Your prompt for writing 100 words exactly (no more, no less) this week is:
The Temple!
Remember you can write non-fiction or fiction. Think about the Inca Civilisation and what you have learnt so far.
Try not to make it too gory if you write a story or I can’t publish it! 🙂 
The sun was just setting as our ships drew into Peru. We dropped anchor in a port constructed by the last party of explorers. That night was restless the mosquitos attacked us relentlessly seeking us out and never stopping. A week had passed now and we had lost hope of finding the city. We had to leave in one day. We were so worn out and in need of supplies that we followed the stream up the mountain and that was when we saw it: Machu Piccu and the lost city of gold, but better still the temple of gold.
Jake carried on through the Amazon and came across a large Temple with a small jewel above the entrance. He entered the dark, damp, gloomy room. He looked around then suddenly a boy jumped out of the shadows. “Who are you?” the boy boomed. “Jake.” said Jake. “Why are you here?” “ I saw a jewel above the entrance and it interested me.” “OK, here.” He said and gave Jake a small emerald. It had a gleaming green surface and was smoothly cut. But the special thing about it was a Diamond In the centre. Jake could not believe it.
Koricancha
Koricancha was an Inca temple in the city of Cusco. It was one of the most important temples in Tahuantinsuyu , the name given to the former Inca Empire. After the Incas were invaded the Spanish built the Convent of Santo Domingo on the foundations of the temple. The result, as can be seen today, is a fascinating mix of Inca and Spanish architecture.
The walls and floors were covered in sheets of solid gold and its courtyard was filled with golden statues. The Spanish colonists built the Church of Santo Domingo on the site and demolished the temple.
Jack entered the haunted temple with a shiver down his spine. This was the Inca temple for dead bodies. If you went inside with no permission (like Jack) then you would be accused of trespassing and you would be killed.
As he walked into the temple the air hushed and watched him in silence as he took another step deeper into it. Then he heard a moan and creek of footsteps. His heart froze. It must of been an Inca! But as he listened more intently he realised the mummies had awoken and soon he was surrounded by his nightmare…
The Temple
The great temple of the Inca, the one that dominates the Amazon, the one which is haunted by the ancient Inca Manco Capac. One day someone went to uncover the ancient gold guarded by the dragon who breathes lighting. The man brave enough to do this deed was called John. He set off into the temple made of gold. Finally he got to the treasure room and gasped. It was filled top to bottom with gold suddenly out of nowhere a dragon sprung out and struck John with a lightning bolt. He was never ever seen again.
Sealed in gold
By Louis Toogood
It was another hot day and we were praying to the the temple when I noticed a hole in the stone. I managed to squeeze through and was instantly astonished. Everywhere was covered with gold.
As my eyes fully adjusted to the darkness, I saw a long corridor. After some thought, I went down it… It was cold and was only lit by the guttering candle on the wall. I reached a room and sat down against the wall. It was only then I noticed the message… ‘ DEATH COME TO THEE ‘ I was suddenly on my feet. I sprinted back the way I had come and realized the wall had been sealed up. The candle flickered its last light… I was alone in the darkness…
Dairy of a Slave
Monday 2nd June 1552
It’s a cold night tonight; I went to the Sacrifice Ceremony. It’s brutal some of the things they do to us slaves, like: rip our hearts out and sacrifice the heart to the sun, cut-off our heads and throw them off the side of the temple and shoot arrows at us then rip our hearts out. It’s so unfair how when I am dishing out the meals in the banquet and see all the men eating: dog, snake, toad and even my favorite meal howler monkey…..
The life of a slave!
One day a boy entered an Aztec temple. He was very small. The temple however was very large. A staircase lead down, down, down. The door slammed behind him so he decided to descend the staircase. When the boy got to the bottom he found many passageways. He wondered through them until he got to a door that led into a room. Inside the room were two glowing eyes! He suddenly realised he was in the temple of the sun. He backed away realising that whoever walked in there would be locked in there FOREVER!!! But it was too late.
My brother was playing his new game ‘Inca Temple Run 2’ for hours on the I-pad. My dad said “Don’t play anymore or else you will turn into the game!” A few minutes later I came into the room and he was not there. I pressed the start button and suddenly my brother came running out of the huge Sun Temple being chased by the Inca warrior Ruminawi carrying a bronze axe. He ran, jumped, slid and skid along the Temple wall, then tumbled over the edge. Game over. I left the room. That will teach him for not listening.
People including me were all lined up ready to be sacrifices to the sun god. As we trudged along the steps of Machu Pichu everyone thought they were fine and would go into the afterlife I had different thoughts…When I got to the top I saw heads rolling down the steps landing on some very unfortunate people. It was my turn…I tried to get away but the guards held me, they shoved my neck onto what looked like a anvil, the executioner raised the axe. No thoughts came to my head as it was separated from my body.
Look it’s an massive temple, shouted a boy with his mother. He was looking at a temple in Peru and couldn’t believe his eyes. His eyes stared at the amazing stone and the big gaps in-between the stone!!! His camera lost battery because of all the photos he was taking. Mum said it was time to go, but he wanted to stay and after a very, very long time he was on the move. On the way home he was just talking about the great temples in Peru he mum was fed up, but he was happy what he saw!
Charles Smith’s diary. Tuesday 14th December 1789.
Today we explored the mountains and jungles of Peru. Yet what we found was more than extraordinary.
There was the usual, pottery, stone idols and the sort. But it was when we hit the jungle that it got interesting. Captain Pizarro found a lump of gold, but that was not all! A few miles into the forest a fellow explorer shouted out that he had found the city of gold and he had!
As we cut through the leaves Pizarro ran ahead of everyone else and we soon found the temple. Everyone gasped. It was pure gold. But covered in blood.
In Bolivia there’s a place called Machu Picchu and a temple called The Temple of the Sun. This temple was used to honour and celebrate the Sun. The Sun was like a God to the Inca people. When the Sun of the winter solstice enters the central window it falls on a large stone. The round building protects the stone. Some say female priests only used Machu Picchu, but remains found there are male and female. Other people say it was built by the Inca king as a monument to himself or the summer home to the Inca.
The Inca built buildings and temples from expertly carved stone so they could survive the harsh South American earthquakes and fit together so perfectly that no concrete was needed to hold them together with no gaps. Temples were used to worship either one or many gods, the main god being the Sun.
The most famous temple was discovered in 1911, called Machu Picchu it was thought to be a temple inhabited by high priests and the chosen women. In 2008, archaeologists discovered a new temple in the Inca region. They believe it was used as a religious or ceremonial temple.
1Machu Picchu
flickr/Pedro Szekely
The most beautiful and impressive ancient Inca ruins in the world, Machu Pichu was rediscovered in 1911 by Hawaiian historian Hiram after it lay hidden for centuries above the Urubamba Valley. The “Lost City of the Incas” is invisible from below and completely self-contained, surrounded by agricultural terraces and watered by natural springs. Although known locally, it was largely unknown to the outside world before being rediscovered in 1911. Since then, Machu Picchu has become the most important tourist attraction in Peru.
The temple was dark, dank and gloomy inside; drops of water were dripping from the unseen ceiling far, far above. The door closed behind me as I moved forward, stumbling over loose stones littering my path. Then suddenly something much bigger than a stone almost made me trip. I stared unseeing through the darkness. Feeling around with my hands I felt again a cold stone bed and on top of it… I gasped and jumped back in horror – a rotting manky corpse was slowly ageing under my hands. My head was spinning and I knew no more.
The creativity of Year 5 has impressed me once again; one of my favourite lines was “no thoughts came to my head as it was separated from my body” and I loved Luc’s moralistic tone – even though it meant banishing his brother into a game!! Another great week, Miss Stevenson and I are very impressed!