This document provides guidance and resources for a writing assignment at Saint George's. Students must create an original poem, short story, or 50-word flash story. They are encouraged to be creative and use proper grammar, spelling, and coherence. Several websites are listed that provide writing prompts, story starters, character names, and inspiration from words, music or images to help students complete the assignment without plagiarizing. Students should brainstorm ideas and organize their work before writing.

2. Saint George’s assignment 2015
 You must create a piece of writing
 You can write a poem or a fiction short story
 You can also write a flash story (about 50 words)
 You are free to choose the content
 You should be original, creative and
put all your writing skills into action
(interesting content, accurate vocab and
grammar, correct spelling and
coherence)

3. get inspired but don’t cheat!
 Saint Google can help you but cannot work for you!
 Try by finding a beginning of the story and then you
continue, don’t cheat, St Google can also split and tell the
teacher the source! There are lots of tools to detect
plagiarism.
http://www.googlepoetics.com/

4. get inspired by 1 word!
http://www.oneword.com/

5. get inspired by music and images!
http://moodstream.gettyimages.com/

6. do a bit of brainstorming!

7. organize the ideas that come out!
http://popplet.com/

8. make stories out of photos!
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/

9. steal … like an artist!
Story starters:

10. steal the beginning!
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

11. get prompts to start your work!
http://corbettharrison.com/writers_notebooks.html%23topics

12. get inspired by other stories!

13. hints to follow when you’re stuck:
http://stoney.sb.org/eno/oblique.html

14. interesting writing proposals
http://www.lightningbug.com.au/Activity%20page/activity%20page.htm

15. do you need names for your
characters?
http://www.babynamescountry.com/ http://www.last-names.net/

16. check vocabulary
 Thesaurus
 Wordreference
grammar
 grammarly
and spelling
 select the the language English (UK) in
your word processor

17. sources
Images:
Slide #1: http://www.llull.cat/offices/ny/noticies_detall.cfm?id=29745&url=books-and-roses-sant-jordi-2013-in-new-york.html
slide #2: http://www.googlepoetics.com/
Slide #6: http://www.marketingdirecto.com/actualidad/checklists/6-pasos-para-hacer-que-una-sesion-de-brainstorming-sea-verdaderamente-productiva/
Slide #7: http://howardogawa.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/brain-storming-groupthink-echo-chamber-cant-we-just-all-agree/
Slide #8: http://www.dejoost.com/dejoost-inspiration-gallery-1/
Slide #9: http://codex73.com/tag/steal-ideas/
Slide #11: http://thepagemistress.com/category/writing-prompts/
Slide #13: http://relationshiprealities.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/istock_000007803228xsmall1.jpg
Slide #15: http://www.babynamescountry.com/
Sources of inspiration: http://www.scoop.it/t/english-stuff/?tag=writing
Main source: http://www.slideshare.net/ShellTerrell/motivated-to-write-inspiring?from=new_upload_email
Mónica Vallin
Col·legi Sant Miquel dels Sants
@MonVall