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Lots of articles and tips for young writers from Australian writer and educator, Susan Stephenson, at www.thebookchook.com . Delete the scoop?
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Lots of vids to use as writing prompts with kids. Many are movie trailers. They are accompanied by questions to tease out kids' thoughts on topics. 
Dennis T OConnor's curator insight,
May 2, 2:26 PM
Video prompts sound like an effective idea. All I'd add is to make a prompt optional. If a young writer already has a topic in mind, let them run with it. Delete the scoop?
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Great writing prompts! 
Ray Tolley's curator insight,
April 6, 10:28 AM
Some brilliant large-size photos worth displaying in every biology lab! - Now let's see innovative lesson plans to encourage real investigations! 
alfonso's curator insight,
April 6, 10:37 AM
Horrifying at the same time looks for take a look 2nd time to the microscope. Delete the scoop?
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Links to some great websites that encourage or prompt writing. 
Ajaan Rob Hatfield's curator insight,
June 3, 9:05 PM
These are additional writing resources worth reviewing. Delete the scoop?
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Eclectic, classroom-based techniques for making writing meaningful and enjoyable. 
Sarah McElrath's curator insight,
February 27, 12:00 PM
Very cool ideas that get kids writing about real world stuff. Delete the scoop?
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Lots of writing and other literacy ideas with a Fairy Tale theme, including free PDF booklet. Delete the scoop?
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There’s a reason for why certain storytelling elements just keeps coming back, again and again.
Well, it’s because they work.
I’ve done some research and collected the different storytelling elements in one place.
Here we go: Via Gregg Morris, Judith van Praag, Sarah McElrath
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Good to use as a scaffold with older kids who want to write fiction. Maybe change some of the language? 
Judith van Praag's curator insight,
February 8, 11:06 AM
Years ago, while studying screenwriting with John Truby I used the graph I drew after his story elements class to understand life. Over time I put together the elements that would make up the novel I'm finishing now.
Stories don't need to have a happy ending, as long as the reader knows there are next steps that will be taken. Such endings make us long for more, for a sequal. Some writers do, for that very reason end with "to be continued". Sometimes, or often, The End heralds a New Beginning.
Sarah McElrath's curator insight,
February 11, 7:38 AM
I have heard Donna Napoli describe #3 as "the extraordinary on an ordinary day." 
Sanna Tyrvainen's curator insight,
February 25, 2:55 AM
I think we should all do this every now and again; reflect the above list to your life or to one day of our life. I'm sure it would make our lives feel much more eventful and exciting. Delete the scoop?
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I love what comics can do for kids. I’ve seen reluctant readers introduced to the joy of books by way of comics. I watched a teen develop an abiding interest
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Free PDF about kids making comics for learning and fun. Delete the scoop?
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Online book creator, free unless you order a print copy. Delete the scoop?
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Houghton Mifflin site with mad-lib type fill-in-the-blanks stories. 
Alison Hewett Doak's curator insight,
January 30, 1:20 PM
Another story generator with fill in the blanks... Delete the scoop?
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iPad app for magnetic poetry, lots of great features 
Ana Cristina Pratas's curator insight,
December 13, 2012 8:20 AM
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Great way to help kids get "into" a character. Delete the scoop?
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writing and use the power of the digital medium to create multimodal, interactive texts. Please add more examples in the comments, I want to keep collecting
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Various tools and websites that encourage kids and adults to write. Delete the scoop?
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Telling a story via a comic editor is a great way to include writing in lots of fun! 
BookChook's comment,
April 24, 7:59 PM
You might also be interested in my PDF, Using Comic Editors with Kids http://susanstephenson.com.au/using-comic-editors-with-kids/
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The #1 place for free Microsoft word newspaper templates for kids, students that are printable and blank. Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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New templates for kids to create own newspapers. Delete the scoop?
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Creative learning activities to celebrate all things Seuss. Delete the scoop?
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Ideas for fracturing fairy tales to come up with kids' own versions. Delete the scoop?
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Free entry for kids anywhere in world, 2013 writing comps. 
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February 1, 11:00 AM
A way to encourage creativity and to support creative students.
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February 1, 11:01 AM
A way to encourage creativity and to support creative students. Delete the scoop?
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I'm impressed with this great presentation tool for kids! Delete the scoop?
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A Bottlenose Dolphin needed my help to get a fishing hook and line of it's left pectoral fin.
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Short video would make an excellent prompt for writing an information report and further reseacrh. Delete the scoop?
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Author Lynn Plourde explains how story add-ons can be a way in to writing for kids. Delete the scoop?
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Kids choose hero, villain, setting then Van Patter starts the story; kids finish it. Delete the scoop?
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Idea generation is often seen as the magic side of creativity, and although I love the magic of it, I also feel like I have learned there is a practical side to it as well.
The great idea spirit seems as unpredictable as the weather. Don’t get me wrong, I agree that idea generation has a mystical side, I just think we have more power to be the catalyst of this spirit than many creatives believe. Here are 9 ways to flip your own idea generation switch: Via mooderino, Sarah McElrath
Sarah McElrath's curator insight,
December 14, 2012 11:34 AM
I agree that we have more control over generating great ideas than we think. We have to train ourselves to be more conscious of those thoughts and questions that crawl just beneath the surface of our conscious mind. We need to pay attention to the little things. And, in my experience, we need to take more showers--and have a pen and paper handy in the bathroom! Delete the scoop?
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Great achievable lesson ideas for writing holiday poetry with kids. |
Great achievable lesson ideas for writing holiday poetry with kids.