100-word stories!
Nov. 24th, 2010 06:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
algNext week, I'm going to be hanging out with a bunch of seventh graders, doing writing workshops with them. With the advanced class, I'm going to be talking about creating three-dimensional characters, but with the students who are not reading or writing on grade level, I've decided to do something different. With those classes, I'm going to talk to them about writing 100-word stories, and then have them write their own 100-word stories. (I have a worksheet and everything! It's exciting.)
What I need from you: I need fun and interesting 100-word stories to show these kids. They have to be appropriate for eleven year old kids and use the word robot. (I am going to have them write their own stories using the word "robot" as their inspiration.)
As I said, most of these kids do not read or write on grade level, so simpler vocabulary and concepts are better. From reading some of their assignments, I can tell you that most of them like dogs, music, and hanging out with their best friends.
I would love it if you guys wrote me 100-word stories for these kids. In exchange, I will share with you some of the 100-word stories that the kids write during class! (Well, okay, I'll probably share some of them with you anyway.)
Direct stories to annagenoese@gmail.com; please be sure to include a note about how you'd like to be credited for the story. I have to have my materials ready to be printed out by Saturday the 27th, so having your stories to me by then would be optimal.
Here's the story I wrote for them:
What I need from you: I need fun and interesting 100-word stories to show these kids. They have to be appropriate for eleven year old kids and use the word robot. (I am going to have them write their own stories using the word "robot" as their inspiration.)
As I said, most of these kids do not read or write on grade level, so simpler vocabulary and concepts are better. From reading some of their assignments, I can tell you that most of them like dogs, music, and hanging out with their best friends.
I would love it if you guys wrote me 100-word stories for these kids. In exchange, I will share with you some of the 100-word stories that the kids write during class! (Well, okay, I'll probably share some of them with you anyway.)
Direct stories to annagenoese@gmail.com; please be sure to include a note about how you'd like to be credited for the story. I have to have my materials ready to be printed out by Saturday the 27th, so having your stories to me by then would be optimal.
Here's the story I wrote for them:
- When Jasika plugged in her robot, it tried to take over the world.
"Don't try to stop me!" it yelled as it ran for the door. "I will conquer your silly planet!"
She wasn't sure what to do. Jasika already loved her robot, but letting its brain evolve naturally was clearly a mistake. She didn't want the robot to hurt people as it tried to rule the world!
It only took her a moment to pull the robot's plug from the wall.
Next time, Jasika decided, she'd try to make the robot's brain want to do her math homework instead.