miércoles, 5 de octubre de 2011

160 characters story contest

Here's the post for the SMS contest. You know: you have to write a (very) short story using no more than 160 characters - including blank spaces; abbreviations, such as CU (for see you) or emoticons :)  if they are easy to interpret. You can post your mini-tales to the comments row - remember: anonymous messages will be discarded. The deadline will be set Friday 14th October at midnight. A group of teachers will vote for the best stories.


So, on your marks..., get set..., ready... Go!!!

41 comentarios:

  1. Hello I live in a small town with my family.I have got a brother.His name is Pablo.I love play football with my friends on weekend.I play tennis.I love my city.

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  2. Hello! I'm going to comment my hobbies.My hobbie favorite is the painting.I like listen to music and play football.At the weekend,I visit my gandsparents and my friends.

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  3. "When he woke up, the dinosaur was still there." 46 characters, the shortest tale ever, by Augusto Moterroso.
    Original: "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio aún seguía allí."

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  4. Está bien así profe?¿

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  5. Si tiene menos de 160 y se entiende vale, pero, piensa que es un concurso y lo que se pide es un relato, una narración, un cuento, muy corto, pero cuento al fin y al cabo. Podéis presentar los mini-relatos que queráis cada uno .

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  6. Hello!! I´m Elena López I´m going to describe SET 2. In the picture 1 my teacher is behind of branches of bamboo and he has got a jacket, because it makes cold. In the picture 2 my teacher hasn´t got a jacket and he´s behind a campig. He´s smoking.

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  8. Elena, me parece que has escrito el mismo comentario dos veces: aquí y en "Compare & contrast" :)

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  9. Fátima González Hinojosa7 de octubre de 2011, 16:49

    Do persons change with the time? Or it is the time the one that shows us since we are really...?

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  10. Nice and deep thought, Fátima :) I would just change the end in the second questio to "...shows u who we really are?" Thank you very much!

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  11. Once upon a time, a child who lived in prehistoric.One day taking a walk and suddenly found a dinosaur,he escared the dinosaur he explain that he was harmless and they became friends

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  12. profe esta bien asii ???

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  13. Fátima González Hinojosa8 de octubre de 2011, 12:03

    ¿Profesor entonces lo cambio o lo dejo así ya?

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  14. Muy chula, Luis, es la primera que se parece algo a un cuento ;). No, Fátima, no hace falta que la corrijas, está bien así :)

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  15. Irene Caño Carrillo9 de octubre de 2011, 17:22

    His body and his form was changing.
    Suddenly it happened of being an ugly and wrinkled worm to being a nice and spectacular butterfly. The rest of the insects would respect it:).

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  16. ola!! Profe está bien el cuento????
    Profesor por qué cuando publicas el cuento sale en español si lo escribimos en ingles:)

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  17. A child is a house of chocolate. The house was enchanted and the child transforms in a monster, remains in the house enclosed and later his sister comes and saves it

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  18. A child was walking when it sees a magic apple. He eats the apple and becomes invisible. The child scared very much. Finally everything was an evil dream.

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  19. A sow had eight pigs that spent the day playing,the problem arose when eating:the sow had six teat.Then its owner bought a baby's bottle & the problem was solved.

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  20. Profe,¿cómo lo ve?

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  21. Muy buenos los cuatro cuentos Irene, Marina (x2) y Sheila!! ¿Seguro que los habéis hecho vosotras solas? ;). Están muy bien, gracias por participar.
    A mí me salen vuestras historias en inglés. Será que vosotras tenéis activada la traducción automática en vuestro navegador: decidles a vuestros padres que la quiten.

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  22. "When he woke up, the elephant was hungry."

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  23. "He looked at the mountain behind, and there it was."

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  24. Elena, your last one is great... it might seem too obvious, but one could imagine one thousand different stories both before and after your sentence. Good one!

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  25. A princess pretty & very happy lives in a castle where all was very beautiful.Until one day all changed.The princess had it all planned & she managed well...

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  26. ¿Profe,mi cuento está bien?

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  27. "The worm ran and ran all the way home, but then I hear the same noise as before ..."

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  28. "The worm ran and ran all the way home, but then heard the same noise before ..."

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  29. Profesor el primer comentario no es esque me he equivocado,es el de las 20:13.¿Vale?

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  30. A little boy walked around park and watch a big castle.The castle is magic and speaks inglish.

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  31. Perdona, Mª Jesús, con tanto comentario se me pasó comentar tu cuento de los cerditos: está fenomenal (el único fallo que veo - y es pequeño - es que creo que la palabra que quieres usar es "tit", no "teat" :)
    Tu cuento, Andrea, no lo entiendo muy bien al acabar en puntos suspensivos; un par de cosillas: mira a ver dónde colocas los adjetivos (pretty & very happy) y, mejor, utiliza el pasado. Por lo demás, estupendo... y nos contarás qué significa ese final tan abierto :)
    El tuyo, Nerea, muy chulo; como el que escribió antes Elena, deja mucho a la imaginación del lector, pero es muy coherente. Estupendo :)
    Carlos, mejor este que le primero que enviaste: sólo un par de fallos, a ver si los encuentras tú. Primero, los verbos: elige un sólo tiempo para todos; el segundo "inglish" ¿eso qué es? :D

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  32. Hello! I´m going to describe me. I´m tall and thin. My hair is black and curly. My eyes are brown. I like wearing jeans or shorts and t-shirts. I love music.

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  33. Thank you, Cristina. Great one for a description, but maybe you should try again telling us a story. No mistakes at all: congratulations!

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  34. adrian arjonilaaaaaaaaaa13 de octubre de 2011, 18:04

    Title the gosh in the castle
    Jonh lives in a cstle. Every years he listens a very extrange noise in halloween evening.He thinks in his bedroom there is a gosh.This night he investiges.

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  35. adrian arjonilaaaaaaaaaa13 de octubre de 2011, 18:06

    Do you like my history?

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  36. Yes, I do... What about a second message to round up the end of your story (not history)?

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  37. Francisco :Jose in Barcelona
    jose in the summer holidays go to Barcelona and visit every town.He look the Camp No,Plaza de las palomas...and he play football with F.C. Barcelona!

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  38. A long time ago, a family live in Scotland. Their name has Tom´s father, Jackie´s mother and her soon Andy. They have a dog, It is the best dog in Scotland because he winner more racing but it is very old compete in a race.
    No sé si tiene 160 caracteres me parece que me he pasado un poquito, y alomejor no esta bien escrita del todo:$

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  39. A woman so so fat that she fell out of bed on both sides.

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  40. I had a very samll wrist. So small that did not exist.

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  41. Uff, ¡¡qué montón de historias!! Gracias por participar, chicos :)
    Francisco: You're a real Barça supporter! Just go over your text and try to find all the missing "s".
    Pablo: your tale is a little bit longer than 160, but I'm sure you'll be able to cut it down. And try to look for mistakes. Here's some clues: past tense, better than present; winner≠ win; racing≠races; very old TO compete ;)
    Natalia! Great joke! That IS fat! Good!
    María, right to the point and a little scary micro tale. Good one! Thank you.

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