Dear readers,
I’m pleased to present to y’all the WONDER CAPSULE!
Welcome to The Wonder Capsule, a unique initiative designed to inspire, nurture, and empower students through the transformative power of creative writing. This platform is more than just a writing program—it’s a space where young minds explore their creativity, express their deepest thoughts, and develop the confidence to share their voices with the world.
Our Mission
At The Wonder Capsule, our mission is to provide a safe, supportive environment where students, especially from underserved communities, can engage in creative expression. We believe in the power of words to heal, inspire, and bring about change. Through guided workshops and personalized feedback, we aim to help students discover their potential and develop the skills they need to express themselves effectively.
What We Offer
- Creative Writing Workshops: Our workshops cover a variety of writing styles, from acrostic poems to storytelling and beyond. Each session is designed to spark imagination and encourage students to experiment with different forms of writing.
- Personalized Feedback: We provide constructive feedback to help students refine their writing and build confidence in their abilities.
- Student Showcases: We celebrate our students’ work by sharing their creations on our platform, giving them the recognition they deserve and inspiring others to find their voice.
- Mental Wellness Through Writing: Writing can be a powerful tool for mental well-being. We encourage students to use writing as a way to process their thoughts and emotions, offering a cathartic outlet that supports their overall mental health.
Our Transformative Impact
IMPACT OF THE WONDER CAPSULE
Impact
Over the years, Speak Up! Act Now! has made significant strides in empowering youth, promoting environmental sustainability, and fostering leadership. Our initiatives have reached thousands of students and teachers across the nation, with a profound impact that extends beyond the classroom. The Wonder Capsule has been a transformative initiative, impacting over 8,000 students across the…
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Why It Matters
The Wonder Capsule was created with the belief that every voice matters. By providing students with the tools and encouragement to express themselves, we’re helping to build a generation of thoughtful, articulate, and empowered individuals who are ready to lead and inspire others.
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Welcome to the WONDER CAPSULE!
Dear readers, It’s great to be writing on my blog again and I’m completely aware that I haven’t been posting new content in an incredibly long time. My exams, projects, and volunteer work has just been piling up but I promise a LOT of work from here on out. On that note, I’m pleased to…
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Sparking Creativity Through Reading Sessions and Postcard Making
Before The Wonder Capsule became a space for young writers to explore their creativity, I began this journey with something just as magical—reading sessions and a postcard-making activity that laid the foundation for what was to come. These sessions were more than just about reading—they were about connection, expression, and the joy of discovery. To…
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Two-Year Vision Update: Speak Up! Act Now!
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Enabling Mental Wellness: A Glimpse into The Wonder Capsule’s Impact
The Wonder Capsule is more than just an English comprehension and creative writing program; it’s a platform for self-expression and mental wellness. By providing students with a safe space to explore their thoughts and emotions through writing, we enable a deeper understanding of themselves and their mental health. One example is a student’s work that…
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🎄 Celebrating Christmas Creativity Through Acrostic Poems! 🎄
As part of The Wonder Capsule initiative, our students have been exploring their creative expression through acrostic poems. This month, the theme was Christmas, and the results are nothing short of festive and heartwarming. Here are some delightful contributions from our talented students at Vidya School: Each line of these acrostic poems reflects the joy…
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Three Years of Inspiring Future Changemakers:
Three Years of Inspiring Future Changemakers: Reflecting on Our Journey and Looking Ahead As we celebrate the third anniversary of Speak Up! Act Now!, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for the journey we have shared. This milestone marks not only the impact we’ve made but also the exciting future we are building…
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Join Us
Explore the world of The Wonder Capsule and discover the incredible work of our students. Whether you’re a parent, educator, or student, there’s a place for you here. Together, let’s continue to unlock the wonders of creativity and make a lasting impact.
Explore Student Work
Check out our student showcases, where you’ll find a collection of acrostic poems, stories, and more, each reflecting the unique voice of its author. Follow the links below to dive into the world of The Wonder Capsule and see how creativity comes to life.
Find all student writing here: https://anvituteja.com/tag/thewondercapsule/
TESTIMONIALS AND QUOTES
Teacher from Vidya School
FEEDBACK ON THE WONDER CAPSULEFOR ANVI FROM SPEAK UP! ACT NOW! Students gained insights into the transformative power of creative writing, discovering that it enhances their imagination by allowing them to craft new words, situations, and characters. The process instils confidence in their abilities, improves problem-solving skills, expands vocabulary, and refines communication abilities. The discussion…
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Sakshi
FEEDBACK ON THE WONDER CAPSULE FOR ANVI I want to give my feedback for this session: I enjoyed this session so much! I learnt a lot of things in this session which made me feel more and more confident. I like your method of explaining so much. Thank you for doing so many activities with…
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Coordinator from Vidya School
FEEDBACK ON ENGLISH SESSIONANVI – SPEAK UP! ACT NOW! Topic – Creative writing During the session on creative writing, Anvi engaged in discussions encompassing various elements such as imagination, creativity, wonder, writing, and language. The session extended to the eight parts of speech, namely prepositions, conjunctions, articles, adjectives, nouns, adverbs, verbs, and interjections. The students…
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Vinciya “Vinci”
FEEDBACK FOR THE WONDER CAPSULE Before joining the writing workshop, I had a totally different idea about this concept. I thought it was just training on how to write, but after joining the session, I realized it was not just about how to write. I learned many things that I didn’t know before, like imagery,…
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Vandhana
THE WONDER CAPSULE SESSIONS FEEDBACK The 5 sessions we had with Anvi were very interesting and informative. In the beginning, when our teacher told us that we were having writing sessions, we had a completely different idea of what the sessions would be. But in the first session, we learned something different and interesting. The…
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Pavithra K.
FEEDBACK FOR THE WONDER CAPSULE CONDUCTED BY ANVI Dear Anvi,I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart, for giving me such a beautiful opportunity my life to learn something new that I didn’t know about at all. The class was interesting as I learnt many new words and topics. I really…
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Shreedarshini
FEEDBACK FOR THE WRITING SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY ANVI The session was on the topic of writing skills. On the first day, we had no idea what we were going to learn! On the 1st day, it was not only informative but also fun learning. We had a two-hour session but we couldn’t realize how quickly…
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Shreya V.
FEEDBACK FOR ANVI WHO CONDUCTED THE WONDER CAPSULE Topic: Writing Skills We have had 5 sessions, and they were very interesting, interactive, and informative. We have clearly understood all the topics and learned many new things, including their meanings. Some key learnings: From this session, I have learned to write my own poems and stories.…
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Kusumanjali K
FEEDBACK FOR ANVI FROM THE WONDER CAPSULEWe had 5 classes which were conducted by Anvi the sessions were very interactive and interesting. We understood all the new things and we learnt how to create stories and poems. I am also very happy that the stories and poems written by me will be published by Anui.I…
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Diksha J.
FEEDBACK FOR ANVI FROM THE WONDER CAPSULEI was very happy when I was selected for the writing skills sessions. These sessions were amazing. I really learnt many things which were unknown to me. During the sessions, I learned many things, but loved learning about mystery fiction the most as I love to read that kind…
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Nanditha C.
FEEDBACK FOR ANVI FROM THE WONDER CAPSULE Feedback: Writing skills Host: Anvi TutejaThe writing skills session was for 5 days/10 hours. We learnt many topics from the session. We learnt the parts of speech, simile metaphor, imagery, descriptive writing, story creation, types of story, backstory, poetry, types of poetry and many more. The sessions were…
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Teacher from Shishu Mandir
FEEDBACK ON THE WONDER CAPSULEFOR ANVI FROM SPEAK UP! ACT NOW! The sessions on Writing Skills were conducted virtually by Ms Anvi Tuteja for 5 consecutive days 2 hours each day. She was a great teacher with lots of inputs and systematic teaching at such a young age. Our students from class 8, 9 &…
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Christmas Acrostic Poems:
CHRISTMAS by Richa
As part of The Wonder Capsule program, our students have been exploring their creativity by crafting acrostic poems on the theme of Christmas. Each poem reflects the joy, anticipation, and magic of the holiday season, as seen through the eyes of our young writers. I’m delighted to showcase Richa’s festive poems which beautifully reflect the…
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CHRISTMAS by Anjana
As part of The Wonder Capsule program, our students have been exploring their creativity by crafting acrostic poems on the theme of Christmas. Each poem reflects the joy, anticipation, and magic of the holiday season, as seen through the eyes of our young writers. I’m excited to present Anjana’s wonderful poem who captures the essence…
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CHRISTMAS by Sakshi
As part of The Wonder Capsule program, our students have been exploring their creativity by crafting acrostic poems on the theme of Christmas. Each poem reflects the joy, anticipation, and magic of the holiday season, as seen through the eyes of our young writers. I’m thrilled to share these beautiful creations with you, starting with…
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Postcards Activity Highlight:
Sparking Creativity Through Reading Sessions and Postcard Making
Before The Wonder Capsule became a space for young writers to explore their creativity, I began this journey with something just as magical—reading sessions and a postcard-making activity that laid the foundation for what was to come. These sessions were more than just about reading—they were about connection, expression, and the joy of discovery. To complement the reading experience, I introduced a postcard-making activity where students could visually express what they had read and felt about their favourite holiday experience. These sessions were the beginning of something special. They showed me the power of combining creativity with education, and how…
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First Iteration of the WONDER Capsule:
Dear readers,
Recently, I decided to conduct a writing workshop with SHISHU MANDIR and VIDYA SCHOOL, wherein I shared some of my own writing knowledge with the students through online meetings.
I am delighted to share with everyone the brilliant work of all of my new friends. I hope you give them the hope and encouragement they so rightly deserve for ALL of their effort. And lastly, I hope you enjoy reading their work as much as I did, and will continue to give them your support, just like you have been supporting me for all this time.
Yours,
Anvi 🙂
(July 2022)
Imagery: A brick cottage in the suburbs; Pouring rain; The buttery glow of the street lamps…
Wickedness by Rohini
Imagery: A brick cottage in the suburbs; Pouring rain; The buttery glow of the street lamps… Wickedness is all around us. There are people, many people who have committed sin. This evil makes the surroundings gloomy. Don’t compare yourself to others, and move a step forward. Even if there is darkness, you still have the…
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Bright Light by Ragini
Imagery: A brick cottage in the suburbs; Pouring rain; The buttery glow of the street lamps… In this house, there is a chimney, the hot air goes up in this sky, and a bright light comes out of the house. A boy sees the view out of the window.
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A Cold Winter Night by Shreedarshini
Imagery: A brick cottage in the suburbs; Pouring rain; The buttery glow of the street lamps… A cold winter night with silence surrounding me. I walk through the lonely path lost in my thoughts searching for my happiness. Suddenly I spotted an old house, I went closer to find an old couple helping each other…
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Imagery: Mountain against a pink sky
Reach the Peak by Rohini
Imagery: Mountain against a pink sky The sun is rising, leaving the darkness beyond. The vibrant ones are becoming more visible. The real beauty of nature is giving us the hope to move forward. The sunrise is giving us the hope to move forward. The sunrise is giving us strength to reach the peak.
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Calling Me by Ragini
Imagery: Mountain against a pink sky In this imagery, the sky colour is bright pink and a light fog wraps around the mountain range. In this image, there is a relaxing feel of the mountains making it perfect for letting stress disappear and to letting peace find a way. There is so much space. In…
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Purplish Sky by Kusumanjali
Imagery: Mountain against a pink sky The mountain following the purplish sky, the sky moving without knowing where to end, finally stopped at a place where there was a big lake. The sky looked down and it saw its own reflection and felt its beauty!
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Mountains by Shreedarshini
Imagery: Mountain against a pink sky A place of wonder, with a huge mountain in the distance, covered with a blanket of snow, is trying to increase its level to reach the sky. Against the red, it is teaching us to love our brothers. Feeling the cool breeze, and hearing the birds chirp, I stood…
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Writing Prompt: Priceless jewels have been stolen from the safe of a wealthy heiress. Who dunnit?
Lily and Vinay by Shreya
Writing Prompt: Priceless jewels have been stolen from the safe of a wealthy heiress. Who dunnit? There was a safe wealthy heiress where priceless jewels were stolen, we had to find out who had done it so we all checked the rooms If we could find any clue we found muddy footprints and one bracelet,…
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The Priceless Jewels by Nanditha C
Writing Prompt: Priceless jewels have been stolen from the safe of a wealthy heiress. Who dunnit? Dhritti was one of the richest girl in town. She had the most expensive jewels and had kept it as a secret. Her three best friends knew about it. One day all of a sudden her jewels were missing.…
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Creating Clues by Suhana
Writing Prompt: Priceless jewels have been stolen from the safe of a wealthy heiress. Who dunnit? — A tore piece of glove was on the floor . –Diamond jewels were not in the almirah . –Muddy foot prints were on the floor so the robber might have been done few hours ago . –The heiress…
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Writing Prompt: An elderly couple spends all their money on lottery tickets, and their three grown children can’t agree on what to do with them.
The Smart Children by Shreya
Writing Prompt: An elderly couple spends all their money on lottery tickets, and their three grown children can’t agree on what to do with them. There once lived a couple who were greedy for money. They had three grown children who were very sweet. One day there was a competition for lottery tickets and these…
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Great Valley of Laughter by Diksha
Writing Prompt: An elderly couple spends all their money on lottery tickets, and their three grown children can’t agree on what to do with them. Once in the city of ‘great valley of laugher’ there lived an elderly couple and their three grown children. They always spent a good amount of quality time together and…
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Importance of Education by Vandana
Writing Prompt: An elderly couple spends all their money on lottery tickets, and their three grown children can’t agree what to do with them. Once there lived a couple in the small city of Bangalore. After a few years, they had three children. The couple would always enjoy their life and spend all of their…
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Writing Prompt: Forbidden knowledge: You wake up in the famous library of Alexandria mere hours before it burns, destroying everything. You witness the arson and stealthily pursue those responsible.
Burning Books by Nanditha C
Writing Prompt: Forbidden knowledge: You wake up in the famous library of Alexandria mere hours before it burns, destroying everything. You witness the arson and stealthily pursue those responsible. All of a sudden I was lost. When I woke up I saw a big library full of books arranged neatly in the shelves. I went…
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Writing Prompt: Three friends ride their bikes cross-country and meet strange characters along the way.
Rocky, Benny and Sun by Suhana
Writing Prompt: Three friends ride their bikes cross-country and meet strange characters along the way. Rocky, Benny and Sun are three friends. They just passed high school together and now this is the time when they have to choose their courses and move toward real and difficult life. They wanted their life to be fun…
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Writing Prompt: A fiction writer writes a story every night but every morning the manuscripts disappear and the characters show up in the town.
Ashley by Suhana
Writing Prompt: A fiction writer writes a story every night but every morning the manuscripts disappear and the characters show up in the town. A famous fiction writer named Ashley wrote beautiful stories. One night she was writing about a character named Robin; she described him as a very attractive man of her town, rich,…
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Writing Prompt: Legend says that if you breathe in and out ten times in front of a mirror something strange happens.
A Man Called Legend by Vinciya “Vinci” Jose
Writing Prompt: Legend says that if you breathe in and out ten times in front of a mirror something strange happens. Once there lived a man called Legend. People used to think that he was mad because he always used to say, “When you breathe in front of the mirror ten times something strange happens.”…
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Writing Exercise: A team of scientists have successfully teleported an apple. It reappears with a bite taken out of it.
Alex and the Apple by Vinciya “Vinci” Jose
Writing Exercise: A team of scientists have successfully teleported an apple. It reappears with a bite taken out of it. One night, a team of scientists successfully teleported an apple. They said to each other that it will only be exposed to the public by the next morning. But they didn’t know where to preserve…
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Backstory Exercise: Look at pictures, and think of backstories for each character.
Backstories by Vinciya “Vinci” Jose
Backstory Exercise: Look at pictures, and think of backstories for each character. The only great magician in the world, the great Cheng was Chinese. Nobody now knows how he became a great magician but I do! Here’s his back story… When I went to throw the garbage in the bin out of my house, I…
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Writing Prompt: The last human in the universe heard a knock on the door…
The Story of Rohan by Shreedarshini
Writing Prompt: The last human in the universe heard a knock on the door… Rohan was a happy child – always laughing and playing and having a happy time. One day Rohan went to sleep and woke up in the morning to find no one around him. He wondered where his parents went, leaving him.…
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Last Human by Pavithra K
Writing Prompt: The last human in the universe heard a knock on the door… At the time of the world that time ended, there was only a lonely boy whose name was unknown. He knew nothing about what to do in this new world. He was curious and he had the powers to grow the…
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Writing Prompt: 5 AM and still no phone call.
Raju and Geetha by Diksha
Writing Prompt: 5 AM and still no phone call. Raju and his elder sister Geetha lost their parents in an accident last year. Since then, Geetha was being very protective over Raju, which he felt was annoying. But he knew that Geetha loved him like no one ever could imagine. But one day he was…
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Writing Prompt: A mother discovers her teenage son’s bankbook showing millions in his account.
The Bankbook by Vandana
Writing Prompt: A mother discovers her teenage son’s bankbook showing millions in his account. Long long ago there lived a mother and her son in a cottage. They lived happily. As the mother was old, she could not go to work. The boy was an officer in a small company called SAP. He used to…
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Free Writing
Teleportation by Pavithra K
Free Writing: “Teleportation” Having you is the best feeling ever.But let me remind you – Don’t make it a memory forever. It was you who was there in the time of trouble.It was you who taught me how to smile.It was you who taught me how to win the hardships of the century. King of…
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Enjoy Reading!
ANVI TUTEJA
Thoughts Caught 