½ tsp. salt1 tsp. vanillaFood colouring DirectionsPreheat oven to 400°F. Combine shortening, sugar, brown sugar, and eggs in mixing bowl and beat until fluffy. Sift flour, baking soda, and salt together into creamed mixture and blend well.Blend in vanilla and work dough well in […]
Adding dialog lets readers “hear” how a character sounds. Does he sound like a southerner, an immigrant or does he speak formally annunciating each word? Of course, we’re generalizing. Go through the story and introduce dialog—direct and indirect.• She said she can’t make it to the Christmas partyis indirect dialog.• “I can’t come to the Christmas party,” […]
Mon. Sept. 23 Get Your Book Published from 6 to 7:30 p.m. You can publish 1 book, 100 books, or 5,000 books. Everyone has a story … memoir, humourous anecdotes, recipes, or family tree. Smithville Library, 177 West St. Smithville. Please register so we have enough handouts: 905-957-3756 or Smithville@WestLincolnLibrary.ca
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Some people believe there are 5 main elements of story writing; others think there are 7. The first 5 elements of good story writing are character, the setting, the plot, conflict or antagonists, and resolution. The other 2 elements are theme and symbolism.
Robin Sees a Monster, Shirl the Squirrel Rises to New Heights, Tragedy on the Twenty, and Preserving Smithville books are available at Natural Abilities, 197 Griffin Street in Smithville. Robin Sees a Monster is available in hardcover, softcover, or Kindle from Ingram or Amazon. Shirl the Squirrel Rises to New Heights is available in hardcover, softcover, […]
Enjoy mazes, word searches, colouring pages, spot 6 differences, and more. These activity sheets feature squirrels and robins for our newest children’s picture books: Robin Sees a Monster and Shirl the Squirrel Rises to New Heights. Download PDF: Robin Sees a Monster Activity Sheets Download PDF: Squirrel Activity Pages
Contractions are shortened forms of words and phrases. Let’s is the contracted form of let us. An apostrophe is used in place of all omitted letters.
Here is Barbara Fanson’s list of special dates in 2016 to include in your promotions. Please note that three of them have not posted new dates for 2016, so get the news as we do. Follow our blog: SterlingEd Jan. 27 Family Literacy Day Feb. 24 World Read Aloud Day Mar. 2 Read Across America Day, […]
