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Welcome back, writers. Today we will prepare a

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short original piece in Pan African Press.

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This is the writing corner available in our

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example account. Ask your parent or guardian to

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work with you, and keep a copy of

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your writing.

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Scroll to Pan African Press.

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This writing room needs an active paid school

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enrolment. If your account shows an access message

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instead of the writing boxes, ask your adult

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to check your course.

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You have not done anything wrong.

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Choose one small idea you know well.

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Our example is a community garden.

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Type a clear Story title so a reader

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knows what your piece is about.

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You can write an article, a story, a

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review or a poem.

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In Pen name, use a first name or

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nickname. Aaliyah uses her first name here.

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Do not add your address, phone number or

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other private details to a piece of writing.

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Ask your adult to check before anything is

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sent.

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Write your own words in the Writing box.

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Our garden story has beans, spinach and tomatoes,

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and neighbors who share the work.

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Read your sentences aloud.

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Does your beginning introduce the idea?

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Does your ending finish the thought?

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Pause before Submit writing.

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Check spelling, kindness and private details with your

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adult. Editors review every piece before it is

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shared. Pressing submit would send it for review;

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it would not publish it immediately.

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This lesson leaves our example as an unsent

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draft.

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The page shows published pieces and your submissions

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below the form. A draft sitting in the

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writing box is not a submitted piece.

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Save a copy somewhere your adult approves before

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leaving the page, so your careful work is

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not lost.

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Try these six steps: find the writing room,

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choose an idea, give it a title, choose

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a safe pen name, write and reread, then

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review it with your adult.

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Sharing is a separate decision.

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Your own voice is what makes the story

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interesting.