Comics are very powerful pieces of writing. Students enjoy reading and creating comics. Two apps on the iPad,, Comic Life and BookCreator, allow students to create their own comics. One of the best ways to engage your students in a story writing dialogue activity, is to use Comics. What better way is there to show how writing […]
Category: Narrative Writing
Collaborative Writes Benefit all Students
Collaborative Writes Benefit all Students Collaboration strengthens writing skills and improves Communication Sense of Responsibility to complete a task improves growth in Personal Awareness Sharing of Ideas with a diversity of opinions and styles promotes Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Sharing of Expertise with Peer Editing develops Critical Thinking Skills *Bolded Core Competencies Using the iPads, collaborative writing […]
WWP Session 2 October
Here is the document for today. Personal Narrative Oct 2014
Fairy Tale Writing: Fractured Fairy Tales
Brainstorm Characteristics of Fairy Tale: Beginning, Ending, Setting, Characters, Problems etc. Decide on a fairy tale to write a parody on (try your favourite or least favourite) Reread the fairy tale in order to become an expert on the events Research to become familiar: http://lswhs.leesummit.k12.mo.us/lmclsw/Teacher%20Projects/fairytales.htm Draft Story using Inspirations Change one of the literary elements: Point […]
Fairy Tale Writing and Fables
Telia the Monkey With the popular explosion of Fairy Tales in Entertainment, students are becoming more familiar with classic fairy tales. All fairy tales and fables revolve around a moral or a lesson. Using these classic examples, a variety of story writing activities can be generated. Fractured Fairy Tales A story that uses fairy tale […]
Using Comic Life
One of the best ways to engage your students in a story writing dialogue activity, is to use Comic Life. What better way is there to show how writing dialogue needs to appropriate, clear and effective? If their characters’ dialogue does not drive the plot, then the audience cannot follow their story. Several of the WWP teachers […]
The Writing Process
The Writing Process in a WWP class is generally no different than a traditional class except that students are using technology. Teachers will still be doing activities of Prewriting, Brainstorming, Drafting, Revising, Proofing, Editing, and Publishing. 1. Prewriting and Brainstorming is any activity in which writers are determining their topic, and purpose. They should also […]
Collaborative Writing
One of the big ideas in the WWP is the belief that writing is social and collaborative. Students generate creative pieces when they have an opportunity to share their ideas and build on other’s thoughts. When students collaborate with writing, they have opportunity to expose themselves to different styles. They get to see examples of […]
Creating and Sharing a Talking Storybook
iBooks have some amazing and creative stories which can include audio. Using the IPad , students have the ability to create their own talking stories using a variety of different apps. They can add their own voices, audio sounds, own pictures, clipart, electronic drawings, and of course their own writing. Lastly, they can share their […]
Creating a Podcast on your iPad
Try the free app “I Tell A Story” A lot of students have enjoyed creating audio stories in Garageband, but with the iPad version it was not a priority to include the podcasts. The free app “I Tell A Story” allows the students to create a simple story. It has some built in sound effects […]