Julia Skinner's 100 Word Challenge
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This document outlines a creative writing program called the 100 Word Challenge for young people. It provides writing prompts with restricted word counts and has students post their 100-word pieces to a class blog for others to read and comment on constructively. The program aims to give students a purpose and audience for their writing while encouraging reluctant writers through a limited word goal. It also helps teachers by reducing marking workload and gets students blogging and providing peer feedback.
Julia Skinner's 100 Word Challenge
- 1. Creative Writing for Young People 100wc.net
- 2. Process Prompt is given: Few words part of a sentence Week 10 Individual words - Week 11 Picture - Week 7 Children write a piece using 100 words
- 3. Piece is posted on the class blog URL is linked to 100 Word Challenge blog Children visit other entries to constructively comment
- 4. Reasons for joining 100 Word Challenge Provides a purpose for writing Provides an audience other than class teacher Great incentive for reluctant writers as it is only 100 words Helps stronger writers to really think with the restricted word count Great homework activity Helps with teachers workload marking etc
- 5. Great way to get children blogging Drives traffic to the class blog Brings young writers into contact with each other Suggestions from peer group are always very powerful Great for uplevelling and editing practice Wonderful for Quadblogging as it gives a shared context Its FUN!