Some Ideas for working with Reluctant Writers

We watched the first 10 minutes of “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” and chatted about it, about the war, evacuation, Edmund wanting to be a soldier, etc. Some children then used Clicker grids (prepared beforehand) to make a Clicker book telling the story. Others used 2Simple’s 2CreateAStory, importing pictures I’d saved on the shared area and using this Wordle (see above) to help with spellings if required.

 

 

 

Then we used PurpleMash MashCams.  The children choose a character to be, take a photo of themselves (using the webcam)  and imagine what it is like to be that character. (If you do not have a webcam you can import a previously taken photo) They write about their life/work/day/adventures and can also record their voice.

     

More ideas……

Telescopic text

try this one out:  http://telescopictext.com/

and then make up your own:

http://www.telescopictext.org/write/