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Fiction and Nonfiction

Fiction and Nonfiction

Sunshine Online - Home Comic Master Stories | CBeebies Summary Watch and listen as the CBeebies presenters tell a story. Often retelling traditional stories and fairytales, the presenters read aloud from a picture book. Children can sit back and listen as well as follow the pictures on screen. Enjoying being read to, talking about books, reading stories and becoming familiar with them creates enthusiasm and interest that is likely to stay with children. It will then make them want to recreate the pleasure and fun for themselves. Educational Benefits CBeebies Stories helps children to: Learn how to follow a narrative and recognise different characters.Find out about different cultures beyond their own.Learn to identify with different characters and experience different emotions. Website benefits and summary Watch the videos of the presenters telling the stories and print out bookmarks to use at home.

Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling About the Course Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Digital Storytelling introduces educators to digital storytelling and explores ways to use digital stories to enhance students’ learning experience. The course is designed to be comprehensive yet fundamental. By comprehensive we mean that the course provides a solid foundation to all of the components of a digital story and illustrates these components with tutorials, example stories and links to additional readings. The course also provides a hands-on opportunity for learners to create their own digital stories. The course is fundamental because it covers the basic process of creating a digital story starting with just a simple script and as little as one still image. Course Syllabus Over the course of five weeks, we will cover the following topics: Week 1: Choosing a topic and purpose Week 1 introduces you to the basics of digital storytelling. Recommended Background The course is primarily intended for: In-course Textbooks

Colorblind Photographer Captures Outstanding Landscapes 426Shares Share Tweet 28 years old landscape and cityscape photographer Kilian Schönberger is from Germany and he can’t distinguish green and red. In spite of this disadvantage, he gives life to unbelievably beautiful shots. He says “I recognized that I could turn this so-called disadvantage into a strength, too, and developed my own unique photographic view.” Rewordify.com | Understand what you read BBC Bitesize - Home GrimmFairyTales.com Audioboo Folk Tales and Fables Come play again later! Come play again tomorrow! Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. Perfect for overcoming writer’s block or even starting a brand-new short story in a different narrative, creative writing prompts can help students begin a new piece with confidence. Plus, these story starters can also encourage students to explore different genres while honing their writing skills. There are a lot of ways you can use writing prompts in your classroom. Reading a book in a genre, then having students use a story starter in that same genre. Take inspiration from classics like Treasure Island and newer popular series like The Bad Guys to explore how to write thrilling adventure stories. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove. Get students excited about adventure stories with these great books: If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts.

ICDL - International Children's Digital Library

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