PicLits is an interesting website that aims to provide inspiration for writing short stories. PicLits tries to accomplish this goal by providing users with images upon which they can build their writing. To get writers started, PicLits provides a list of words which can be dragged and dropped into sentence form. If you don't need a word list, you can select the "freestyle" option to begin free-form writing.
The idea of PicLits is not to write a full story within the images, but rather to use the images as the inspiration for longer pieces. Users of PicLits can create a free account in which to save their work.
If you like short personal narratives, make sure you read the about page on PicLits.
Applications for Education
PicLits could be a good source of inspiration for the reluctant writers in your classroom.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
PicLits - Inspired Picture Writing
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I used piclits last year when studying climatic regions with 13 year olds and the level of descriptive language they used was excellent. Several also decided to write their descriptive accounts of the landscape as a poem with some outstanding results. This is a really useful tool to encourage literacy in a range of subjects, thanks for the reminder
Absolutely cool. Seems to particularly useful for the EFL classroom - it's not just about writing, but could support vocabulary aquisition in a rather creative way. can't wait to try it out with my students - thanks for the info!
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That’s really cool; yes it’s really useful indeed. You are right it’s really helpful in cases, Writing and vocabulary. Thanks for the information
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