 So, the last gauntlet landed at the feet of the Regis Knights, and stayed there, untouched and sad. I guess the challenge I issued was just too hard.
Sigh. So, let's try something a little easier. Instead of sentences about a given topic, maybe Regis Knights can manage a list of words. Cut and paste the following and provide the required elements. 1. Singular Noun 2. Singular Noun 3. A Person's Name 4. Plural Noun 5. Plural Noun 6. Plural Noun 7. Adverb Ending in -ly 8. An Exclamation 9. Verb Ending in -ing 10. Adjective 11. A Large Number 12. A Celebrity's Name 13. Adjective 14. Verb Ending in -ing 15. Verb Ending in -ing 16. Something Slimy 17. Singular Noun 18. Plural Noun 19. Past Tense Verb Save your submission as a Word document file-named Gauntlet 9 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be Gauntlet 9 Mr Chance. Email your submission to mchance at theregisschool.org. Submissions are due to me by Friday, October 28. After that, I’ll review, format, and start posting them under the Challenge Answered category, and then you too can join the Hall of Heroes. Huzzah!
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This is Mr. C. here to once again give you an opportunity to excel. Do you have what it takes it to pick up the metaphorical gauntlet I’ve thrown down? If so, expand on this first sentence: Quite by accident, I turned myself into an ant while camping this summer, and I spent an entire day as a drone in a colony. Continue the tale of your day as an ant by adding another 250 or so words to the sentence above. Save your submission as a Word document file-named Gauntlet 1 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be Gauntlet 1 Mr Chance. Email your submission to mchance at theregisschool.org. Submissions are due to me by Thursday, August 18. After that, I’ll review, format, and start posting them under the Challenge Answered category, and then you too can join the Hall of Heroes. Huzzah!  At long last! Another Gauntlet! I’m throwing it right at your faces, O students of the Regis School of the Sacred Heart. Dare you pick it up and answer the challenge? If so, read on. The challenge is to expand on this introduction:
I entered the time machine, knowing it would only work once, but I had to go back to fix this one mistake. Expand this sentence into about 250 words explaining the one mistake and why it has to be fixed. Save your submission as a Word document with the file name Gauntlet 7 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be Gauntlet 7 Mr. Chance. Email all submissions to mchance at theregisschool.org. Submissions are due to me by Thursday, 7 April. After that, I’ll review, format, and start posting them under the Challenge Answered category. Huzzah!  Sigh.
This Gauntlet should have been posted on Friday, 5 November. It wasn’t. But, it is posted now, so that’s something. Right? The challenge is to expand on these two sentences: I opened the door and picked up the package on the porch. Right away, I knew something was wrong. Take this sentence and turn it into the first 250 or so words of a thrilling adventure story. Save your submission as a Word document with the file name Gauntlet 6 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be Gauntlet 6 Mr Chance. Email all submissions to mchance at theregisschool dot org. Submissions are due Thursday, 18 November, and I’ll post the submissions during our Thanksgiving holiday. I await your responses.  In honor of National Hair Day, celebrated today, it's time for a new Gauntlet.
The challenge this time? Simple. Using about 250 words, invent a new holiday by answering these questions: When does the holiday occur? What does this new holiday celebrate? Why does it celebrate what it is does? How ought people celebrate the holiday? I look forward to your responses, which are due before Monday, 11 October. Save your submission as as Gauntlet 5 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 5 Mr Chance. Email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org.  The challenge this time? Write a limerick on some topic related to December. Your limerick could be about the rainy weather, about the chill in the air, about Christmas, about getting out of school on the eighteenth, et cetera.
The choice of topics is yours, but the structure for the limerick is not. If you’re not sure about the rules for limericks, please visit Poetry4Kids at this link right here. When you've revised and edited your submission, save it as Gauntlet 4 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 4 Mr Chance. Before Friday, 11 December, email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org. P.S. Shown in the picture above is an illustration and limerick, both by Edward Lear, the King of Limericks.  A protologism is new word or phrase, recently invented. At one time, Lewis Carroll’s chortle was a protologism. Other examples of words that used to be protologisms include laser, agitprop, robotics, McJob, quark, gas giant, and scrooge.
To answer this week’s challenge, you must invent a new word. Create a dictionary entry for your new word in the style of Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary. (See the Writing Resources page for that link.) Make sure you include a sentence or two showing your protologism in action. When you've revised and edited your submission, save it as Gauntlet 3 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 3 Mr Chance. Before Friday, 27 November, email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org. Huzzah!  Welcome to the second gauntlet!
Accepting this week's writing challenge means penning no more than 500 words (roughly two typed pages if the text is double-spaced). Your first two sentences must be, “The leaves! They’re burning!” After that dramatic opening, treat this writing challenge as an exercise in crafting a great opening for a story. Make sure that you: Introduce your main character. Define the setting, which means the time and place of the story. Show the danger stemming from the fire. When you've revised and edited your paragraph, save it as Gauntlet 2 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 2 Mr Chance. Before Friday, 20 November, email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org.  Welcome to the first gauntlet!
Accepting this week's writing challenge means penning about 250 words (roughly one typed page if the text is double-spaced). With those words, answer these questions with wrong answers only: What is the creature in the picture above? How did you end up with one as a pet? Why have you come to regret owning it? When you've revised and edited your paragraph, save it as Gauntlet 1 [Insert Your Name Here]. For example, my file would be named Gauntlet 1 Mr Chance. Before Friday, 13 November, email your response to the challenge to mchance at theregisschool dot org. |
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