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Elevate the classroom's writing experience.
Writing is a fundamental skill that facilitates creativity, effective communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and personal development. Whether in personal, academic, or professional spheres, strong writing skills can significantly contribute to an individual's success and overall growth.
Research has shown that three-quarters of graduating high school seniors lack the proficiency in writing needed to complete a college-level English composition class. Because of these statistics, there has been a de-emphasis of creative writing in favor of teaching writing processes and structure in hopes to improve writing skills. However, skill levels have not improved despite significant public effort.
The most accomplished writers often cultivate a passion for their craft from a young age. It's crucial for children to grasp the essence of writing, and to achieve that, they must establish the connection that writing is both creative and fun.
Regular creative writing will build an incredible foundation for children. WriteStories offers an ideal platform on which to do that. The wide variety of illustrations act as crucial supports for emergent writers - giving them the necessary scaffolding as they are developing their writing skills.
WriteStories is ideal for learners of all skill levels and capabilities. Its natural scaffolding through illustrations offers a structure for complex narratives or basic stories, while the speech-to-text function caters to younger students and those with specific learning needs.
WriteStories inspires creativity and enjoyment. Enhanced engagement leads to increased participation and learning. Utilizing WriteStories captures students' focus, fostering the development of writing skills through a blend of fun and meaningful experiences.
WriteStories for the classroom is designed to be easy for both teacher and students. Students can log in and navigate the program. Teachers can give assignments, monitor progress, see work, and leave feedback seamlessly.
Browse our library
Our continually expanding library offers lots of books to choose from!
Write your own story to the images
Your child’s imagination will soar as they create their own tale to match series of connected illustrations.
Enjoy a variety of features
Options such as voice-to-text, changing the font, size, and color of the text makes the experience easy and customizable.
Share with your parent/guardian
Once the book is complete, send it in for feedback.
We are designing the program to be ideal for children who have emerging typing and writing skills (it’s a great way to get some typing practice in for your students!) - around 2nd-6th grade. However, younger children will be able to utilize our speech-to-text features to be able to create stories until they develop typing/writing skills.
Scriptive believes that books can have a profound influence on the lives and development of all of us, including our children. Because of this, Scriptive is very careful with what books are chosen for the Scriptive library and are vetted by our team of experts. Scriptive guarantees selections in our library to be family-friendly and age appropriate.
As to content, there are also things that we actively seek. We enjoy books with powerful messages that teach kindness, respect, bravery, trustworthiness, helpfulness, cheerfulness and hard work. We enjoy beauty in writing and illustrations, positive messages, and wholesome fun.
However, there are things we actively stay away from. We avoid inappropriate and sexual content, and profane language and innuendos. We avoid stories that are disrespectful or have inappropriate behavior to any group or individual. We also stay away from political messaging.
Our classroom plan is priced at $13.50 per month or $135 annually for a class of up to 30 students. Many other educational programs charge on a per-student basis, but our mission is to make our service more affordable and accessible for classrooms, which is why we charge per class rather than per student.
Currently, the program is accessible on laptops and desktop computers. We are working to optimize WriteStories for tablets and mobile devices, so those options will be available in the near future.
Absolutely! WriteStories would be a great tool to use for virtual learning. Teachers can easily see students’ work and give feedback as well as monitor their progress on the dashboard.
A classroom sponsor is a generous individual or organization that covers the costs of a year's subscription to WriteStories for a specific class. Their contribution enables students in the sponsored class to access the WriteStories platform and its educational resources for an entire academic year, fostering creativity, literacy, and storytelling skills in the classroom. This is a wonderful teacher gift! Become a sponsor today by clicking here.