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Web 2.0 Sites to Differentiate : Here are a few tools that I found very valuable in the area of short story writing. These tools obviously compliment those visual, kinesthetic, and even auditory learners. Students can collaborate on one project, adding the portions that showcase their best product. The last site Readwritethink site can be used to evaluate story structure.

For elementary students(K-3)who have trouble writing a story, this will give them some good prompts and the visuals to add into a story of their own. Objects, scenery,and characters are limited and elementary in design. Streamlining the choices can be a good thing http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/mystorymaker/
 * Story Maker:**

http://www.tikatok.com/view/book/teachersfirst-visits-tikatok
 * Tikatok i**s a story creating tool that can be used in any subject area from writing to solving math word problems. Kids can author in any discipline adding their own graphics, text and voice. Teachers can manage group collaboration.

Go to PLOT Diagram Interactive, Take a look at the writing rubric too. This is a great site for plot structure prior and during reading of a short story. It is interactive for the students. It can print off and it is free. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=401
 * Readwritethink:**