An Entertainment Weekly article featuring an example of a television script from the popular Netflix show "Wednesday".
"On each episode of our Webby Award-nominated podcast, we capture the magic that happens when kids ages 6-12 meet and collaborate with beloved storytellers who grow original short stories inspired by their story ideas! As a Common Sense Media selection, our show is recognized as a great choice for kids and families for its engaging stories, valuable content, and diverse voices, characters, and messages. Scroll down to meet our creative rockstars and authors as you listen to our podcast here!"
Activities included if you wanted to replicate these with your students/kids!
Be sure to check out the Educator's tab at the top to find many great resources!
This site generates 274,400 story starters for kids to give them lots of opportunities to write!
Amy, the author of this personal narrative, effectively uses voice to convey the fear she feels as she ascends a path to an area above a 100-ft. waterfall. Her expert choice of words helps to paint a beautiful picture of her surroundings.
Mentor texts were shared with students over several lessons with
the focus on getting ideas for creative writing stories. The mentor
texts were used as springboards for brainstorming ideas and writing
sensory details.
This site provides (completely free) writing prompts and exercises to help you get started with creative writing and break through writing blocks - and some fun anagram vocabulary games.
Generate random story ideas, plots, subjects, scenarios, characters, first lines for stories and more.
Write interactive stories, choose your own adventure stories, etc.
This is a great tool to boost writing engagement.