100 Word Challenge needs YOUR help!
The 100 Word Challenge is growing!
It is flourishing and children are benefiting from it. Their confidence is increasing and their writing skills are improving by leaps and bounds.
The reason it is so successful is comments the children get. They just love that they have a purpose for writing beyond keeping their teacher happy. Schools are encouraged to comment on posts to broaden pupils contact with other writers. Suggestions from peers hold a great deal of influence.
However, children also love to get comments from ‘grownups’. They understand that the 100WC is about sharing but also about getting better in their writing. So they do appreciate some suggestions of how to make that piece of writing even better. Obviously, it is done in a gentle and constructive way but we have seen great improvements to writing from children taking notice of comments.
The ‘problem’ with every successful venture though is to maintain the standard. We desperately need more folks to comment. Team100WC is a group of adult volunteers who follow some guidelines and have a set of numbers to comment on each week. Generally, this would be 10 posts across a week. This would take in total about an hour of your time. The key is to pop in from Thursday to the following Wednesday to leave a comment.
If you think you can help please get in touch. This is not a one- off though. We are looking for people who can make this weekly commitment regularly. Obviously there will be things that prevent this but you can let us know and we can cover it.
Please do join the team. It will give you the chance to support young writers and you get to read some FANTASTIC work! Do get in touch by sending your details to jskinner675@gmail.com
Hi,
I’m relatively new to all this, but I have seen the 100WC before and wanted to participate but haven’t because writing that short is truly difficult for me 😀
Will be trying to drop in here more regularly and if you tend to link the stories you are talking about, I will definitely comment on them whenever I get the chance – I can’t commit to 10 a week for certain and hence will make no promises or such to that effect until I’m a little more regular here.
Excellent work – anything that allows kids to read and write and grow their imagination and creativity is a thing desperately needed (in my view) nowadays and I congratulate you for making something like this happen. Kudos to you.
Cheers.
I’ll help, too.
I will definitely help out. I can see the effect having a comment left on their post has upon the children so would love to take part.
Sounds great! I sent off an e-mail expressing my interest in helping. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Many thanks. Watch for a reply tomorrow!
I can definitely help out, I think the project is great!
I might be able to help out. It’s a very worthwhile project. Kay :O) x
I’ll be in touch tomorrow!
As long as my comments are all written, all online, I have a couple of hours a week that I can volunteer. I love this program — I’m so glad that children are getting a chance to express themselves! Sign me up!
Bless you! I’ll be in touch!
I’ll be waiting!