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The Adventure Zone is jam-packed full of ideas and inspiration that guarantees to engage your pupils, as well as challenge them to write a mini saga - a story told in just 100 words.

They choose their theme, setting and character before writing an amazing mini saga. Where will your pupils' imaginations take them in The Adventure Zone?

[Rules] =>

Only one entry per pupil; there is no limit to the number of entries per school.

Independent entrants are welcome, please provide your full postal address rather than the school's details.

Stories can be written on the entry form or an A4 sheet of paper.

Stories must be your pupils' own work and not exceed the 100 word limit.

Ensure that all pupils include their name and age on their entries.

[School Prizes] =>

1st Place

£500 Hope Education Resource Voucher and the Young Writers’ Award of Excellence

2nd Place

£250 Hope Education Resource Voucher

3rd Place

£100 Hope Education Resource Voucher

We provide a complimentary copy to every school that takes part too!

[Student Prizes] =>

Our 15 favourite published writers will each win an exciting adventure goody bag packed full of prizes!

Plus there's a bookmark and sticker for every entrant and pupils chosen for publication will receive a certificate!

Pupil winners will be chosen from entries received in the Autumn Term 2019.

[Tips] =>

Utilise the Fun & Free Resources!!

1. Call, email or request online additional worksheets – they are free and we’ll send as many as you need!
2. Bookmark the video, so it’s ready for your lesson
3. Download the optional lesson plan and presentation
4. Pop the closing date in your diary and paperclip the freepost sticker on that page
5. Follow us on Twitter @YoungWritersCW for tips, ideas as well as to see how other schools are getting involved

Split pupils into 6 groups and give each group an ideas postcard, a sheet of paper and a pen. As a group the need to write down a name, an adjective, a colour, a verb and any random word they like!

Challenge each pupil to write their own mini saga on their postcard story theme and include each of the words on the sheet (or as many as possible!)

Your pupils can then share their mini sagas within their group to see how different they are. If you have time, share all the stories with the class, so they can see how different children were inspired to use 5 simple words!

 

Adventure Zone Ideas with a Festive Twist:

• Be inspired by a character from the school’s Christmas play
• Be Santa on Christmas Eve
• Be a naughty elf
• Attend the snowman’s ball
• Take a trip to the North Pole
• Write about the best Christmas ever!
• When Rudolph was found in the playground...

 

Christmas fun is always the best kind, so we hope you enjoy the festive creative writing ideas!

Dilemma Ideas

• Force the main character to make a difficult choice
• Something the main character cares about is at stake – how will they react?
• Uncertainty – e.g. should they escape?
• Know that someone is in trouble
• Be asked to do something they know is wrong

Inspire students with cliff-hanger endings...

Will they make out of danger? Does the portal take them home? What was out there? What was the noise? Who was in the shadows?

Can they find an example of a cliff-hanger in a book they are reading? Or you could show them an example – as readers we love suspense, it’s very exciting!

Ask pupils to think of a question for their story that they can build their work around to create a cliff-hanger.

Cliff-hanger endings work well finishing with - ...

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We are very excited to announce the pupil winners from our Adventure Zone mini saga competition for 7-11 year-olds. We received in excess of 13,000 entries from over 690 schools across the UK! A huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners...

School Winners

1st Prize - £500
Kinglassie Primary School, Fife

2nd Prize - £250
Coppull Parish Church School, Lancashire

3rd Prize - £100
Delce Academy, Kent

School winners are chosen from entries entered into our 2019/2020 creative writing competitions (The Adventure Zone and Ridiculous Writers.)

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