Using another artist's pictures, students craft the story and publish.
Encourage student's vocabulary development with daily buzzwords, games and their own personalized dictionary.
Have your students explore a different genre--graphic novels! This site allows them the opportunity to explore the creation of this genre with scaffolds such as backgrounds, characters and props.
My StoryMaker lets you control characters and objects - and creates sentences for you! Once you are done with your story, you can print it out. You cannot go back and edit a story once you have ended it but, if you click "yes" when asked to share it with others, you can print it out again by entering the magic number it gives you in the box on the right. Since lack of space forces us to delete story files older than 1 month, please save the .pdf file that prints to your own computer.
Geared for our youngest writers.
Fun quizzes about grammar. Geared for older kids.
A slightly easier grammar game that starts with nouns and verbs.
A wonderful student publication program that allows students to create their own writing in print. At the end, they have the choice to send it to others, print it or purchase it in a hard copy.
Can teaching similes, synonyms, homophones and metaphors be fun? It sure can if you know the right children's books to use as mentor texts. Franki Sibberson shares her favorites for language study and word work in a new booklist
Draw or illustrate writing using this "paint" application.