Inspired by Lois Lowry

Today, we read Crow Call by Lois Lowry, a beautiful story about her experiences crow hunting with her father one morning after he returned from World War II.

As we approached writing, we allowed ourselves to be inspired by Robert Frost's words. When someone asked him, "How do I learn to write?" He replied, "Read Anna Karenina, read Anna Karenina, read Anna Karenina." We realized he could have just as easily said, "Read Crow Call, read Crow Call, read Crow Call." In order to learn all we could from a text, we needed to read it, then re-read it and re-read it. We tried this with Crow Call, reading the text thinking, "What has Lois Lowry done that I could emulate in my own writing?"

Here are just some of the ideas we came up with! Click on the charts to see our ideas enlarged!

Do you have any additional ideas about what Lois Lowry did as a writer that you could try in your writing? Share them here!