Story Battle 10 – Apples on the Head vs. Salad Dressing

Story Battle 10

Story Battles are a fun addition to the Storyland website, just to see the different aspects of the stories I write. The two stories for this battle are:

The winner of Battle 10 is Salad Dressing with 99 points.
  STORY 1

Apples on the Head

Forgetful Fred 

STORY 2

Salad Dressing

Fresh Veggie Family

 

 QUESTIONS    Points    Points
1. Number of characters – 5 pts each Forgetful Fred, Sarah, squirrel 15 Forgetful Fred, Sarah, squirrel 30
2. Mention of animals – 5 pts each squirrel 5 no mention of an animal 0
3. Does story take place outdoors? – 10 pts  leisurely walk along the beach 10 no story takes place in the barn 0
4. Is the story an old story? – 10 pts no – written in 2016 0 no – written in 2017 0
5. Words ending with “ING” – 1 pt for each evening, enjoying, pointing x2, growing, looking, speaking, taking, rubbing, dropping x2, landing, moving, noticing, falling 15 enjoying, catching, dressing x7, gathering, seeing, singing x2, stopping, something x2, thinking, clothing, untying 19
6. Does the first sentence contain character name?- 20 pts no 0 no 0
7. Mention of fruit or vegetable – 10 pts for each apple 10 tomato, corn, carrot, cauliflower, onion 50
8. Mention of the word “kind” – 5 pts for each no mention of the word “kind” 0 no mention of the word “kind” 0
9. Does last paragraph contain the words “thank you”? – 10 pts no 0 no 0
10. Does the story have a sad ending – 10 pts  no – no more apples fell on Forgetful Fred’s head 0 no – Christopher was excited to see how salads look dressed up 0
TOTAL SCORE: 55 99

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