Scout Writer Activity Badge

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.