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Thursday, 26 September 2024 00:40
Inspiring Young Writers: J. Scott Savage on the Power of Storytelling
Local author J. Scott Savage has captivated students across the Weber School District with his inspiring message about the power of creativity and storytelling. Over the past week, Savage visited twelve schools in the district, sharing his expertise and encouraging students to embrace their imaginations.
During his visits, Savage guided students through the elements of a well-crafted story, from character development to plot structure. Students were then challenged to create their own original storylines, sparking their creativity and fostering a love for writing.
Savage, a prolific author with over 20 books to his name, primarily focuses on children's fantasy. His latest work, "Quantum Interstellar Sports League," has been praised for its imaginative world-building and engaging characters.
The author's visits have been met with enthusiasm from both students and educators. By inspiring young minds to explore the world of storytelling, Savage hopes to cultivate a new generation of writers and readers.
As part of the presentation Savage shares the power of stories and how every student can engage the process of storytelling. Savage says, "I want kids to see that reading and writing can be fun and not a chore."
Also,On Saturday, September 21, author J. Scott Savage launched his new book, Quantum Interstellar Sports League, at Mountain View Junior High. Over 300 attendees were able to play a football throwing game, solve puzzles and complete a ring toss so they could earn a spin at the prize wheel. J. Scott Savage signed his new book and gave away posters, trading cards and bookmarks. Special thanks to Mountain View Junior High for hosting this event and WSD Library Technology Specialists for volunteering their time to help.
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Saturday, 25 March 2017 00:00
Calling All Teachers -- Lead with Literacy
"Providing students with the opportunity to see the life-long benefits of a focus on literacy is imperative, and the more you can bring the real world into the classroom, the better."
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Monday, 20 March 2017 00:00
Vocabulary
This Vocabulary site combines the world's smartest dictionary with an adaptive learning game that will have you mastering new words in no time. Enter the words you want to learn and click the "Start Learning" button, and let the site work with you until you know them cold.
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Friday, 06 January 2017 00:00
Spell Up
Spell Up is a voice-powered game for Google Chrome that can help improve your spoken English skills. Using a combination of different web technologies, Chrome will understand what you say and use it to control the game action. Just speak to play!
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Saturday, 07 January 2017 00:00
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating word clouds from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016 00:00
Inklewriter
Inklewriter is a creative writing tool where you structure stories with your own interactive plot. Give readers different paths they can choose from, in a choose-your-own adventure style. Write your story on the scraps of paper in the middle of the Inklewriter workbench. When you want to add choices, just click the "Add Option" button, and type in the name of the choice. Each choice has an arrow you can click to follow that path.
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Sunday, 20 November 2016 00:00
Hemingway App
The Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear. Enter your text, and Hemingway App will tell you which sentences are hard to read, suggests better words and phrases in place of others, and makes general recommendations on how to improve your narrative.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2016 00:00
Storyline Online
Storyline is a collection of digital chldren's books, presented as videos and read by Screen Actors Guild members. Activities and lesson materials for the books are included.
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Thursday, 10 November 2016 00:00
Protagonize
Protagonize is a story and writing collaboration site. Users come up their own stories, or contribute to others, adding parts as the story progresses. Use Protagonize as a fun group project in a creative writing class.
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