You will learn how to write an imaginative story that develops interesting characters and believable dialogue.

A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story with believable characters in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Imagine 3-D Characters, Show and Tell, Build Your Main Character Read about a Main Character, and Draft...

In this slideshow tutorial, students will review the reading strategies of imagining and visualizing to assist with interpreting stories' characters, events, and settings. Students are given an explanation of the strategies and examples...

Links to 2 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard W.3.3.b: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

Two characters from "Country Dog Gentlemen" lead you on explorations of artwork by Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, and Sargent Johnson. Accompanying interactive invites you to create your own masterpiece inspired by these artists and to...

A wonderful site all about famous author Beverly Cleary. It offers the visitor many things to do and explore, including the neighborhood where her stories take place and a little about her characters. Gives the visitor some games to play...

Interactive lesson which allows young scholars to determine the perspective or point of view of a story character by imagining actually spending a day in their "shoes." Based on Atticus's statement in "To Kill a Mockingbird." W.11-12.3,...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 30 worksheets that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard W.3.3B: Write Narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using...

In this project students will report on a book by describing how they would turn that book into a motion picture. After reading and studying the main components of their novel, students will use their imaginations to explain how they...

Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...

Students will demonstrate an understanding of character through improvisation. Students will imagine and clearly describe their characters through performance. They will relate a character's actions and emotions and create a setting.

Contains plans for five lessons based off Gwendolyn Brooks? ?We Real Cool? where students imagine they are the characters in the poem fifty years later. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...

Inspired by the main character's actions in Frindle by Andrew Clements, young scholars will be asked to reinvent an everyday object with a brand new word. They will need to imagine a character has reinvented their word, and then they...

Read the full text of the short story "The Glimpse" by Arnold Bennett which imaginatively describes an out-of-body experience the main character has after suffering a heart attack.

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most quirky, imaginative fantasy stories. Find out about the characters and themes in this informative site.