Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Poland. Show all posts

Monday, June 22, 2015

Summer 2015 Writing Prompt #2


If you've ever gone to the post office in another country, you know it can be an adventure.  

Here's a mailbox in Warsaw, Poland. ("Poczta" means "mail.") 

For our writing prompt, we'll take ourselves to another land. 



Write about sending a letter in another country. You're homesick. You lost your phone. And you don't speak the language. You walk into the post office and….







Monday, October 10, 2011

The Cat in the Bookstore


Hello!

I'm back and rested from my trip to Poland. I visited a ruined castle, a writer's museum, a spa town with healthy water, a medieval village, and the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland's capital. (The Old Town was completely destroyed during World War II, and was rebuilt brick by brick.)

Best of all, I got to visit family. Second best of all, I got to go into lots of bookstores. A bookstore filled with books in another language is a fun place to visit, but guess what? The books may not be in English, but a lot of other things are the same.

Like having a bookstore cat. I took a photo of this cat in a Warsaw bookstore. It was lying on a stack of art books, which makes me think the cat has good taste.

What kind of stories could this cat tell about living in a bookstore? What kind of adventures could it have? Maybe it catches a book thief. Or maybe one morning the owner doesn't show up. Or the owner does show up....with another cat.

Write a story about The Cat in the Bookstore. Use your imagination to come up with a tale (ha ha, get it?) for this handsome, book-loving cat.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Yellow Pencils Takes a Vacation!





I hope everyone's having a good school year so far, with lots of writing! While you're in school this September, Yellow Pencils is taking a vacation.

I'm going to Poland to visit family. I plan to take lots of notes in my travel journal and come back with ideas for stories, poems, and prompts. I'm excited about getting a new stamp in my passport. I'll also get to practice my Polish language skills (which need a lot of help).

Keep writing! I'll be back in early October, and my yellow pencil will be raring to go!