Caro Clarke
Caro Clarke: Writing Advice: Beginner's Four Faults
This site is a personal site from Caro Clarke. The third installment in this series looks at the four major mistakes made by beginning authors. The main idea of this article is that the author needs to be able to combine dialogue with...
TES Global
Blendspace: What Makes Stories Scary?
A learning module that includes fourteen links to websites, videos, and activities on writing scary stories. Lessons focus on vocabulary, plot and character development, elements of gothic stories, tone and mood, suspense, and more.
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Character Development
A collection of images for students to use as writing prompts as they work on character development.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Building Video Literacy: Storyboarding
In this activity developed by EDC's Center for Children and Technology, students explore the relationship between types of shots and storytelling.
Literacy Head
Literacyhead: Images to Give Writers Ideas: Storytelling
A collection of images of people listening to and telling stories give your writers ideas. These paintings and illustrations point to the universal nature of telling and listening.