Wilderness

Wilderness

by @katiereif6

| Classwork, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
January 20, 2022

The original: It was nice to come up here to the wilderness just to take a breath. No one ever made their way up here, and when they did, they were always gone once the spectacular sunrise was over. No, these summer midafternoons were mine, all min...
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VERY SIMPLE WORDS

by @PabloMccrimmon

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 10, 2021

For this writing assignment, I chose to Up-Goer Five my writing. This was a fun and difficult one. It involved writing a short story and then using the Up-Goer Five Text Editor to rewrite it only using the thousand most commonly used words. I decided to write a short description of a subpar lunch I […]
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Week Three Writing 3

by @MaddySlunt

| ds106, Syndicated, Week Three, writing, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
February 5, 2021

Up-Goer Five Your Writing Last week, my boyfriend, his little brother and I went to a school near their house to play in the cold water that fell from the sky. There was a tall piece of land, so we took our small beds and rode down it. We went so fast, most of the… Continue reading Week Three Writing 3
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ALIENS

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Assignments, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
January 24, 2020

This (written) assignment entailed writing a story, on anything you wanted, writing in your normal writing style, and then rewriting it using “The Up-Goer Five Text Editor“, a software that you can type into that lets you know when you use any word that isn’t top 10 hundred most used. This was really fun because […]
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80’s Pop Culture in Popular Terms

by @MorganNebel

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 12, 2019

I found this assignment to be the most stressful thus far. In the beginning, I thought that this would be…
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Terms of Total Chaos

by @MorganNebel

| Assignments, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 12, 2019

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS OF SERVICE CAREFULLY. UPON SIGNNATURE OF THIS DOCUMENT, YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY ALL TERMS…
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Why use many words when few words do trick

by @lper0581

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 6, 2019

“Pick a topic that you can write about. It can be anything: a short bio, a description of a job you do, a short story about something that happened to you. Then go to http://splasho.com/upgoer5/ and use the editor to write/re-write your text only using the top most common 1000 words. The editor will tell you when … Continue reading Why use many words when few words do trick
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I only listened to 80’s music until I was around 7

by @yarasaleh68

| Assignments, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 3, 2019

I picked this activity because I was curious as to what words that I use that I feel are common but aren’t. I wrote about this story because it related to the theme during this semester and because I have so many memories of listening to 80s music with my dad. I tried thinking of …
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Up-Goer Five Your Writing

by @GMorris1988

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
February 5, 2018

Hello Everyone. This past week was crazy! My dad was walking to the train and got hit by a car. The guy in the car did not stop and kept driving away. My dad called me and I picked him up and went to the hospital. He was checked over and everything was good. We … Continue reading Up-Goer Five Your Writing
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Quidditch, Explained Up-Goer Style

by @KatieHartraft

| Assignments, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
February 4, 2018

To play the team game from the well-known boy wonder books is different from what most people think. You run with sticks to pretend to fly. You throw a ball around and try to make it in the round point places. I am the round point place guard player. There […]
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Up-goer five challenge: water edge house on the outer water edge

by @edorman

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 15, 2017

Each summer, my mom parents and as many children, children children, and children of their children of their children of theirs as can make it, go to a house on the Outer water edge. There we usually go to the water edge by day and play card games into the night. On some days we […]
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use only the ten hundred most common words

by @girlycurlyfries

| Assignments, Syndicated, Web, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 15, 2017

When I feel worried I like to listen to music. The music is often happy or exciting and never has weird thoughts of people with pick up cars. Sometimes I listen to soft music because the beats are safe and calming. If I’m feeling happier I like to listen to rock or pop with simple … Continue reading use only the ten hundred most common words →
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Up-Goer Five Your Writing

by @OliviaBreler

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2092
September 14, 2017

Every summer I fly home to work and make some money so I can continue with school. I work in a store that has things for things you do outside. Like take care of roses or build things. It is a small store, with about ten people working there. I am the big man’s right …
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