Cheeseburger Brown: Wile – The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote

Cheeseburger Brown: Wile – The Unauthorized Biography of Wile E. Coyote 18/09/2011 – “The sun is high and hot. Impossible rock sculptures tower over the desert floor, casting short purple shadows on the scrub and cacti. An insect chirps. A trail of speeding smoke appears at the horizon, tearing along the highway with reckless abandon. [...]

The Story Museum – 1001 stories from around the world

The Story Museum – 1001 stories from around the world 15/05/10 – “Fly your imagination around the world with inspirational stories to watch, hear, read and tell” – search by genre, age or country of recommended age-group. Plus ideas for using stories at school and home – possibly useful for parental newsletters or other home-school [...]

Interactive Story Books online

Interactive Story Books online 24/04/10 – On the Woodlands Junior Site.

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World

Most Dangerous Bridges In The World 15/5/09 – High-quality images of rickety bridges in a range of different places around the world. I will use this page of over 20 pages for describing settings in narrative.

StoryTop Story Maker — The Online tool for storytelling

StoryTop Story Maker — The Online tool for storytelling 29/3/09 – “create multi-page stories, drag and drop clip art to illustrate your story, add text in dialogue boxes, create storytelling clubs with your friends, share your stories with others” Free, for the moment at least.

911 Writers Block

911 Writers Block 20/7/08 – “Dial 1 for Settings / Dial 2 for Characters / Dial 3 for Dramatic Entrances / Dial 4 for Dialogue / Dial 5 to Commiserate / Dial 6 for Verbs / Dial 7 for Calisthenics / Dial 8 to Kill a Character / Dial 9 for Endings” Many of these [...]

Stories From the Web

Stories From the Web 0-7 – Stories 5/6/08 – Some online stories plus a database of stories for Early Years, which is organised by theme.

Key Features of Writing Genres

Key Features of Writing Genres 31/5/08 – Diary, discussion, autobiography, letters, narrative and short story. Useful for creating marking / self evaluation ladders and success criteria. You’ll also find some downloadable writing frames.

20 Basic Narrative Plot Types

20 Basic Narrative Plot Types 11/5/08 – Basic list of 20 plot types – could be adapted relatively quickly for children’s use. I will modify the language to child speak and add them in bubbles to my literacy display.

Mr Men World

Mr Men World 1/5/08 – Great for character descriptions, biographies and branching databases.

Plot and Character Generator

Plot and Character Generator 20/4/08 – Gives randomised charcters and events for creative writing stimulus. I won’t use this with children because some of the scenarios might elicit too many awkward questions. I will probably collate the more relevant and appropriate ones at home. Looks good though!

BBC – CBeebies – Stories and Rhymes from fantasy worlds

BBC – CBeebies – Stories and Rhymes from fantasy worlds tags: english.narrative, resources 23/3/08 – Very colourful and interactive – post by teachinglinks

Wacky Web Tales

Wacky Web Tales – Create your own stories and poems using these amusing and dynamic templates. Very good for consolidating teaching on different categories of words and phrases.