The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.
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![Word Mover](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/222.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=9ZLKQgLd)
Word Mover allows children and teens to create "found poetry" by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
![Word Matrix](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/914.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=IMs9VvCf)
Explore the similarities and differences among words typically considered synonyms with this tool that allows middle- and secondary-level students organize groups of words by connotation on one axis and by register on another.
![Hero's Journey](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/915.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=KCCID8wL)
Students can use this tool to learn about the elements of the hero's journey, analyze a text that follows the hero's journey pattern, or start creating a hero story of their own.
![Profile Publisher](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/917.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=xl2bXimT)
Students use the Profile Publisher to draft online social networking profiles, yearbook profiles, and newspaper or magazine profiles for themselves, other real or fictional characters.
![CD/DVD Cover Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/919.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=VUM8Rq2g)
The CD/DVD Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate CD and DVD covers and related booklets for liner notes and other information. Students can use the tool to create covers for books, music, and films that they explored as well as to create covers for media they compose individually or as a class.
![Postcard Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/923_0.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=t0B8Lmko)
The Postcard Creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard messages by typing information into letter templates. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards in a variety of ways, including drawing, collage, and stickers.
![Book Cover Guide](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/924.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=b06SdJb5)
![Book Cover Creator](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/926_0.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=9RyS0rCG)
The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class.
![ReadWriteThink Notetaker](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/929.jpg?h=3152b766&itok=4FhGgev7)
Useful for a wide variety of reading and writing activities, this outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information.
![Flip Book](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/930_0.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=1r0-_0hN)
![Plot Diagram](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/936_0.jpg?h=6aaa118a&itok=8ArCmD7P)
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
![Graphic Map](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/937_0.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=Z5_A6nXT)
The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.
![Printing Press](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/938.png?h=9edd8448&itok=gI-wGagb)
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
![Comparison and Contrast Guide](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/941.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=M2DhTfe0)
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![Hints about Print](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/945_0.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=dCQ8qWqY)
Hints about Print demonstrates the process of evaluating a nonfiction print resource to determine its appropriateness for a research project.
![Riddle Interactive](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/946.jpg?h=73541a1f&itok=_e_7IAAs)
The Riddle Interactive outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems.
![Literary Graffiti](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/947.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=etQeeUdU)
![Doodle Splash](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_point_350x350/public/948_0.jpg?h=51a0c963&itok=x1NCj6hH)
Doodle Splash combines the process of drawing with analytical thinking by pairing online drawing with writing prompts that encourage students to make connections between their visual designs and the text.