Welcome to our site! This is the online home of our Flash Fiction Fun Flex, an in-school writing group comprised of sixth grade students at Hamilton Middle School. Every week, students are provided with a prompt and given around 30 minutes to write the most engaging story they can. Some of these prompts would be tricky for veteran writers, but these young people face the challenge head-on. We’ll be sharing some of their outstanding work.
A Few Prompts
I’ll be posting some of the prompts that we’ve used in class in order to create some of our stories.
About Us
I’m Mr. Hall, a sixth grade English teacher. The works you’ll be reading here are products of my students, with a few by yours truly.
The Writings
Perriflake, Fairy Police Officer, by Stephanie G.
Once upon a time, there was a fairy police officer. She was fierce and brave. Her name was Perriflake. She was a fairy with many talents. One day, she was in Wal-Mart, just shopping for her needs. All of a sudden, a sound came from the basement. Quickly Perriflake went to the sound. BOOM! …
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Shadow Animal, by Reymundo R.
There is an animal that nobody knows about. Nobody has seen it. Nobody has heard it, except for some special ones. I guess you could say it hides in the shadows. It digs very deep underground, which is part of the reason nobody has seen it. In its house underground, it carves or digs out …
XYZ
“… X,… Y,… Z!” Dr. Martinez clapped her hands happily. The alien life form inside the dynaglass enclosure cooed with contentment. She had named him Simón; no one on the crew objected. Dr. Martinez dropped bits of pineapple and cantaloupe into the access tube, and grinned as Simón gobbled them up. The alien was mostly …
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