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2025--Week 1: Mr. Pultz

1/10/2025

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Your Prompt:
Collaboration is great when it works, but it usually makes for a better story when it doesn't. Tell me a story about collaboration gone wrong. 
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
14:00 Friday, February 14th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit: ChatGPT
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Week 11: Mr. Pultz

4/16/2024

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Your Prompt:
Collaborate with ChatGPT to write a story that includes the following words: spring, new beginnings, and AI. Highlight the words that AI generated. Copy the link to the prompts you used to help create this story. 
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
10:00 P.M. Monday, April 29th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://roundtable.datascience.salon/responsible-application-of-generative-ai-human-ai-collaboration​
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Week 10: Naz

2/6/2024

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Your Prompt:
Write a narrative poem that tells us a story about your recent holiday. Rhymes are encouraged.
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
10:00 P.M. Monday, February 26th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
cartoonstock.com
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Week 9: Mr. Pultz

1/10/2024

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Your Prompt:
Write a list of New Year's Resolutions that tells a story about the previous year.

Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 15th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://travelatelier.com/blog/top-places-celebrate-new-years-eve-istanbul/​
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Week 8: Bora

12/22/2023

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Your Prompt:
Imagine that you go to sleep on Christmas Eve. You wake up full of excitement only to find out that Christmas is nothing at all—no ornaments, no carols, no presents, no well wishes. Nothing even goes by the name of Christmas. What would you think? How would you react?"
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 26th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
​https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/12/24/ccm-grad-wrote-iconic-music-grinch/2287627002/
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Week 7: Toprak

12/14/2023

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Your Prompt:
Believe that you are unique and that no one else has the same opportunity as you have in this moment. Excessive thinking can cost you this opportunity. What's the opportunity? And what do you do?
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Monday, December 18th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
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https://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/thinking-too-much-increases-your-risk-of-early-death-3-effects-of-overthinking-you-did-not-know/507986
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Week 6: Mr. Pultz

12/6/2023

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Your Prompt:
Write a story about a busy person who seems to be handling things, but then that person is given just one thing more. Have fun.
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Monday, December 11th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/straw-broke-camels-back-crankatsuris-steven-joseph/
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Week 5: Can

11/29/2023

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Submissions are due by 10:00 P.M the following Monday. The winner will be notified on Tuesday morning by email and will create the following week's prompt by Wednesday at 08:00. 

The winner judges the following week's competition. 


Your Prompt:
"The trick is not minding that it hurts." My students know the film reference, and they hear me say this often. Tell a story that features these words. Take it in whatever direction inspires you.
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Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Monday, December 4th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Please include your full name so that I can contact you. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://leelefever.com/the-trick-is-not-minding-that-it-hurts/
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Week 4: Ekin

11/22/2023

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Submissions are due by 10:00 P.M the following Monday. The winner will be notified on Tuesday morning by email and will create the following week's prompt by Wednesday at 08:00. 

The winner judges the following week's competition. 


Your Prompt:
Write a story about a protagonist meeting their doppelgänger for the first time.

Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Monday, November 27th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://anarquivoo.blogspot.com/2018/06/doppelganger.html?spref=pi&m=1
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Week 3: Ömer

11/7/2023

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Submissions are due by 10:00 P.M the following Monday. The winner will be notified on Tuesday morning by email and will create the following week's prompt by Wednesday at 08:00. 

The winner judges the following week's competition. 


Your Prompt:
Prompt: It is 2076, and you work for a newspaper. Write an article about something that you believe can occur in the near future.

Word Count: 150 - 200 words (no more, no less)

Expectations: 
-Remember that you are writing for the Koç School's community. Please be respectful of that community.
​-Respect the word count

-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 P.M. Monday, November 20th

Post your story in the comments below by clicking the "Comments" button in the lower left corner. Results will be posted on Tuesdays. 

Good luck and have fun!

Photo Credit:
https://lithub.com/dystopia-is-realism-the-future-is-here-if-you-look-closely/
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