European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. May 4,1986 Young authors proud of be published ii Hrynda bios tar staff writer circus Krone by Charles pisher. The vol Smarch by Brian mrhar and the voyage to of incr space " by Shawn Romero Aren t among inc week s top 10 Best Sellers but their elementary Schou authors Are just As proud As if they were. The Violis with Uail paper Oil re in do try covers Are Moji i % submitted in Mark Twain school s first Young author Competition. Seventy six pupils in the firs through fifth grades were selected As voting authors for 19s i. Creative w riling is a Strong component at the read ing teacher Andree Bayliss said. The children keep journals Kocim and Short stories that they write throughout the year and. When Competition Lime Cums around they choose their favorite piece of work and expand on it by writing a the pupils could write on any topic of interest and in any form of writing including fiction. Non fiction to cry or essays. Their original manuscript could be of any length but it had to be in published form bound and with a Lite Page Page numbers and other Book parts where appropriate. Illustrations were Mil required but if included they had to be original designs draw Ings or paintings. The two selection panels each consisting of six pupils a Parent and a teacher judged the manuscripts on interest originality style and . The authors of the books that were rated outstanding were selected As offi Cial Mark Twain elementary school Young authors. Kayla Tabela s Book adventures of Harold m. Wish reflects on a character who can t make up his mind about anything. I like to make up characters and i like to make them funny or different looking said the 11-year-old author who also Drew her own characters. Eight year old Brian mrhar said he wrote the Volks March because it was an interesting subject. Everything else there is to write about is Boring he family Volks marches a lot and i wrote about this one because i fell in some Thorn Bushes and that in t exactly the pupils like the Young author program and continue to write even though the Competition is Over for the year. This helps us to experience How to write and also How authors write stories and think of ideas Shawn Romero 11. Said. Is Anotai do Leda w. Spark Young authors at Mark Twain elementary school in Heidelberg work together in Complete their books. We learn to use punctuation Marks and How to bind books and everything else second grader John Lancaster said. The program proved to be a valuable experience for teachers As Well As pupils Bayliss said. The teachers learn because they can Sec what is expected at each Grade level. That s Why we have the Young authors agree to loan their books to the school for the remainder of the school i Learned a lot from and with my class said Mary Jeanne Huber a fourth Grade teacher. I think we got a Good Start on the program and i know one thing i la do different next year Start Huber said pupils who did t write books this year Al ready arc thinking about doing so next year. Parents were invited to a recognition ceremony held at the school last week. All the bound books were displayed and each Pupil received a certificate of accomplishment. The books will be sent on an Exchange program to other Dodds elementary schools in Germany with similar pro Grams. We also lend them to schools who Don t have a pro Gram with the agreement that when they Start one they will Exchange their books with us Bayliss said. At left Jennifer Lee left helps Kathy Mcmanners paste pages of her Book into its cover. In photo at right Kayla tub Cla sews her Book s binding together with Needle and thread
