CHANCES ARE that the
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be produced by North Van-
couver’s Fromme Elemen-
tary School.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

The school's entire student
population is currently involved in
“The Writing Project,"’ which has
everyone from Grade 1 and up
writing their own books.

And by taking one
Marian Baronit’s Grade
classes, where pupils
writing, proofing and editing
copy, one would think he was
standing in the middle of a bus-
ting big city newsroom.

Baronit says her pupils spend as
much time as possible on _ their
novels. They are even willing to
sacrifice their scheduled play time
to crank out that best-seller.

Other than offering advice on
such things as spelling and remin-
ding a student that, no, his book
is not finished because he has yet
to come up with a title, Baronit
has left the project up to her
pupils.

The Writing Project has six
steps. The first is the pre-writing
stage in which the young author
will write his or her story.

A first draft is generated. It
then gees through the editing pro-
cess, in which the pupils consult
with each other about the copy.

“They're teaching each other,
and in editing they discuss the

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are busy

story. Someone might say: ‘I
don’t get this point,’ "’ says
Baronit.

Once the students have edited
their copy, they take it to Baronit.
She might give further sugges-

tions, but again, the final decision
on what goes into the book is,
naturally, up to the author.

then proofread

The students

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what they have written to make
sure there are no mistakes.

The fifth step is to publish the
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The final, and perhaps the most
fun part for the pupils, is to read
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“There's a purpose here, which
is to read and write," says
Baronit. ‘I"m just so thrilled at
the writing they're doing. I want
to instil in them a desire to write.
I don't like to red-pen everything.
that only makes them write
shorter essays."”

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