200 Word Challenge Tasks 2016/2017

I am currently organising resources for next year and given how popular the 200 Word Challenge has been I though I'd share my tasks for next year. The original blog is here for more details.

I am grateful to my department for coming up with some of the tasks. As before, I am happy to share the tasks, but I will not share PowerPoints. That bit is up to you.

Thanks for reading,

Xris

Term 1

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	Describe an object in great detail without naming it	Perspective
Week 2	Write a love ballad for a popular musician	Poetry
Week 3	Write the open speech in a debate entitled – We have become so selfish and greedy that we have forgotten to care about others	Speech
Week 4	Application letter explaining why you should be head girl/boy	Persuasive writing
Week 5	Describe the events leading up to car crash	Creativity
Week 6	Invent a 5th season – describe a typical day for that season	Creativity

Term 2

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	Rewrite a religious story and make it suitable for young children	Audience
Week 2	Is there a generation gap? Are young people always misunderstood?	Extended thinking
Week 3	Write a letter to a parent subtly implying that the student is naughty  and the naughtiest student in the school – cannot explicitly say he/she naughty	Tone
Week 4	Describe a typical day from the perspective of a raindrop	Perspective
Week 5	Write the opening of a thriller – use a picture as a stimulus	Creativity
Week 6	Write a magazine article on the joys of colouring in	Style

Term 3

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	Letter of complaint about an item you have bought	Tone /Audience
Week 2	Describe what God would have for his breakfast	Creativity
Week 3	Describe a journey through the eyes of an animal	Perspective
Week 4	Write an AOW based on the following question: is happiness based on wealth, health and family?	Extended thinking
Week 5	Write a diary entry of a historical figure – comical (Horrible Histories) or serious	Perspective

Term 4

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	Describe a person’s personality based on a photograph	Creativity
Week 2	Write the opening to a charity leaflet persuading teachers to give students less English lessons.	Tone
Week 3	Write a short story based on a line of dialogue; ‘I’ll be back.’	Creativity
Week 4	Using a picture, describe a setting in a way nobody has done before.	Creativity
Week 5	Write a thank you letter to one teacher in the school – your English teacher is optional	Tone
Week 6	Girls are better than boys. Discuss.	Extended thinking
Week 7	Persuade a head teacher to revise the school uniform in a speech.	Tone

Term 5

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	Describe a setting from the point of view of a plant.	Perspective
Week 2	Explain the beauty of your favourite word. Say why it is better than other words.	Tone
Week 3	Write a short story entitled the lonely walk home	Creative writing
Week 4	Write a letter as if you were somebody else. You must get the sense of the person through your writing.	Style
Week 5	Write a text book entry for a topic you have learnt this week in a different subject.	Tone

Term 6

	Task	Area of focus
Week 1	There are too many people in the world. Discuss.	Extended thinking
Week 2	Take a part from a famous book and describe it as it would be seen in a movie.	Perspective.
Week 3	Write a small sketch for a comedy show.	Style
Week 4	Response to a picture. Write the life story of this man.	Creativity
Week 5	Design your own 200 Word Challenge and persuade a teacher why it should be used for the next challenge.	Tone
Week 6	Describe a world with no colour.	Creativity
Week 7	Pick a time in history. Imagine you have a time machine and go back there. Describe what it is like there.	Extended thinking