![]() ![]() ![]() I started drafting my first chapter and shared it with my parents. The planning sheets and organizers in this unit helped me build on the story and I decided to continue to write this script, making it into an eleven chapter book. I decided to choose these as my film characters and imagined myself as the explorer and my two friends as Ashley the gardener and Professor Bob, the scientist.Īs I was working on my film, my teachers in ELA introduced a fantasy writing unit. There were three different costumes in this kit, a gardener, a scientist and an explorer. While looking for inspiration for characters for my first film, I thought of the costume kit that my little sister had received as a birthday present. My two best friends were part of the same class. I took a filmmaking class after school while I was in fourth grade. Where did the idea for this book come from? I love reading, writing and spending time with my friends. Dana! I am a sixth grader, and live in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan. Hi Saanvi! Tell us a little about yourself! And wouldn’t you know it, she was one of two writers selected for publication! I attended her book launch and was just SO proud! Saanvi submitted her manuscript to Young Inklings, a non-profit mentoring program dedicated to the support and enrichment of starting writers. Full of science, magic, action, and suspense, the two girls journey into enchanted lands to find the magical gems needed to vanquish their powerful enemy. Isabel Johns and the Lion of Power is the story of intrepid Isabel Johns and her friend Ashley, who embark on an epic and danger-filled quest to defeat a terrifying fur monster. Today, we are proud to feature Saanvi Singal, a First Draft alumna who went on to publish her very own book! Over the months and years, some writers sent multiple chapters of stories. Young writers would email drafts of their creative works, and I would give constructive feedback and writing advice. Quick backstory: during the pandemic, my library launched a program called First Draft. May I introduce someone wonderful, marvelous, dedicated, and talented? We had a number of different wedding topper combinations – including no wedding togs at all, just dinos running all over the tiers of the cake. To make your dinosaur cake toppers, wrap 2 toilet paper tubes in green construction paper, then add mouths, eyes, wedding togs, and little arms. Kids were free to be as elaborate as they liked! We offered tissue paper, color tape, stickers, cotton balls, pipe cleaners, self-adhesive foam, and crepe paper streamers. Scissors, glue, and tape for constructionįirst, the cake! As you can below, the cake is very simple – just stack some boxes on top of one another and decorate.This book is HILARIOUS and so fun to read for a story time. Apologies are made, and a delightful wedding reception ensues. Snore to do? Thankfully, the wedding planner explains that the animals are all guests (except the mischievous dodo). The situation escalates, with more and more creatures invading the room until FINALLY it’s a booming dinosaur. He shoos him away, but is soon accosted by two beavers who also want the cake. Snore, violinist for hire, arrives at the Sharemore Hotel for a wedding reception, he quickly discovers a dodo nibbling on the wedding cake. We read There’s a Dodo on the Wedding Cake by Wade Bradford, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes (Candlewick, 2021). It’s not June, but we’re already rolling out the fancy wedding cakes for romantic reptiles! This simple project was met with incredible enthusiasm with the story time kids, both with cake decorating, and well-dressed dinosaurs. ![]()
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