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"The premise is simple - five random images are shown on a screen. The idea is that the reader then becomes the writer. Taking the images shown, students then write, trying to link and weave a story through the five images."

Great with the projector!

huge resource library of things to use with your projector (made originally for IWB classrooms) From cool apps like random grouper (puts your kids in new groups for discussion/work randomly and on the screen) Word magnets (create poetry/writing as group/class using fridge magnets, have a look!

Cute, simple prompts for daily speed writing (getting your kids building their mileage. simply refresh to get another prompt. Have one per desk group, kids click to see what their group gets!

On September 6, Random House Children's Books and the online community Stardoll launched Mortal Kiss, a paranormal mystery that will be serialized online globally through the end of October. The interactive story will include opportunities for its readers, mainly digitally savvy teen girls, to shape the story as it unfolds.

As the name goes, it is fairly shambolic but don't let the randomness of the layout fool you. There is a wealth of usefull stuff here.