Mixed up animals

25 Sculpture Prompts

Clips for narrative writing inspiration

A collection of short clips to use for writing.


A series of team work inspired clips.



An unexpected ending.






A series of clips about Oscar.



Choose an ending - If you want a happy ending - stop this by 5.05, or continue to the end for a more interesting one.


Good message about bullies.





Quite long but could be stopped earlier.


 







Very cool animation. Click on this image to get to the link - the embed code not accessible.

Piper - Pixar Short Film

Very cute video clip to use for writing.

Toitoi - giving writers (& illustrators) a real purpose

Have you seen this excellent NZ resource? It contains a wide range of writing by NZ kids - from 5 years and up. There are also teacher support materials. They are also on Facebook at this link. If you sign up for their quarterly newsletter you get a free copy of the first issue.

This links really well with some reading I have been doing about giving children a variety of audiences and real purpose for their writing by Mem Fox. I highly recommend 

this book for making you think and re-inspiring you at the end of a stressful term.

And this will be my next!

The Best Part of Me

Another cool idea that I intend to try.