Do make sure you visit the Showcase for Week#13. This is the shortlist that Musomic will be using to select the prize winners!
This is the last prompt for 2013! Thank you all so much for all your hard work – writing, posting, moderating. One thing is clear 100 word Challenge has helped lots of you to improve your writing and to link with other writers across the world. I’m sure 2014 will be an even bigger success!
So, with thinking about the future, this prompt is an illustration from The Crystal Mirror, by Tim Malnick, illustrated by Katie Green. Click to see what it is all about!
What story will you write on it? What adventures will your characters have? Make sure it is the most creative you have written this year. Let your imaginations soar!
Well done to all who entered last week’s special prompt. Prize winners will be announced later when Musomic has had a chance to go through them. you can keep up to date with all the news by following @MUSOMIC on Twitter!
The prompt this week is back to ‘normal’. It is:
…and then the noise stopped…
You have 100 words to add to these 5 making 105 in total. Make sure you use your most creative descriptions. Please visit other entries too so that we can support each other.
This week we have a very special prompt. As you can see, it is a story told as a comic and you have to write the next chapter! The rules are in the bottom frame.
Gamers can order Pizza Hut straight from the Xbox — with hand gestures!
Long slave to the physical demands of picking up a phone, computer, smartphone, or tablet to place an order for food delivery, gamers can now create their own custom Pizza Hut pizzas — and order them — from their Xbox 360 console thanks to a unique partnership between Microsoft and the international chain.
The “Pizza Hut for Xbox” app, now available, is even compatible with Kinect’s voice and motion-controlled input. Yes, users can simply speak to their console or wave their hands to create a custom pizza with personalized toppings.
Hungry gamers must first sync their Xbox Live account with a Pizza Hut account and select a nearby restaurant from which to place an order. The app also offers integration with Facebook, allowing users to post details about their order or just brag to their friends about how they just told an inanimate object to bring them dinner.
“We’re always looking at ways to give our audience more of what they’re interested in,” Microsoft’s director of programming for Xbox Live Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb told the gaming site Polygon.
“If you look at our audience, they love pizza. I mean, who doesn’t? It has international appeal, and Pizza Hut is a recognized brand that matches up well with the Xbox brand.”
The Pizza Hut app launched today in the U.S., and Pizza Hut is offering customers a 15 percent discount on their first purchase, provided they place the order before May 6.
Neither Microsoft nor Pizza Hut has given any details about a possible international launch of the Pizza Hut app in the future. Representatives from both companies were not immediately available for comment on this story, though the official Pizza Hut Twitter account did share the news.
Inspiration – Act on the Feeling?
1. What feelings do you have after experiencing this?
Last week, we had an amazing discussion around Nelson Mandela and the things that he stood for. You all completed Open-Minded Portraits on him and put yourself in his shoes. Today you will be required to do the same thing.
Learning Intention: Readers are able to identify and explain different perspectives.
Success Criteria:
-Students will be able to explain how to complete an Open-Minded Portrait.
-Imagine a new perspective based on the videos.
Watch the following videos and imagine that you are a child of the Stolen Generation. You need to think about how you might feel as a child in that situation. Complete an Open-Minded Portrait from this perspective.
An elementary school in British Columbia, Canada has outlawed tag. In a letter to kindergarten parents sent home late last week, Coghlan Fundamental Elementary School administrators wrote that students were no longer allowed to engage in “hands-on play” during recess. Specifically banned activities include “tag, holding hands, and any and all imaginary fighting games.” (You can read the entire letter, written in the beloved Comic Sans font, at CBC News.)
Parents are outraged. Let kids be kids!, they say. You can’t police playtime.
“Do we expect our kids to be robots?” parent Julie Chen asked the National Post. “They’re five-year-olds—you can’t stop them from running around and having physical contact.”
“Kids get hurt all the time. What are we going to do next, put them in a bubble to go to school?”
Last week, we read the book, Nelson Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom. This book, and his biography, are the basis for a new film coming out as a biography of his life.
After I attended a Professional Development session with Mrs Joyce and Ms Bradbury on the weekend, we have talked a lot about perspectives. As students, you need to be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes and see things from their perspective.
Learning Intention: Readers are able to identify and explain another persons’ perspective.
Success Criteria:
-Identify other perspectives.
-Write from that perspective, eg. Use “I” instead of their name.
-Use the chosen character’s thoughts and feelings for the basis of the OMP.
Your task today is to watch the trailer of Nelson Mandela’s movie and complete an Open Minded Portrait on it. You need to remember to use the character’s thoughts and feelings in your open minded portrait.
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