Some of you shared your story from last week's writing prompt with me.  I enjoyed seeing your writing and would love to see more. 

LE: I love my Nanna.  She always lets me...

UE:  Please don't tell my parents, but the last time I stayed at my Nanna's house...

MS:  Do you have any idea how scarey it is when someone you love suddenly turns completely white?  My Nanna and I were watching television when she....

T: How does one explain my Nanna?  Well she is eccentric to say the least.  Let me tell you about the time she...

A:  I suppose there is one in every family, but my Nanna has to be the worst.  The entire family has tried to stop her from...

The Jack-O-Lantern Fable

 Jack-O-Lanterns are everywhere in the fall of the year.  They represent fall and we love to carve them in various ways. Now let's have some fun in a different way with them.

A Fable is defined as 

• a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.

• a story not founded on fact: This biography is largely a self-laudatory fable.

• a story about supernatural or extraordinary persons or incidents; legend: the fables of gods and heroes.

• legends or myths collectively: the heroes of Greek fable.

• an untruth; falsehood: This boast of a cure is a medical fable.      

In other words, it is completely made up and not a word of truth in it.  It CAN'T be wrong.  It is your story.   Today I challenge you to write a fable explaining why these jack-o-lanterns are laughing. 

Early elementary--I put my jack-o-lantern in the window before going to bed.  The next morning...

Upper elementary--My jack-o-lanterns were sitting on my dresser when I left for school.  When I got home, my room was clean and the jack-o-lanterns were smiling.  (What happened while you were at school?)

Teen--The jack-o-lanterns at the grocery witnessed something you are not going to believe. ...

Adult--As Adam was hoeing around the pumpkins one day... 

Apples

 Lower elementary students:  Leave a comment requesting a copy of the apple shape book.  It will be emailed to you.  (Your email address will not be posted.)  Print two copies of the cover and one of the writing page.  Color the cover pages, write your story and assemble your book.

Prompt:  An apple makes me think of ...

Prompt for upper elementary students:  My apple didn't look very good, so I fed it to my dog.  Imagine my surprise when he suddenly...

 Teen Prompt:  I was sitting in science class the other day.  Coach Williams was lecturing on osmosis when room his desk began to vibrate and the apple on his desk...

Adult Prompt:  My spouse love apples.  Last week I forgot his/her birthday.  I was in major trouble.  I went to the farmers market and bought a bushel of apples.  When I handed the bushel to him/her with an apology....