Creative Writing on the Interactive Whiteboard

Posted Sunday, January 28, 2007 5:32 PM by kent-teachers

Have you come across  Story Start on Teachers TV ? Each Story Start portrays a dramatic scene that acts as a stimulus for creative writing with each clip ending on a cliffhanger to encourage pupils to explore what happens next. You could use the clips to demonstrate setting and/or character as well story settings. There are seven 3 minute clips in total in the video which can be played online or downloaded.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/13826 
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Another useful website for creative writing is: http://www.storiesfromtheweb.org/joinin/write/choose.asp 

Photostory is another resource to aid creative writing.

We would be interested to know what you thought of these resources so please leave a comment below and tell us how you used these resources and how beneficial they were to your teaching.

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# re: Creative Writing on the Interactive Whiteboard

Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:46 PM by Moira

I am really impressed with this resource. We used the forest scene with my Year 1 class and it was great to see the children becoming really involved.

We thought the character was Robin Hood or The Gruffalo... I wonder what you think??

The programme that goes with this selection is also a good watch.