Volunteer Maddy and her young Buddy Ben are very pleased with their stories this time around.

Writing Buddies Goals

For Students:

• Plan writing using story-mapping techniques.
• Practice English conversation and vocabulary in oral brainstorming.
• Make their ideas specific and visual through drawing and words.
• Produce four stories bound into a Book of Stories with their volunteer’s four stories.

For Volunteers:

• Understand the writing process: idea generation, prewriting, drafting, editing, publishing.
• Learn how to use the Writing Buddies tools to ask questions and to generate specific detail in their Buddy’s writing.

For Teachers:

• Lighten the workload of the teacher through organization and well-trained volunteers.

Writing Buddies Benefits

• Children interact with a helpful and encouraging adult who loves to share stories through writing.
• The crucial pre-writing/drafting stage of writing receives one-on-one attention.
• The volume of words written adds practice in meeting the school’s writing standards.
• The school receives 300+ volunteer hours of community collaboration per Writing Buddies session.