Spark Writing

As part of our English lesson warm ups, we complete short sessions of writing as a way to engage our creativity and expand our vocabulary. We use images, words or phrases to spark an idea and then write uninterrupted for ten minutes. Here are some samples produced by students using this image. We hope you enjoy our ‘sparks’.

The Dream

I picture a blank landscape with a faint mountain range and two roads. My mind dances alive with imagery and portrays the birds chirping miles away and the sounds of their sweet hums, brighter than the green grass contrasted against dewy morning. Then I see the lost man. He is dressed in a crisp suit and perfectly dented bowler whilst standing before the two grey and gravel roads. Mad in his own mind whilst deciding which road to go down. Then I wake up.

Emilia Srdanovic  
6 Milicic 

Unhinged

Mother always told me I was too ambitious. Yet there I was. Seeking refuge from a world where I didn’t belong. A menacing desire for a fictitious jewel. I stood there, idle, letting the viscous night seep through my veins, like a sickness to your body.  The moon’s eyes strained, not once letting me out of her dangerous, impenetrable sight. Sleep, an imaginary thing. I was lost in my own unhinged mind, unable to escape. Beyond lost. Beyond alone.

Alicia Bouantoun   
6 Milicic