Our own 5 Sentence Challenge

Check out this image and fill in the SOLO sheet to gather nouns with adjectives, verbs with adverbs, similes and magical words. You can either choose to write this as a five sentence challenge or do a 10 minute challenge on it!

Five Sentence Challenge: Bus Stop

The church looked like a massive pin with a clock and a bell.

In the distance a flock of birds circling a small village there was also angry looking clouds.

Beside a small building there was a butcher wearing a apron the apron looked like a candy cane.

A bus was picking up some people witch makes me wonder were are they going.

there was a black and wight cat on a blue bench beside a man reading a news paper.

Alfonso Year 5

Five Sentence Challenge: The Bus Stop

Check out the picture prompt for this week's five sentence challenge.

It is due in on Wednesday and I will only be postiing up the work from the 'Boys Box' writers this week.

All other posts will be celebrated on our blogs and tweeted out on Friday for people to read.  Try getting your family to write you a comment on your post this week.

Try gathering some ideas for us in a comment under these headings:

1.  Nouns

bus, sky, church steeple, bicycle, butcher shop

2. Adjectives

tall, cloudy, dark, shiny, jolly, 

3.Verbs

Stopped, sitting, gathered, watching

4. Adverbs

Sitting silently, watching carefully

5. Similes

The dark sky hung over the village like a bad mood.

Slow Writing Description Gatherer

We love using Slow Writing as a way to complete our 5 Sentence Challenges.

Here is a disaster picture from the North Island Flooding and a new sheet to help us unpack the ideas.

We will post our writing on the blog for you to see once it has been editied and is ready to publish.

Five Sentence Challenge Showcase #17

Check out the showcase of the great writing from our 'Market' image.  Can we please put some comments on the posts of these children just learning how to write?

5 Sentence Challenge # 18

Check out this picture to write about.  Think about our SLOW WRITING - could we use that idea to help us with the 5SC?

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Rosie

Busy bustling people buying all this stuff for super. The smell of fresh cheese filled my nostrils. The noise was the worst it sounded like a herd of elephants.The tall shops and towers looked over the village. The bunting hung in the breeze like colourful dinosaur teeth.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Arohaina

The Market

Tall buildings gather around the market. They have window eyes watching and bunting dancing for joy in the breeze.

The sound of happy chatter surrounds me as the bells chime from the church tower.

Teasing arms surround me and my mouth waters as I smell sharp cheese hot bacon butties cooking.

I'd like to eat one!

From Arohaina 

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Sarah

Flossy, white clouds dancing, high as they get pierced by the spires like icicles upside down. Down below hoarse voices ring out to one another "goat cheese for sale" he say's haply. I can't resist a slick, slim, swift lick of the jam in the pot. Dazzling & dancing in the breeze as the bunting swings side to side. The bacon butties smell wafts over to my nose as I  try a piece.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Libby

On  a nice and sunny day big Ben sat in the hot sun. All the people sat and sold their things. The bunting hanging on the buildings. Big Ben's bells rang and all the people packed up and went home. Big Ben sat big and tall in the hot sun.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Aria

Ding, dong went the old rusty bell tower.

When I saw two beautiful bunting that looked like dinosaur teeth above a tall building!

The market was filled with lot of people. All around was people rushing to get the jam before it went out. There was lots of delicious sharp cheese.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Gemma

Shops in a semi circle guarding the people while the hidden brown church bell chimes.

Flying fluffy fighting white clouds swirl as they get pricked by sky high spires that look like upside down icicles.

The sweet scent of red roses fill my nose as cheerful and bustling people push past me.

Bright bunting flags are dancing in the breeze like dinosaurs chomping their teeth as I got spellbinded to the scenery.

People almost pushed me as I caught a sweet smell of jam and cheesy bread and I felt sad because I didn't think I had any money on me, but as I faintly remember me putting some money in my purse I decided to double check, but while I checked, money fell out of my pocket and into my hands and because of that I was very very happy and perhaps I could buy could buy some bread after all!

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Maya

People racing trying to  get the jam before it is sold. The sweet smell of strawberry cider fills my nose. The bunting  swishing and swaying like a fish doing gangman style. The bell tower standing tall like a solider. I wish this day would never end.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Kaylee

“Yum” the sweet smell of strawberry jam fills my nose. In the distance above all the hustle and bustle I could hear the church bell ringing. The colourful bunting were waying gracefully in the breeze. All of the children were running to get lots of yummy sweets. I just knew that it would be really fun.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Taylah

The smell of roses fills the air in my nose. Bunting is hung from wall to wall while the bell tower is chiming.
Kids are running around having fun enjoying the market. Hey look - there's even a lady selling hamburgers. If you don’t like hamburgers there are great drinks.

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Estelle

The bell tower chimes above the ground high in the sky with the bright sun revealing its dull brown colour.

Bunting hangs high above the ground looking like dinosaur teeth.

The people gather around the stalls, crowding the poor market sellers.

The cheerful colour of the shops brings everything to life.

All the different colours of cheese light the corner of my eye.  By Estelle - 8 years old

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Tuala

I see a church building and the sun shines like fire.

I see yummy cheese it tastes like a yummy morning tea.

There is huge building with brown stripes and it is amazing.

The plant looks  like strawberries which are my favourite fruit.

I love coming to the market.  By Tuala 8 years old.

5 Minute Challenge: Alfonso

The big tall buildings were surrounding the people. They were selling lots of food for people to eat.  There  were kids with their parents and lots of people in the fish and chip shop.

Beside the village shop, right behind the big green tree ,was a big clock  tower looking over the crowd. The colourful bunting was hanging from the buildings and looked like dinosour teeth.  By Alfonso - 9 years old

5 Sentence Challenge #17 - Sammy

One day my mum took me to the market. I walked around the market to find a bacon butte . The man with mum was slicing some cheese for us to sample. I had $5 to spend so I bought a bacon butte. The  sauce exploded all over my face. 

5 Sentence challenge #17 Katie

The smell of fresh cheese fills my nose. I hear the church bell ringing behind all of the happy chattering. I see the bunting swaying in the fresh breeze. Kids rushing to get the jam before it was all sold out. I wish this day would never end.  Katie - 8 years old