100 Word Challenge.

We came across the "100 word challenge" with our quad-blogging and thought we would have a go at it ourselves. Here are a few examples. They had to have the words "The wind howled in the trees" somewhere in each story.

I was walking to the playground one night when the wind was howling in the trees. I was a bit scared because no one was here so I still played. After a while I sat on the seat next to the rubbish bin. I was watching the swings,then suddenly it became very still. There was no wind but I could still see the swings swaying. The swings started going up and down, up and down. I did not know what was pushing so I decided to check it out. Hesitantly, I went over to the swings. They slowed down. I got scared so I ran home. by Phoenix

The Whisper Ghost by Khanh

“BOO!!!!” I heard a voice behind my back. I turn around. No one there. I said “Hello” No one answered. I kept walking, “BOO!!!!” A strange voice talking to me again. I moved on as fast as I could. I heard the wind howling through the trees. I can also hear the falling leaves. I walked passed an ancient grey, rusty haunted house.

SUDDENLY THE DOOR CREEP OPEN! THUNDER STRUCK.

I decide to have a sneak peak in the house and figured out why people hate that house so much…

Poetry Writing

Greg O'Connell has written a clever poem about Rugby called 'Kick-Off". We found it in the School Journal Pt3 No 2 2011

Greg very kindly gave us permission to use this as a template for our own poems. Here are a few examples... (Click on each one to enlarge)

Writing - Taking it to the next level!

Check out how we me made a boring sentence far more interesting

Up, up, up. I am climbing a humongous hill.Even though it didnt look that high from below it now felt like having to conquor a mountain. It was ehausting. The sun was burning harshly on my sweaty back. I stumbled on, one foot after another. Up, up, up. Finally I drop to my knees at the top. What a beautiful view. By Jahde

One day a man climbed up a gigantic hill. It was sunny. He was sweating and felt like he was being touched by the sun. He stripped his shirt off. He was so hot. By Sean and Shaddi

We hiked up a tough rocky mountain. We could not wait to see the stunning views we imagined would be at the top. By Khanh and Natasha

I was climbing up a treacherous cliff face in the Himilayas. It was a very difficult task but I succeeded. The views were a life-changing experience. By Sam and Caleb.

I staggered up the steep, grassy slope. I was exhausted.

The hill climb was difficult. The rain was bucketing down. I was
saturated and was regretting taking the rediculous bet.
By Atreyu

Inside my head...