The other day on Twitter, I read that Kim Kautzer at WriteShop was gifting some Christmas Story Builders for the Holiday. As I feel that writing is something we really don’t do well – and I’d heard about Story Builders but never actually used them – I jumped on the chance to try them out.
So, today I let him start his story by choosing his cards. He randomly choose:
Character:Â mother
Character Trait: mean spirited
Setting: toy store
Plot: comes to life
I’m really hoping I’m not the main character! If I’m not, I’ll share his story here when it’s done! If I am…well, he’ll be grounded! 😉
(Just read my blog post to J1 – and he laughed and said “Crud, I need to rewrite it!” LOLÂ Funny kid!!)
Yikes, that could not be flattering if you are the mean-spirited main character. If that happens, you can chalk it up to your son’s imagination as this is a creative writing assignment.
Those story starters sound fun and would probably liven up our writing assignments. I will have to check them out.
Uh oh….J-1 doesn’t want to be grounded! Quick, go read the story before he changes anything!
Oh goodness! That’s funny!
I would be interested to hear more about this program!