Re: How to write a good story. HELP PLEASE!

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let her tell you the story, and you write the points. Then, have her expand it on paper from your points.

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Our son couldn't stand to read certain "Younger" fiction or write it. He would say, "It's not real", etc.

Because of his IEP, they were pretty good at school about it. They would ask questions and see if he got the gist of certain things and would usually let him write on a subject.....a "real" subject.

The ultimate goal is for the child to learn to write a paper, right?

Talk with the teacher.

From: crapperrachel <crapperrachel@...>Subject: ( ) How to write a good story. HELP PLEASE! Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 7:22 AM

Hi everyone!My daughter is not yet 7, and has Asperger's. As an even smaller child she LOVED to write stories, but now she doesn't, and ironically she now HAS to, in school.Does anyone have ANY advice about a framework for free creative stories? She just does not know where to start, and like many Aspies, does not empathize well with her audience, or know what at all to write. She is very bright, a good few years ahead of herself in reading comprehension, and has a reading age of an 11 year old. But this is cold comfort when she just gazes into space and can't put pen to paper.Any advice, much appreciated!

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> Does anyone have ANY advice about a framework for free creative

> stories?

I wonder if she needs a framework or an idea for content? My Asperger

son that likes to write started at your daughter's age writing

adventure stories that his stuffed animals (he used them like action

figures) went on or extended favorite TV shows and movies with new

episodes. Everything was always all action and dialog. And he used to

instinctively pick a favorite book or show and copy the structure,

except with different characters and action. He's 14 and he still

can't write about himself or his opinion. Some Asperger kids are into

imaginary play and some are totally not, so that depends, of course.

Ruth

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One thing my daughter learned in 2nd grade was how to use a " spider "

chart for organizing writing ideas. The center had the main idea (like

" Dolphin's Adventure " ) and then she had to draw a bunch of legs coming

off the body and put details on each leg. Some of her details were

like, " escaped from Sea World " .... " met new friends in the ocean " ... " ran

into a shark " ..... She won a writing contest with this silly story.

Good luck!

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> Hi everyone!

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> My daughter is not yet 7, and has Asperger's. As an even smaller child

> she LOVED to write stories, but now she doesn't, and ironically she

now

> HAS to, in school.

>

> Does anyone have ANY advice about a framework for free creative

> stories? She just does not know where to start, and like many Aspies,

> does not empathize well with her audience, or know what at all to

> write. She is very bright, a good few years ahead of herself in

reading

> comprehension, and has a reading age of an 11 year old. But this is

> cold comfort when she just gazes into space and can't put pen to

paper.

>

> Any advice, much appreciated!

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