The Storymatic for Teachers
The Storymatic is an ideal classroom tool. It's portable, easy to explain, flexible enough that students can use it independently or collaboratively, and it offers a fun way to establish a creative community. You can use The Storymatic for five minutes, or you can use it for a solid week. It is easy to extend activities using The Storymatic so that students revise and publish their work in class anthologies.
When students share their work after using The Storymatic, they are often amazed at the different paths they all took. They will also likely be curious about each other's work and encourage each other to share. This is all wonderful positive reinforcement to hear from one's peers, and it builds confidence like little else can do.
But The Storymatic isn't just about writing. It's also about reading. The Storymatic helps sharpen students' skills at literary analysis. Because The Two Laws of the Storymatic push students to think about what is involved in making their own fictional characters change, it becomes considerably easier for students to discuss how characters in literature change and grow.
The booklet that comes with each Storymatic is filled with prompts, suggestions, and games that you can use in and out of class.