Addison Trail students read their children’s books to Stone Elementary School classes

On Oct. 3, eight Addison Trail students in English teacher Katie Inzinga’s creative writing class read their children’s books to two groups at Stone Elementary School. Pictured reading are (from left to right, top row to bottom row) senior Nykolis Roldan, sophomore Kayla Berns, junior Isea Cabrera, junior Andrea Perez and senior Juan Jakoby Bracamontes.

Pictured are the eight Addison Trail students who read their children’s books to two classes at Stone Elementary School on Oct. 3. They are (from left to right) freshman Khayr Ahmed, sophomore Britney Galeana, junior Andrea Perez, senior Nykolis Roldan, sophomore Julie Zaborowski, senior Juan Jakoby Bracamontes, junior Isea Cabrera and sophomore Kayla Berns.

On Oct. 3, eight Addison Trail students in English teacher Katie Inzinga’s creative writing class read their children’s books to two groups at Stone Elementary School.

To create their stories, the students analyzed published children's books and interviewed kids ages 3 to 9 about their likes and hobbies. They then spent a few weeks drafting, editing and publishing their works based on that research. The goal was to have clear character development, a conflict to which young children could relate and a theme to help teach a valuable life lesson. Addison Trail art students helped illustrate the books.

The authors are sophomore Kayla Berns, junior Andrea Perez, senior Juan Jakoby Bracamontes, freshman Khayr Ahmed, sophomore Julie Zaborowski, sophomore Britney Galeana, junior Isea Cabrera and senior Nykolis Roldan. They read to fourth-graders in Stephanie Sorrentino’s class and students in Jennifer Fletcher’s class.