A few days ago, I was visiting another seventh grade class via Twitter.  Mrs. Middleton, an English teacher in Canada, had tweeted that several of her students had received recognition for their creative writing in the 100 word challenge at 100wc.net.  I checked it out, and I think we should participate!

Think of it as regular exercise for your descriptive writing muscles.  The challenge is all about imagery:  using vivid details that appeal to the senses of sight, sound, sensation, smell, and taste to create an experience for the reader.

The prompt for this week is “slowly the sky got darker.”  That’s it.  Just a handful of words to spark your imagination, and then you do the rest!  You can read the prompt post and see student submissions here.  Will you be adding yours to the list?

The first step is to publish your post to your blog.  Then you can also add your post to the list of 100 Word Challenge submissions.  If you do, your blog will likely get visitors from around the globe, your writing will receive feedback from readers, and perhaps your entry will be chosen as one of the student spotlight posts for the week.  When entering your submission, be sure to link your POST URL, not your blog url.  You are not submitting your whole blog for review.

As you write, watch the word count at the bottom of your post box.  The word count for this post is about 250.  What can you do with 100 words?