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Scout Writer Activity Badge
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To purchase this badge you need to fit the following criteria – be a registered Badge Secretary, Section or Assistant Section Leader or a County or District Administrator.
You’ll need to sign in, enter your details plus your membership number in the Scout ID box.
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- Type: Woven with merrow border
- Size: 40mm
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£1.99 delivery for orders of badges and woggles only.
Returns - You have 60 days to return an item for exchange or a full refund, excluding sale items.
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Scout Writer Activity Badge
Could you be the next Philip Pullman or Cressida Cowell? Maybe you'll be a prize winning journalist. Practice the craft of telling a good story through writing.
How to earn the badge:
Complete four of these activities. Talk about your choice with an appropriate adult.
- Compose a poem of at least eight lines. Discuss its meaning and construction.
- Create a short story of around 600 words. Talk about your story idea with an appropriate adult beforehand.
- Write a descriptive passage of around 600 words on a subject, agreed with an appropriate adult beforehand.
- Write a 600-word review of a favourite book, play or other work of literature and talk about it with an appropriate adult.
- Produce a published article of around 600 words in length. You could contribute to a school, faith, community or Scout magazine or write a letter to a local paper.
- Keep a diary on a subject, for a length of time agreed with an appropriate adult beforehand.
- Write a play or dramatic sketch lasting at least 10 minutes.
- Interview a local celebrity, or other notable person. Write or type out the interview to show the questions you asked and the interviewee’s replies.
- Write a letter to a pen pal (real or imaginary) of at least 600 words.