100WC Week 4 - Christmas Lists

Worried I clicked the box that said availability and squinted my eyes - yes - three available! I reserved a
Buzz Lightyear. Now for Woody.these were the items at the top of my children's Christmas lists. All I
had to do now was go to the Disney store on Christmas Eve to collect them.

I arrived early but, still, the queue was halfway down the road (it felt like forever before I reached the front). Finally I arrived home, relieved that I would see my children's delighted faces in the morning. But when I put the batteries into Buzz nothing happened!

100WC Week 4 - Give It Back!

Frazzled, scorched, and charred the gadget fell to the floor.

“Ouch!” screamed the angry, red faced little girl.

The device (which was still smouldering) made a strange buzzing noise. A noise that sounded like the device was trying to talk! Inquisitively, the girl knelt down and listened carefully to what the contraption was secretively telling her.

The door swung open. Her mother, with her hands on her hips stood and glared at her from the doorway.

Sobbing hysterically, the little girl yelled “But Mummy … but when I put the batteries in it, the voice told me to do it!”

“Give it back to me” snarled the woman.      

100WC Criteria - Week 1

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader reading it makes it live: a live thing, a story.' - Ursula K Le Guin

Broadford 100 Word Challenge

In order to contribute to improving writing and raising pupil engagement, we have launched a Broadford 100WC blog. In the first few weeks, staff will submit weekly entries to be published. The idea will then be rolled out to the pupils.

For each week there will be: a stimulus, sentence opener focus, imagery focus and punctuation focus. These ideas can then be used to support class teaching, encourage comments about writing and build up banks of quality sentences.

Staff entries should be emailed to: head@broadford.havering.sch.uk

(Teachers by Wednesday morning and Support Staff by Friday morning)

Pupil entries can be posted on their Phase Blog

Remember to use the Improving Writing Guidance to raise the quality/variety of language, imagery and openers being used.

Week 1 - 5th December

Text to include: ...and then the noise stopped...

Sentence Opener: Simile sentence opener

Punctuation: Exclamation mark

Imagery: Personification

100WC Criteria - Week 2

Week 2 - 12th December

The stimulus can come anywhere in the text, it doesn't have to be at the beginning.

Text to include: ...and then the sky grew darker...

Sentence Opener/Type: Tell:Show 3 

(The boy was exhausted: eyelids drooping; feet dragging; breathing ragged.)

Punctuation: Use a colon

Imagery: Include some onomatopeia

100WC Criteria - Week 3

Week 3 - 8th January

Don't forget to leave comments on someone else's writing: something positive and a tweak.
Sentence opener/type: LIST Sentence (bonus points for using alliteration)
Punctuation: Use an ellipsis
Imagery: Repetition for effect
The stimulus this week is a picture

100WC Criteria - Week 4

Week 4 - 22nd January

Text to include: ...but when I put the batteries in it…

Punctuation: Use a pair of brackets (for extra information)
Imagery: Noun Phrase
The car with a dented bumper, parked next to the hedge.
Without a receipt, items cannot be refunded.

Sentence Opener/Type:
3 __ed sentences
A 3__ed sentence begins with three related adjectives, each of which ends in –ed.
All 3 __ed words must be followed by commas.
Most __ed words used for these sentences will be connected to emotions.

Frightened, terrified, exhausted, they ran from the derelict house.
Annoyed, frustrated, exasperated, the postman repeatedly rang the bell.
Amused, amazed, excited, they left the concert reluctantly.

100WC Criteria - Week 5

Week 5 - 29th January
This prompt is taken from the 100WC challenge website, if you want to find some additional inspiration. Look for Week #17

Text to include: ... the custard tasted like...

Your piece should total 104 words (including the prompt)

Punctuation
Use speech marks - make sure to model that the speech should start on a new line

Imagery
Adjectival Strings
Bravely he entered the dark, gloomy cave.
Carefully remove the hot, plastic covering.

Sentence Type
2A Sentences (uses adjectival strings)
A 2A sentence follows a simple pattern:

Adj 1 Adj 2 1st Noun WITH Adj 3 Adj 4 2nd Noun
It was an old, rusty car with a peeling, dented body.
In the garden was a tall, twisted tree with giant, gnarled arms.