What it is: Draw a Stickman is a fun little site that I wrote about last year here. They have a brand new episode of our little stickman friend! For those of you who haven’t seen it (or don’t remember), Draw a Stickman is a delightful place for kids to be creative, read, imagine and draw. Students are given sets of directions that they must complete to help out the hero of the story, a stickman figure that they created. Everything that they draw comes to life and interacts with the rest of what is on the screen. Brilliant! These mini interactive stories that have students reading and following directions, solving mysteries, thinking creatively and solving problems. The new episode is just as charming as the last!
Aside from just fun practice at following instructions, Draw a Stickman would be a great fictional story prompt. Students have the bones of a story and can fill in details, vivid verbs, adjectives, etc. to tell the story. Students can focus on fleshing out their hero, the plot of the story, the details, the setting, etc. Students can come up with a moral of a story that they add in the customized ending. This link can be sent as a tweet, facebook link, or in an email to accompany the story they have created. These stories would be fun to share as a class…how many different stories did students come up with using the same base?
On an interactive whiteboard, students can go through the story together, labeling the different parts of the story (beginning, problem, climax, resolution, ending). This interactive can help students identify parts in a story including setting, characters and plot.
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We loved Episode 1! Thanks for letting me know there is another Episode. Posting it on Edmodo right now!:)
Just wanted to let you know that this company has recently launched a kickstarter campaign for the new Draw A Stickman project, if you’d like to take a look! Check out the video that shows the new game play!
Just go to kickstarter and then search Draw a Stickman. Feel free to share!