[English] Writing tasks

[Neale Baker]

We have also used 50 word stories but preceded it with 6 word stories (which leads to 12 word stories) and concentrated on word choice and the importance of precise, strong vocab'. Started with Ernest Hemmingway's example 
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Baby Shoes.
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Another option is 6 word memoirs of their lives
The following sites may help
http://www.smithmag.net/sixwords/ 
http://vimeo.com/6161545 
http://12words.com.au/ 
http://www.onefifty.com.au/ 



Neale Baker.
Year Nine Co-ordinator.
Sacre Coeur
172 Burke Rd
Glen Iris 3146
9835 2700


>>> Julie <bookjewel6 at gmail.com> 03/03/2010 7:27 pm >>>
Try a 50 word story competition...

Kindest regards,
Julie Squires

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On 03/03/2010, at 2:40 PM, pcanavan  
<pcanavan at msj.melb.catholic.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi everybody. We are looking to raise student achievement 7 to 12 in
> Writing. Can anyone suggest how we can approach doing this.  
> Activities,
> competitions, all suggestions gratefully received. Trish
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