The 2CaSS Archive

An Epic Tale

Children at Porchester Junior School have been using a range of ICT as part of a project based around the iPad app 'Epic Citadel'. As part of the project they have been creating stories based around the land in the app. One group of children chose to tell the story of The Last Pilgrim using 2CaSS.

(Please note that this is a large file and may take a while before you can see and read the story)

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Stories from St. Johns

St. John the Baptist C of E controlled Primary School have been busy creating stories using 2Create A Superstory. Here is an example of the work that they have been producing;

Unfortunately, the school has removed the blog/website/file and it is no longer available

The Legend of Sawney Bean

Our class were working on Scottish Myths and Legends, and had done some work on the gruesome tale of Sawney Bean.

We used 2CaSS to make a flip book of the story, and have uploaded it here. ICT and literacy all in one bundle.

ADVISORY!

The story of Sawney Bean is NOT a happy one. Cannabilism, blood, gore, death and burning at the stake all feature prominently. You enter this story at your own risk. You have been warned.....

 

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Developing Sentences

Here is a simple idea using the "Flip" template, to create an activity to encourage children to think about developing their sentences.  Each page of a flip template is divided into three areas. If you write a random adjective, noun and verb into each area, then repeat over several pages, you can create an interactive resource that children can use to build up sentences. The activity below uses several random words, but you could build one with a particular theme, or tied into a topic / genre that is being studied.

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My Local Area

Here is a story from 2Simple wolf/ Andy

He explains his intention in making this story below:

 

With this activity story I  wanted to show how children or teachers  can create an activity for other children to educate them. For example, a new child to the school or the area could be informed in a fun way about different places to go and visit.

 

The children would have to complete a task or activity, following instructions, using control skills as well ( such as collecting money to go to the local shop or maybe going to get a train timetable before they catch the train. The opportunities for using the activity screen are endless and the only limitation is your’s and the children’s imagination. Let’s see what activities you can make now.

Branching story with trigger points

Thanks to 2SimpleWolf for sharing this branching story with triggers.

Can you do any better?

Click on the image to view the story 

Download Jonny

Creative Writing Inspiration

Using the "Full Screen" template - this activity is a point and click, explore the area task. The previous / next buttons have been disabled, and instead "hotspots" show you where you can click on to progress through the activity.

There is no text - the idea is that as a class explores, they discuss what they see, why it is there, what the characters in the story may be thinking / feeling / etc

It has been designed to work with the World War Two topic of evacuation that many schools cover.

Note: This contains many photos, and may take a while to load on some machines. Please be patient!

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The map icon in the top right of the screen allows you to have an overview of the whole activity, although you will be taken back to the beginning each time you use it (I am trying to figure how to create a javascript "return to last page" option).

You could take this further by adding pop up flaps with objects beneath them, add audio in the form of either spoken word or background effects.

Non-Chronological Reports

In my Year 6 class we have been looking at Non-Chronological reports and I though that the Reference book  in 2cass gave a good opprtunity to present our work. We did some research and with about 5 minutes input the children in my class produced the following over 2 lessons.

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Ella and the Snow

This is one of the first examples of books created by the 2Simple Team. It Shows how it is possible to import pictures and bring them to life by layering animations and speech over the top. I can see this being a great way to record achievement or as a way to write up a school visit.

 Download Ella snowstory with sound

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

 

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This activity was created to see how a branching story could be created using the "goto" function