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Story Makers sites allow us to create stories in an easy way in the classroom. In this practise we are entering some of them to be aware of its didactic possibilities.

STORY MAKER - Reading Planet

Story Maker (http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/storymaker/default.aspx) is a useful site to create stories in an easy way. Children only have to follow 4 steps and they get the start of their own personalised story.

Steps:

• Write name and age

• Pick a background scene selecting one of the small images to the right and click on Choose to confirm it.

• Click on the images you want and drag them to the scene chosen before. Click again to let them in the place you decide. When finished, click on Done.

• Answer a few easy questions to personalize the story by typing the text in the boxes.

• The start of the story is created just for them! If children want to add to their story and carry on with it, they can write in a box.

• When they finish it, by clicking DONE, they get their story with the background scene and characters chosen. It can be printed.

STORY MAKER - British Council

This site (http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm) offers the students the possibility of creating their own story. http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-writing-storymaker.htm

• Click on next.
• Then choose a fairy story, a horror story, or a science fiction story.
• Wait for the storymaker to load, then answer the questions, choose the characters, words and places or write your own -a dictionay is available for you-! Then the story maker will ’make’ the story and you can print it too!

• Methodology: The activity may be done in the computer room individually or in pairs. It can also be done in the classroom and if you have a computer corner, when the student has finished the activities, s/he can go there and do the activity alone.
• Timing: one session (one hour class)
• Resources: computer with internet connection and earphones.

Poetry Splatter (http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/gamestation/poetrysplatter/default.mspx) is a space to create poems classified by levels of difficulty (ages). Children start by splattering words onto the screen and drag them into the poem.

WACKY WEB TALES (http://www.eduplace.com/tales/). Children have to choose a tale, fill in the blanks with nouns, verbs, and other words and they get a crazy tale. It is a good site to create funny stories. At the same site, in the section tackle reading space (http://www.eduplace.com/tacklereading/index.html), children can do exciting reading activities.

Funbrain (http://www.funbrain.com/brain/ReadingBrain/ReadingBrain.html).By choosing a Mad Libs Junior, children can create a story in a really silly way by playing.