Writing stories

Calvin seemed to be getting bored with writing the "this is what I did today" journal entries. That was actually not what I had intended the journal to be anyhow. Although I do realize that it has little, if anything, to do with my intentions, I'd wanted the journal to be a chance for him to try out lots of different kinds of writing. So far he's used it to write about activities, about books he's read, and also to record stories he's heard, but he had yet to write stories of his own. We've talked about the important elements of a story with some of the Five in a Row books, and he tries his hand at oral story telling most nights with his dad before bed. Earlier this week when he said he didn't know what to write about I suggested that he give story writing a try. He liked his first try so much he wrote another one the day after.