Shakespeare aptly said, ‘Brevity is the soul of wit.’ Intelligent oration and writing should use few words. An online short story writing competition was organised for the students of class XII on 5 June 2020. Students were provided with online prompts depicting different emotions like anger, happiness, admiration, contempt and envy, to name a few. They were given 20 minutes to write a story with their cameras on, in 40 words. After having completed their story they had to read it out and the judges present evaluated them on their creativity, language and a coherent storyline with a soul. The children enjoyed this competition as they found it extremely challenging to write, given the paucity of time and the limited words.
The result was as follows:
English Offline Poetry Writing Competition
Idioms convey a meaning different from their actual words. The students of Class XII were asked to write a poem on the given idioms like ‘Adding Insult to Injury, Bite the Bullet, Between the Devil and the Deep Sea, Stealing Someone’s Thunder,’ in which students had to use the prompts given and write couplets to bring forth the essence of the idiom clearly. The children participated in the competition with great enthusiasm and zeal.
The result was as follows: