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The Ultimate Writing Challenge (Vary Sentence Length)
Writers often vary their sentence lengths to create rhythm.A long, winding sentence — one that stretches, elaborates, and meanders on and on — can set a flowing, thoughtful pace.Follow that with a short sentence, and suddenly, you have music.Hear it? Feel the rhythm? Your mission: Write a short story — but with a twist.You must follow an exact word count for each sentence.That’s right: every sentence will have a set number of words, and your story […]
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Write a story (real or imagined) in approximately 200 words.Condense your story to exactly 100 words.Condense it again to exactly 50 words.Condense it once more to exactly 25 words.Finally, condense your story to exactly 6 words. Video Here: Worksheet: Donate Here:
Read MoreThink-Write-Pass (Shark Edition)
This is one of my students’ favorite writing activities. Just play the video, pass out the worksheet, and have students write. It’s that easy! Video: Worksheet: More think-write-pass activities here: Donate here:
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This is one of my students’ favorite writing activities. Just play the video, pass out the worksheet, and have students write. It’s that easy! Activity 1: Worksheet: Activity 2: Worksheet: Activity 3: Advanced Vocabulary Activity 4: Worksheet: Activity 5: Worksheet: Activity 6: Worksheet: Activity 7: Worksheet: Activity 8: Worksheet: Donate Here:
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