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(Continued from Page 1). synthesize what they see and communicate their ideas in those journals," she said.
Kids with an interest in creative writing are producing original plays, as well, to communicate their ideas and feelings. A fifth grader has penned “Ghosts in the Orphanage," a tale of friendly spirits. “The Electric Chair" by a seventh grader is the story of a president of the United States who wants to sell the country to Russia and the young man who assasinates him and pays for the murder in the electric chair. "One of my third graders wrote ‘The Naybor'—I did teach him how to spell it right," she chuckled. "It’s the story of a prince who must slay a dragon before he can get a neighbor. It's just a wonderful story for a rural kid."
Another play by a fourth grader, “The Holocaust," mixes historical figures. Adolf Hitler and Albert
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