1. Which of these is more interesting? Why?

2. THE CHALLENGE STEPS Pushing Boundaries The Fire Zone: Challenge yourself to go beyond your own boundaries and see how far you can go! The next step The Confidence Zone: Push yourself to do a little bit more and take an extra step to improve your level/ grade For everyone The Comfort Zone: this is the minimum expectation for each activity

3. Warm up Write down 2 alternatives for the following past tense verbs (said, run, walk) Use two of your verbs from the 1st question in a complete sentence. Look at the image: describe what would happen next using 5 verbs.

4. Writing the senses 1.What do you see? (describe the colour, what other object or thing does it look like) 2.What do you hear? (move it around in your hand- what does it sound like? Compare it to something else that you might hear sometimes) 3.What do you smell? (describe what it smells like to you using at least 3 adjectives) 4.What do you feel? (describe what it feels like in your hands. Use a simile: as ……as……) 5.What do you taste? (close your eyes and think about how you would describe the taste).

5. What is the problem?

9. Building a Story Now let’s create an interesting setting for challenge for your character using our story builder: 1.Roll the dice for character. Write this in your book. 2.Roll the dice for place. Write this in your book. 3.Roll the dice for the challenge/ problem. Write this in your book. 4.Roll the dice for the object. Write this in your book. Now use these FOUR random things to plan the beginning of your story with a partner

14. YOUR TURN NOW WRITE THE STORY YOURSELF - It has 5 sentences using at least three of the story items - It used 3 senses in the description - Some attempt to include a problem - It has 6 sentences using at least three of the story items - It used 4 senses in the description - There is a clear problem - It has 6-8 sentences using all of the story items - It used 5 senses in the description and had a clear problem and setting - There is an engaging and interesting problem

15. CRITICAL BUDDIES - It has 5 sentences using at least three of the story items - It used 3 senses in the description - It has 6 sentences using at least three of the story items - It used 4 senses in the description - It has 6-8 sentences using all of the story items - It used 5 senses in the description and had a clear problem and setting WRITE ONE EBI (even better if) AT THE BOTTOM OF THEIR WORK