Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Choose your Own Adventure


 
Love this idea where students create their own choose your own adventure book using google forms.....

Monday, February 20, 2012

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Larry Ferlazzo

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/

Subscribe to his blog... lots of great ideas and resources

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

WEB sites of the Day!!!

Fun Writing Games for Kids
Check out these fun writing games for kids. Enjoy a range of free activities, resources and practice exercises related to writing letters, stories, newspapers, debates, advertising and instructions.
The games are perfect for challenging students who enjoy interactive learning online. Find a topic that suits you and improve your English by completing as many of the educational challenges as you can.

Check out Dynamic Curriculum
http://jc-schools.net/dynamic/index.html

The Story Starter randomly generates 1,862,718,000 story starters. This idea generator can be used for short stories, novels, plays, scripts, or just for fun.
http://thestorystarter.com/?THEBIGDEALBOOK=634646271071187500

Go Graphic!
Comic Master, brought to you by Reading for Life in the UK, allows students to create their own short graphic novels. The Teachers section of the site explores how graphic novels work to help students become familiar with the medium and develop an understanding of the complexity of it.
Click Here to Visit Website
Click Here to Access Free Teachers Resources
 
Get into the Action
On the ZimmerTwins website, students can choose from various characters, type in the dialogue, choose their background scene and create a fun movie. Students can choose from the “starter” prompts and then decide how they want to continue the story, or they can create a storyline from scratch. An animated tutorial helps students learn how to make a movie.
Click Here to Visit Website

Friday, February 10, 2012

Add some Life to your Text!!!   Works great on your PPT or Activinspire Software

Write your own message on Bart Simpson's famous chalkboard! The message will be repeated over and over again just like the show

http://www.addletters.com/pictures/bart-simpson-generator/2206735.htm


Glitterfy your Text
http://www.glitterfy.com/glitter-words.php