Independent

Online Games (Websites & Apps):

• Go on Sock Puppets App and write a story to be animated
• Create a my story book online

Projects:

• Write a small moment story about  a meaningful moment in your life
• Create a character.  What kind of person is he/she?  What are his/her strengths, weaknesses?  What kinds of problems might he/she face?  How will he/she solve them?  Use these plans to create a story with a character who faces a problem, encounters trouble and solves the problem.

Family

Games & Activities:

• Tell a story to a family member, remember to zoomed into an interesting, strange, sad, or funny moment that happened today!!!
• Ask your grown up to tell a story.  BE a writing partner to your parent:
  • Prompts-   what did you say? What was your body doing? What were you thinking? How can you show what you were feeling.
• Storytell together
• Read a story with your parent!  Point out dialogue, small action, thinking, feeling that the author uses to make the characters come alive
• Collect ideas for stories with your family
  • Think of important people, places and things and important moments that you had there
  • Collect around strong feelings and moments you felt that way
• Interview an older family member about a childhood story.  Write the story.
• Write a story that has been passed down over the years.  Tell it together first and then write it.  Read it aloud to different family members and revise together.

Projects:

• Create a series of story books using the same character experiencing different problems

Videos:

• Watch a clip of a short film and write the story in every detail.  Ask yourself: what would that characters be saying? How are they thinking? How are the feeling?
  • Dust Buddies Short Film
  • Mouse for Sale
  • Big Buck Bunny