Writing Task 100Word Stories

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Here is a great storytelling activity to practice brevity. A worksheet with QR code has been included. If students need clarification of the activity, they can scan the video explanation with their phones. Hope this helps! • Worksheet with QR code: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MMT3... • Check out our emergency sub plans: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... • Check out our resource library: https://briantolentino.com/resource-l... • • Writing Task: 100-Word Stories • Here are some examples of 100-word stories: • 100 Word Stories: Examples • 👉If you enjoyed this content, please consider donating to the channel by clicking on the THANKS button under video's title. Thanks! Your support is appreciated! • 👉Blog and Website: https://briantolentino.com • Here is the software I use to make my videos: https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinm... • Subscribe to Tolentino Teaching for online teaching resources: • / @tolentinoteaching • My favorite books on writing: • The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century by Steven Pinker: https://amzn.to/38m0FWm • How to Argue with a Cat by Jay Hendrichs: https://amzn.to/2MWQXCs • The Elements of Style Fourth Edition: https://amzn.to/2MZeent • On Writing Well by William Zinsser: https://amzn.to/30ouPnJ • My Social Media Links • Instagram: / tolentinoteaching • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tolentinotea... • Twitter: / tolentinoteach • **Disclaimer: Tolentino Teaching is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and AWIN, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com and http://paidforadvertising.com/ • Transcript: • The four basic premises of writing--says William Zinsser--are “clarity, brevity, simplicity and humanity.” Writing 100-word stories tests your ability to incorporate all of these. Your task is to entertain your reader with a story that tickles their senses, triggers a chuckle, or teaches a lesson. You are on a word budget, and your boss demands a quality story for your clients. Be frugal with words--use verbs that pop, keep things exciting, but simple. Developing the skill to use the right word at the right time is the key to writing well. And similar to these instructions given, use exactly 100-words. • Here is an example of a 100-word story. It is called “The Beast.” • I heard the beast after opening the glass sliding door. Now it looked at me from across the pool--eyes glowing in the darkness. Yesterday’s headline on TV heeded a warning: mountain lion prowling neighborhoods. Beware. I yelled at the beast ”get out!” It purred and effortlessly leapt on our 6ft wall. I sprinted to the bedroom, woke up my wife--”There is a mountain lion in the yard!” We ran to the glass sliding door and peered outside. There it stood--a large house cat, sitting on our wall, licking its feet. “You woke me for a cat?” My wife asked. • Good luck writing your 100-word story, and be prepared to share it with the class.

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