John was very interested in insects; big ones and small ones, skinny ones and fat ones. One morning, John went outside to look at what bugs he could find before lunch when he discovered some cockroaches under a rock. Cockroaches fascinated John because he knew that they could live without Read more…
One day Bob and Jacob went for a walk with one of Bob’s friends, Nash, to deliver biscuits to some workers on the tallest building in their city. They got to the building and went through the door. Bob pulled out his phone and messaged the boss and he replied, Read more…
I was excited because today was the day I got to play interschool sports. But it was an interesting day as well because we were versing our rivals. I counted down the time, waiting to be dismissed from English so that I could get out early to take the bus Read more…
It was a stormy and rainy night when eleven year old Jeff went trick-or-treating with his friends. They’d already been to a few houses, but then they saw this place that looked a little bit sketchy from the outside. Jeff and his friends got distracted by a noise that sounded Read more…
A flash of light, then, darkness… Tap! Tap! The hallway in the abandoned house was broken, rough and wet. The first room was dark. Only the front of him was viewable from the dull light of his torch. Tap! Tap! “What was that?” he thought to himself. He looked around. Read more…
“Goodnight, Mum!” I called. “Night night, darling Erik”, she replied softly. I hopped into bed, pulled up the animal skin blankets and blew out the flickering candle. Just as I started drifting off to sleep, I was awoken by a flash of light, then, darkness fell once again. “What was Read more…
Crash! The gate slammed down on the concrete and I sprinted down, gaining speed. I was hammering along and I eventually realised I was in first place. I came across, cutting people off, and after, I had the best line for the first corner. As I was racing, some of Read more…
Head down and in the game. What game do you ask? The game of a million players… Oh, it is Super Smash Bros the fighting game where you play as a bunch of characters from other games. Right now there actually are a million players and we are in the Read more…
This morning I woke up very early. I hopped out of bed, walked over to my large east facing bedroom window and observed that outside it was pouring down with rain. I decided to go downstairs to make myself a hot cup of coffee. By about 7:30, the rain had Read more…
An Englishman named Peter was excited to come to Australia to visit Melbourne to see the native Australian animals. Peter finally got to Melbourne Airport after a 23-hour trip and, feeling very exhausted, he took a taxi to Port Philip Bay where his hotel was. Peter just wanted to have Read more…
“Come on John, let’s have a break from video games and go outside for a bike ride,” I said. “Ok Toby, just let me finish this level,” John replied. After a couple of minutes, John got up off the couch and walked over to me. “Ok,” he said, “Let’s get Read more…
Prompt …the orange one spoke first…. Paul was an ordinary man, but there was one day that wasn’t ordinary at all. That day, Paul went to the shops to buy some cheesecakes when he found some little men on the shelf. They were all different colours. The orange one spoke Read more…
Prompt: …the orange one spoke first… A bag of Skittles was open. The orange one spoke first and said, “What are you doing to us?” “I’m trying to eat you because I’m hungry”. “Here, you can eat me but not my friends. OK?” So she did. “I’m still hungry”, she Read more…
Prompt words: balloon, never, kicked, frightening, brown. My mum and dad took me to my best friend’s birthday party. I knew there would be dangerous reptiles and we’d play soccer with a balloon. When I arrived, I went straight to my friend and said, “Happy Birthday!” and gave him his Read more…
Prompt: “But where did it go!” she shouted. “Yawn.” Casey yowled as he woke up to the day, noticing the missing egg. Well, actually, it had hatched and the baby was on the loose. He had to tell his big sister, Jessy! “But where did it go!” she shouted. After Read more…
Prompt: “But where did it go?” she shouted. It was a very hot summer day. There were no clouds to be seen and Julie was bunkered down in the cool air-conditioned house. Later in the afternoon, Julie decided to make herself a sandwich, so she headed downstairs to the kitchen. Read more…
“But where did it go?” she shouted, “My laptop…” Thump! Thump! Thump! She looked up and screamed, Terminator with a laptop body?”. She looked so scared as he stumbled and fell. He laid there, still. She ran and grabbed a stick and started poking him. He still just laid there. Read more…
Prompt …but it was heavier than I expected… “Hey, what are you doing?” exclaimed Mr Mike. I jumped back in fright, not knowing that he had that much of a temper. I immediately apologised and heaved up the box that I was supposed to move. He then realised that he Read more…
Prompt: …but it was heavier than I expected… When I was a big kid, I went to the Apple Store to buy a MacBook Pro 20. When I arrived, I asked about its features. I was amazed and wanted to buy it. Soon an employee got me one from the Read more…
Prompt: but it was heavier than he expected… One grand morning, just after sunrise, a farm boy was wandering through the grassy space between the family farm and the forest. He started to climb the hill above the forest. At the top he found a turquoise egg which he guessed Read more…