Surprise Encounter

I hope you have fun with this story.  Remember, my goal is to help you stretch your imagination.

LE:  I was playing in my yard when I heard a loud thump behind me.  I turned around and saw...

UE:  My family heard a loud thump in the backyard.  My mother went outside to see what it was.  "Oh my gosh."  We heard her scream.  Running to the door, we saw...

MS:  My dad and I were plowing the garden.  Suddenly the tiller hit something hard and stopped.  My dad tried to see what it hit, be couldn't move the dirt.  I went to the shed and got a shovel.  You will never believe what we dug up.

HS: Jeremy always parked his car in the backyard.  That way he didn't park behind one of his parents.  His habit of driving fast, whipping around the back corner of the house, and stopping quickly was the talk of the neighbor.  "You just wait.  One day he will come around that corner and find something he wasn't expecting".  The neighbors would say.  That day came yesterday.  He drove in the driveway, avoided the broken piece of concrete, came around the back of the house, and crashed into...

A:  We received a phone call from one of our dear friends, Albert.  "You have to come over here.  Something has landed in my backyard and I need you."  Now Albert is known to stretch the truth, especially if he has been drinking.  "Describe it to me."  I told him.  This was his description.

Right to Choose

Prompted 2 Write

Right to Choose

 

There have been many comments on the right to choose.  This morning, I saw several postings about choice on a social network. Let's look at our choices.

 

LE:  If I could choose what to eat, I'd choose...
 

UE:  My parents tell me that if you choose the behavior, you choose the consequence.  If I could choose my consequence, I'd choose...
 

MS:  At the moment, my parents tell me what time to come home.  They say it is a reasonable time.  If I could choose, I'd say a reasonable time to come home is....
 

HS:  We are old enough to make our own choices now.  I'd like to choose the type of high school I attend.  I'd choose....
 

A:  If I could choose my own work schedule, I'd choose...

Balanced Diet

Prompted 2 Write

Balanced Diet

We hear a lot about the importance of eating a balanced diet.  The definition of 'balanced diet' keeps changing.  If you could write the definition of 'balanced diet' what would it be?  Finish the writing prompts below.

LE:  I hate when my mom makes me eat broccoli.  If I could eat anything I wanted, I'd eat....
UE: We studied what to eat in school, but I think we should eat more....
MS:  I know we are supposed to eat five to nine servings of vegetables each day.  We should also add five -nine servings of...
HS:  The symbol for 'balanced diet' is a pyramid, with the most servings at the bottom and getting smaller as it goes up.  I think the symbol should be....
A:  I hate being told what to eat.  I would like to rearrange the pyramid to reflect...

Flu News--Writing Prompt

Despite a flu shot, I contracted the flu.  I have been sick for six days.  Since I know I'm not the only one, I decided to use the flu as our writing prompt for this week.

LE:  Mommy, I don't feel well.  My head....
UE:  My head feels like a ________ stepped on it. ...
MS:  I think the reason I feel so bad is that a ________ visited me last night and left me with .....
HS:  I have the flu.  I am very sick.  I know that because I don't even feel like talking on the phone.  My head is spinning and feels like it might...  This should be called .....
A:  The doctor said that since I took a flu shot, I only had a mild case of the flu.  I'd hate to see what a major case felt like.  I have diagnosed it as the Umpajowa. It is different from the flu because it.....

I hope you enjoy this writing prompt.  If we can't avoid the flu or its symptoms, let's at least laugh at it.  Please share your writing with me.  Right now I need to laugh.