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Short videos of people telling telling stories. Students can also record their own stories.

Reading Russian Short Stories is an open resource by Filip Zachoval that contains stories written in Russian by different authors in the 20th and 21st centuries, each accompanied by questions and assignments. The collection is designed for learners of Russian, including heritage learners. There are numerous texts that are suitable for novice-high or intermediate-low learners. However, the majority of these texts are more suitable for learners who have reached or are about to enter higher levels of language competence, i.e. students at intermediate and advanced levels.

Create a video that tells a story through a simulation of a Google Doc. (You have to see an example to understand what it does!)

Answer questions (in English) to create a cube that can be printed and folded. Bio of famous person, mystery story, other story, or freeform cube.

Graphic organizers for developing parts of a story, such as characters, setting, conflict, and resolution.

Multi-Genre Writing Prompts for Kids. Spin to get an interesting writing prompts.

Read and write interactive (like choose-your-own-adventure) stories.

Collection of Japanese children's stories in Japanese with line by line English translations and explanation of vocab and grammar points.

A selection of Japanese short stories translated into English for your reading pleasure. Links to the original Japanese are included at the bottom of each story.

Letras para volar is "un programa de fomento a la lectura para niños y jóvenes. Es el primer proyecto de colaboración internacional entre la Universidad de Guadalajara y la Fielding Graduate University." On the website they provide a section of "Lecturas," which are Mexican leyendas given in written form as well as in audio format. In this way, students can read and listen to the story, either at the same time or one before the other. You could use these leyendas for reading practice, listening practice, and cultural exploration.

Tool for analyzing and visualizing characters in stories.

Multimedia story in 5 episodes. Available in six languages.

Tell stories with audio, image, video and words. Record audio directly in the application.

Collaborative Story Telling

The teacher creates or selects the first chapter of a story, then students write the next chapter. They vote for the chapter they like best.

Several tools for writing (in English). Story idea generator, conflict generator, word count meter, readability analyzer, half title generator, cliche buster.

Read and write interactive (like choose-your-own-adventure) stories. Intuitive interface and interactive tutorials make this app easy to learn to use.

Simplified news stories that students can read and listen to in English. Also includes related vocabulary practice, scrambled sentences, and voice recording. An additional tool lets students create their own books for download or printing.

Stories for children who are beginning to read English. They can listen and read while viewing pictures.

Articles on science in Latin America. Spanish versions linked to each story or found here: http://latinamericanscience.org/spanish/