Let's Get Creative

Scholastic Story Starters

Let's Get Creative! 

Who: Author Bruce Van Patter's creative writing site called "Let's Get Creative" and Scholastic's "Story Starter Machine."

What: Have you ever heard a student state, "I don't know what to write about!" Author Bruce Van Patter offers fun web tools to help students get their creative juices flowing. Scholastic offers a fun slot machine to help struggling writers form a story idea.

Where: http://www.brucevanpatter.com/funstuff.html 
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm

How: Two great sites to bookmark on a computer in your room to send students to (once introduced) to help get their creative juices flowing!