Scholastic Writing Games

It appears I have come across a theme of digital stories lately.  I was looking at the scholastic site and came across some great writing games I thought I would share.  The games are all related to books.

http://www.scholastic.com/dogslife/createtale.htm

Students can create a scene using the characters provided.

Space is then provided to describe what is happening in the scene.  Students can also use prompts provided.

http://www.scholastic.com/esperanza/storybuilder.htm

Decide on a scene.

Write a story.

http://www.scholastic.com/inkheart/editorial/index.htm

This game helps students plan to write an editorial and displays the components needed.

http://www.scholastic.com/charlottesweb/comic/index.htm

Make a Charlotte's Web Comic

The scenes, characters, objects and speech bubbles are provided.

There are also options to create other comics based on:

http://www.scholastic.com/amulet/makeyourown/

http://www.scholastic.com/bone/comic_maker.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumpsgraphix/makeyourown/index.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/smile/makeyourown/index.htm

Students can create stories relating to the novels or create their own versions.

Character Scrapbook

This site I came across on Twitter from @storytellin .  It is presented as a scrapbook and allows students to analyse the characters in books.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/

Students type in the name of the book and one of the characters.  There is an option to create the look of the character and then write about them.  There are several pages provided for students to describe the character.

The site ask students to respond to the following:

Ten things I know about ......

Ten words that describe .....

Ten details about .......'s appearance

Ten facts about ........'s personality

Ten challenges .......... face

Ten accomplishments .......... achieved

The site also provides resources for teachers and printables.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748285

This is a great way to reinforce and extend students' knowledge of a book they have read.  It could also be used for students to plan their own story and create their own character.