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7 NEW Frankenstories features
Chris, our developer, has been cooking for weeks and now we have a bunch of new features.
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Episode VI: Andrew returns to the classroom
Andrew is back in a high school classroom teaching suspense and argumentation writing units.
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🎉 We have three new Writelike lessons on writing historical description
Teach students the fundamentals of describing history with our new lessons about art & technology, historical figures, and historical events.
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What about violence in student writing?
Instead of completely eradicating violence, we can look at developing a broader palette of 'change' in student writing.
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What to do about the Skibidi Sigma Ohio Rizzler?
It's agony whenever we see a great Frankenstories game derailed in the final moments by someone spamming the meme of the day. Teachable moment, anyone?
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Going further with fragmentary details
By valuing fragments and so reducing the cognitive load on learners, you can build up underlying craft skills like selecting and combining compelling details.
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New Alberta image theme with cowboy gophers and zombie cows!
We've been corresponding with a class in Alberta who took us up on our offer of custom images based on student requests.
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Helping struggling writers by focusing on fragments
Schools value prose, but the freedom of fragments can help students observe, capture, and combine details and build a foundation for more 'complete' writing.
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New Writelike lessons: Persuading with character, emotion, & argument
How do speakers use the levers of character, emotion, and argument (or ethos, pathos, and logos) to sway an audience?
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New Dragon Images for Lunar New Year
We've created new dragon image prompts to celebrate LNY. We also won Best of 2023 in the Tech & Learning awards, and found some cool data from our archives.
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