Expressions in English

50 word short stories

Students have been exploring short stories in Term 2.  They have been learning about the different elements that make a short story, like plot, setting and characters.  They have also been exploring picture books.  Their first assessment this term will be to write their own short story or picture book.  As part of their blogging, students were asked to write a short, short story (no more than 50 words in total).  Here is my own attempt.  It is actually harder to write these shorter stories than to write longer ones, as the students discovered for themselves.

The Final Straw

It was 11am.  The first student tapped his pen, endlessly.  The second student tore pages from her book, slowly and torturously.  The third student chewed gum, with a disgusting, slurping sound.
“That’s it! I’ve had it!” screamed the teacher.
She went crazy and ate them for lunch.

Why are we blogging?

I could write a long winded explanation, but this video from Will Richardson does it so much better.  Please follow this link for other downloadable video formats.