Challenges
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Happy Monday to you all. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you. Your word is: SHOWER Last week’s prompt was FUNNY. You came up with some super limericks: Nicola Daly: There once was a kangaroo Who was friends with a bear called Pooh She said, ‘It’s so funny That bears like honey But now I must…
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Hello, everyone. Your new Thursday story challenge is here: Can you tell a story in 38 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 61 words using the following six words in it somewhere: Here are your brilliant stories: Tessa: The palatial walls of the Duncan castle where…
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Your prompt this week is PROMISES Have you ever made a promise to someone and broken it? It’s not always easy to keep to a promise. Politicians, though, seem to find it very easy to break their promises. When I was young, I remember making my Brownie promise and then going up to the Guides…
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I hope you had a good weekend. It’s feeling very autumnal here in the UK. Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your word is: FUNNY Last week’s prompt was WEIGH. You came up with some very good limericks: Kate In Cornwall: Try as they may, they could not make Kay say How many ounces…
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Hi there. Here’s your new Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 61 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 49 words using the following five words in it somewhere: Here are your clever stories: Richmond Road: I was frazzled. What do you…
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Your prompt this week is CHARGE The first thought that comes to mind for me in relation to this week’s prompt word is cost – a fee for something. It might be a bill or something nicer such as admission to a museum or theatre. You can also be in charge of something – the…
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Happy Monday! Here’s a new limerick challenge for you – your word is: WEIGH Last week’s prompt was SPELL. You came up with some very clever limericks: Trent’s World: There once was a boy named Jerard Who tended to play too hard And when he fell He’d sit for a spell Then start again, what a…
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Here’s your new Thursday story challenge: Can you tell a story in 49 words using the following words in it somewhere: Last week’s challenge was to write a story in 35 words using the following four words in it somewhere: LAKE COUPON PUPPET TUBA Here are your super stories: K Morris Poet: She sat on…
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Your prompt word this week is ELEMENT/S We often talk about the elements with reference to the weather and natural elements. It also means part of something – the elements of a good book, for example. Science also comes into it – chemical elements and we mustn’t forget their involvement in cooking – gas and…
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Here’s a new limerick challenge for you this fine Monday – your word is: SPELL Last week’s prompt was SING. You came up with some great limericks: Therapy Bits: There once was a bird on the wing, Who loved every morning to sing. With a voice bright and clear, It brought all who could hear, A…
Esther Chilton 