Ghost
Story
Writing is difficult
I don’t like it because I’m
horrible at it
My friends don’t like to
write, but unlike them I love
expressing myself
Teaching writing is
tiring especially when
all of them hate it
BIANCA C., 12
Pink is fun and bright
Little girls love the color
because it is sweet
Blue is the color
of the sea, the sky, and my
brother’s and mom’s eyes
Red is the color
of anger, blood, Gatorade,
and paper edits
BIANCA C., 12
Creative Writing
Fun Creative Writing Camp
Writing Words In Camp
Candy In The Store
Very Good Candy For Sale
Buy Some Good Candy
Lets Have A Party
Buy Some Cake In The Store
Lets Have A Great Time
MAYA C., Age 9
Conflicted color
Red it's the color of fire
And the hero firetruck
Bees are so special
They see only bright colors
So red is revered
I hate red so much
It's the sign of hospitals
Bad memories there!
COLBIE F., Age 11
Beautiful flower
Pretty tree in the forest
A bush by a tree
Popping bubble gum
Melting candy on my tongue
Delicious candy
Red,orange, yellow
Great color of the rainbow
Green, blue,purple,pink
ZOE F., 9
HOW THE PEGASI LOST THEIR WINGS
Long, long ago, during the time of princes and princesses, ogres and giants, gnomes and dwarves, there was a flock of Pegasi. Every day, the flock flew around the many kingdoms searching for a meadow to graze in. One day, one of the Pegasi named Penney was exploring around the area of their new grazing grounds and got lost.
By BIANCA C., 12
Libraries full of books
Library is full of stories
History is mentioned with Rebels and Toris
Art hangs on the walls
like a bird as it falls
or a problem as it's solved
or a chemical as it dissolves
But it all goes away
when you step through the doors
with your own set of oars
to the amazing library.
by WILL R., 11
Our universe has
infinite planets so our
earth is not special
WILL R,Age 11
Sitting in a chair
With a pencil in my hand
Writing very long.
Doubting tomorrow
For the lousy day that comes
Slouching with pencils.
Waiting for the day
With very fun things to come
writing at a camp.
GABRIEL H., Age 11
This is so boring
I want to go to recess
I might fall asleep
I just love writing
It is like another world
Writing is my life
You need it to work
Writing is a must in life
It is also fun.
SHIRAZ Z., AGE 11
THE FROG
Back when dinosaurs were still alive, there was a creature. It was huge and lived in the sea. It loved to put its huge feet on the ocean floor and have its head above the sea. But one day, a big crocodile like dinosaur came at night when the creature could not see.
Unfortunately, the crocodile bit all four legs off the creature. To the creatures surprise, it saw its legs one hundredth the size. Then, the creature could not see above the sea with its feet on the floor. One million years later, it began to shrink. Sadly, it shrank and shrank until it was the size of a frog. In fact, it was a frog!
Now, the 1st creature that was turned into a frog is hiding under a lily pad hoping not to get caught.
GABRIEL H., Age 11
GHOTO
We needed to stop at a hotel on our way to take pictures in Florida. So on our way from California to Florida we stopped in a five star Hotel. However on their web page, they said no people work there. That's weird, I thought. Don't Hotels need to be cleaned? But like always, my parents wouldn't listen. So, I'm forced to go in a hotel in the middle of a desert that nobody works in.
I jolted awake hearing a scream from the floor above us. I tried to fall back asleep, but I felt like that won't happen. Unfortunately, I woke up for a second time feeling cold fingers on my neck and there is a creaking sound that makes it feel like the hotel is alive. I jump out of bed afraid to look behind me. I shiver thinking about what could be in our hotel room. A ghost? A goblin? An assassin?
I ran over to my parents camera, grabbed it, and spun around to face whatever was behind me and took photos. I might have taken 1, 10 or 1,000. I didn't care because I needed proof that this hotel is haunted. I stare in shock because now I know there is a ghost staring at me through unblinking eyes. He says "I am Gloto," as he pulls out a knife. I am too stunned to scream. "I was murdered by something in this room...It was this." He reaches out and snatched the camera I was holding. He suddenly reached into the camera and pulled out a gun. Then, I screamed. My parents woke up and found that I was being threatened with a gun. They grabbed my collar and yanked me out of the window. My parents and I didn't care how far we were dropping, but they did care that we were getting away. Gloto screamed, "Nooooooooooo" in rage. He lost his prey again.
GABRIEL H., Age 11
HOW THE ROSE BECAME
One day Aphrodite the Goddess of Love was sad.
Although she had accomplished many things she had always
wished there was a flower for love. So she started crafting,
as the only thing she loved as much as love was crafting.
So she started making hearts out of the world’s
finest fabrics (pink, red, yellow) until she swirled them all
together and put a green stem at the end.
To make sure no one touched it, she put spikes on the stem.
Then she took a look from far away, she was relieved.
It looked amazing.
“Now what should I name this Beauty?” she asked herself.
After days of thinking she finally decided on the most beautiful name: Rose.
SIENNA G., Age 9
THE SHORT GHOST STORY
I’ve had the same weird dreams before but this one takes the cake. In it, someone’s tried to kill me, for no reason at all! How rude! When I abruptly awoke, I felt something was wrong. I got up and walled around my room. Everything was gone! Not a trophy, or a souvenir or anything on my desk! I want into the hallway and called for my parents, but no one answered. I dashed back to my room to get my phone, when I saw something that shocked me so badly I almost screamed.
There was nothing there. Not just trinkets, but my dresser, mirror, light and my bunk beds. And here I thought I was an ordinary 11 year old. My first thought was we were moving. I dashed out to the front yard but stopped and started thinking my dream. How I woke up and got off my imaginary bed. I assumed the worst; I grabbed my shoes and ran out the door. I kept running across the street after street, yet I wasn’t tired.
But, then, I finally arrived at my destination, the town graveyard. I strolled through the alphabetized rows searching. When I got to the “R” row I stopped. I looked across the row. There were lots of them. I ran to the end where people were buried recently, when I saw it.
“Will Riley 2008-2019” on a gravestone.
I was dead. My dream wasn’t a dream, it was real. I thought back to running here but not getting tired. It all made sense. I was a ghost. When I realized this, I felt free. I started walking in a random direction and didn’t turn back. I just wanted to relax, and so I did.
WILL R., 11
HOW TREES GOT THEIR LEAVES
Once a long time ago all of the trees had no leaves and they could talk!
One day the smallest tree said: "Why can't we have things on our branches?" Her name was Leaves. "What do you mean?" said Leaves' mom Ella.
"I want to have something on my branches." said Leaves. "I think you could make something for our branches" said Ella.
So Leaves walked around the forest and went to her dad, Bob. Leaves asked for some fabric and needles. Bob gave them to Leaves." Thanks, " said Leaves. "Anytime," said Bob.
Leaves went to tree park where trees walked, talked and sat down. Leaves made a circle and little triangle shapes on top out of fabric.
She made so much and put them on her branches. She called them "Leaves." Leaves went to her Grandma (the first tree that ever lived) and she had magic. Grandma put the magic in the leaves and..
POOF! All the trees had non fabric leaves. From then on, all trees had leaves. MAYA C., Age 9
HOW GIRAFFES GOT THEIR NECKS
Once a very long time there was a giraffe and she had a very short neck.
Her name was Stella and she loved to run. She had to jump very high to reach the leaves which she ate.
When Stella had a baby, she noticed something strange. The baby had a neck 3 times as big as Stella's neck. The baby only needed a few months of help till it did not need any help at all.The baby could easily reach the leaves without jumping.Stella was very happy for her baby But Stella died after many happy years of playing with her baby who was named Ella. And from then on all giraffes had long necks. ZOE F., Age 9
Pink bubblegum -- great!
because it is sweet and such
a classic flavor
Black is so gloomy
It is as dark as my soul
I feel so depressed
Yellow is happy
It is as bright as the sun
And now I feel fun
SIENNA G., Age 9
Bright, warm, and happy
Positive as a sunshine
Soft and gentle yellow
Painful sorrow grey
like a cloudy sky of tears
A heart full of fear
Calm like blue peaceful
Like silence but glowing
A small smile you show
KYRA G., Age 12
HOW THE STARS BECAME
At one time every night when the sun disappear it would be pitch black. There was no moon or stars to set a glow upon the world. No one could see for half of their lives. Except for one monster which every other creature envied. Because not only did it have thousands of eyes these eyes where so shiny and bright that they could see any where and any time. Other animals and humans would beg for those eyes so they could see whenever they pleased, but the monster was harsh and mean and would not let anyone have the gift of sight.
One day a cloud that was watching over this monster had enough of his sour behavior. He warned that if he didn’t start sharing he would lose his eyesight altogether. Not even slightly moved, the monster played all night. As the sun came out all the other people woke up. A brave little deer came to the monster's cave and asked for one of his eyes with the courage she had.
Annoyed, the monster swiped it’s claw across her face right over her eyes so she couldn’t see at all. This enraged the big cloud. He couldn’t believe that’s such a lucky creature wouldn’t have the generosity to donate to even a tiny dear. The cloud knew what he had to do. He used his wind to take all of the monster's eyes and scattered the gems across the sky. This made the whole world glow like a disco ball. The cloud used it’s magical rain to heal the little dear's eyes.
Now whoever you are you get to experience the joy of light. Except for the monster who spent the rest of it’s days in the dark.
KYRA G., 11
HOW ANTS GOT STRONG
Long, long ago before electricity, the world wars,
and even humans, there were two creatures on Earth:
ants and spiders. Now ants were not very strong
back then - what was strong was their personalities.
They were all loud, boastful, and super arrogant.
However, this was not the case for one ant.
This unusual ant was named Albert.
Now, Albert was one of the best ants you'll ever meet. He was so kind and compassionate. However, he was lacking in one quality: courage. Albert was a very timid and shy guy - the complete opposite of most of his compatriots. He was bullied a lot because of his lack of bravery. One day he got so fed up with the ridiculing that he just got up and left. He was going on an adventure so scary, so dangerous, that he had to be brave because otherwise he would surely perish. so without further ado, Albert set off into the meadow of great, long, grasses. The next day, he was walking along when he stumbled upon an ant caught in a spider's web.
"Help, help," she cried. Albert knew he had to be brave in this situation. Someone's life was in danger! Quickly, he looked around and spotted a strand of the great, long, grass. He tore the grass and sawed the ant out of the spiderweb. He then untangled the spiderweb and both ants sprinted to safety.
As they ran away, the ant he had saved seemed to grow and grow. Before long, it had grown to the size of a human. The ant wasn't an ant, it was a great goddess!
"Albert," she said, "By saving me from the spider, you overcame your fears and were brave and courageous." In thanks, the goddess made all ants super strong and when Albert came home to his village, he was hailed as a hero. And now, whenever ants think about their amazing strength, they remember Albert and the powerful lesson he learned that day. That no matter how scared or frightened you are, you should persevere because you CAN be brave.
COLBIE F., Age 11
Once upon a time miles and miles away, my family had a gigantic feast over 100 steaming hot foods in a humongous palace and then all of a sudden, a huge elephant crashed on to the table and all of the food flew off the table and it was all burning hot!
By MAYA C., 9
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EXAGGERATED STORY
KATHY'S GHOST
One day Kathy was hanging out with her niece and nephew when suddenly she heard a loud noise outside the house, but when she went outside to see what was wrong, she didn’t hear nor see anything bad happening. After a few minutes she starting wondering if it came from the neighbor’s house but sure enough they weren’t there so she looked in the bedrooms and bathrooms and finally outside. She turned around the corner and saw Norm and Andrea lying on the floor with blood all over them. They were dead! Kathy started to cry. What was she going to do? She called 911 and a few days later was invited to their funeral. She was so sad Norma and Andrea weren’t there anymore so she went to their gravestones every day.
` One day when she went to the gravestone she started hearing weird noises and seeing weird flashes of light, then a familiar face started walking towards her. It was NORM!
He looked a bit different though, then he started talking gibberish. Was it really Norm? Then he suddenly said “Oh, hey Kathy, it’s nice to see you again!”
Kathy was shocked. A ghost was talking to her and she could see it clearly. What was wrong with her? After a bit of talking Andrea came out. “Yay! Andrea!” Kathy said. They all sat down and started talking again. They told Kathy how they died. Apparently someone shot them and was planning to shoot Kathy, but ran out of bullets. SIENNA G., Age 9
Story 1 While Will was 100,000 miles away he went surfing. He caught the smallest waves ever! The waves were 10 feet tall! Then he felt tremendous paid on his back. There was one square centimeter of sunburn. “Oh, my!” he ran around screaming. I’m going to die! So he put sunscreen on his back.
Story 2 Shiraz went to Kentucky 10 weeks ago. He went to Wolf Lodge. It was 200% fun. He went on a tiny ride called "The Drop." It had a 20 minute drop of plain falling while Shiraz whispered "We are going to die!!" At the bottom he dove off on purpose and got a tiny bump the size of the Mariana Trench. This concluded his trip.
By WILL R., GABRIEL H. and SHIRAZ Z.., Age 11
One day Will was swinging on a swing 2.3 days before school and was 30,000 feet above the ground and when he jumped off the swing he landed weirdly. Will started to scream at the tippy-top of his lungs like he was going to die . His Mom came outside and asked what happened. His babysitter said "he's perfectly fine, never been better." His Mom knew he was not fine and put 200 packs of ice on his left hand. His left hand was not broken but his right hand was.
By SIENNA G., 9
JOURNALISM: Breaking News! New library shipment has been accidentally sent twice! There’s not enough space to hold these book! Will Riley 11, is interviewed about his thought on this. “Personally, I loved it. So many new books, and I get to read them all them all. That all the info we have now, but will make sure to update you on the library! Have a good Summer!
PERSPECTIVE 1: This is amazing! So many new books to read at the library! I can just read forever! This is so cool! Shame for the people shelving the books! There’s not enough shelves! Hahahaha! The new shipment of books arrived today, but they doubled the order! There was 4 boxes instead of two.
PERSPECTIVE 2: There were so many books for me to rate, grade, classify and sort. So many! 2 boxes left - not even half way. Being a librarian was supposed to be fun but, no! 4 boxes of books to be shelved. I’ve been here for hours doing it! I can’t believe they doubled the order!
FREE VERSE
The new books
So much is here
Too much is not enough
To shelve it all
So many books.
HAIKU
So many new books
Not enough shelves to hold them
My reading heaven
RHYMING
The library books
with not enough nooks
to read it all
But enough to enthrall.
By WILL R., AGE 11
FREE VERSE
On the blocks
Ready to race
Trying to
Do well
I try to swim
but I feel
Like I
can’t
I can’t
swim
200 yards
of butterfly
I’m almost there
at the end
My arms are
Dead
My legs are
Dead
Though I’m done
I feel like
I’m not
I’m not
I’ll do it again
Another time
Later,
At another
Swim
Meet.
Rhyming Poem
A swim meet is very fun
It may not be if you are done.
Butterfly is my favorite stroke
Make sure you don’t choke.
HAIKU
I hope that I will
Achieve a better race time
At a fun swim meet
PERSPECTIVE #1
I will try my best, but I won’t get first. I have to make sure I have to kick hard! Otherwise I won’t even place! Oh my! There is only one event before I swim I thought.
I am dead on the wall trying to find my place. “No! That cannot be it!”I gasped in astonishment. I got first place! I tried to shake the person’s hand next to me but he refused.
PERSPECTIVE # 2:
No one will beat me. I will win every event I am swimming. One more event before I swim.
“Go away!” I yelled after a teammate walked up. Everyone knows that no one comes near me.
I’m gasping for breath as I look for my place.
No, No, NO! I’m in 2nd. I am so dead.
JOURNALISM:
Swimming record is broken by Clark Apuada that was set by Michal Phelps. Clark Apuad is 11 years old. He swims at a private swim club. Clark said “I want to be an Olympic swimmer when I’m older.” Make sure to watch out for Clark Apuada.
By GABRIEL H., 11
THE SANDWICHES
PROTAGANIST:
One day a worker named Gloria put me down on a table. She put on my tomato mini skirt and cheese shirt, and of course my ketchup hair and then she put my brown jacket which kind of covered my face but that didn’t matter. I was ready to conquer the world but before I could do that she had to do one last step, put on my clear sweater which covered my face to
“Gee we are is going somewhere really cold!” I thought to myself and I was right.
It was really cold. There was a couple of sandwiches that looked like me but I didn’t talk to them, I was too excited to play with Gloria. Wait Gloria were are you. She must of needed to get something I’m sure she’ll come back soon.
But instead of Gloria getting me it was someone different but that’s okay, I like new people.
Then we waited for a while until we finally got to this Black machine behind it there was a human -- it was Gloria! Ohhhh now I get it, this human was taking me to Gloria so I could play with her but before I could jump out of the humans hands, he took me away. “Well I guess I’ll see her soon.”
Afterwards he took me to a table and took of my clear coat. “ Ahhh that feels good” I thought. Then he brought me closer to his mouth “ oh I know what that means......... he obviously wants to have a conversation so I talked to him but he’s a human so he doesn’t understand sandwich. But then he put his teeth into me this one means hello see I’ve gotta big noodle, but that would be gross no one puts noodles in there sandwiches... so forget that I don’t have a noodle.
Wait he’s tearing me off “ketchup, ketchup, ketchup and death."
ANTAGONIST:
Today was a long day at work and I was hungry so I decided to get a sandwich from Starbucks but they didn’t have my usual turkey sandwich so I got the cheese, tomato, and ketchup one instead.
When I was checking out the sandwich felt sort of weird in my hands but I was hungry so that didn’t matter.
Then I sat down at the table and ate it it was DELICIOUS!
SIENNA G., Age 9
CHARACTERS INSPIRED BY A PHOTO
EXPLORING STORIES EXPLORING 5 DIFFERENT GENRES
THE PRINCESS SISTERS
One day Princes Sienna was playing in her ball pit. She was 3 years old. Then, Princess Zoe came into the room. (Her older sister) Princess Zoe is 13. Princess Zoe and Princess Sienna started playing together. Then they heard a loud scream. They ran outside and their father was on the street with a rope tied around his neck. He was killed.
Their mother ran outside and than started to cry. "No one is around. Who Killed him?" said Queen Maya. "A ghost mommy" said Princess Sienna Latter that day Princess Zoe wanted to take Princess Sienna outside. Queen Maya said it was ok. They ran outside and started to play. Ten minutes later Servant Addison Called in Princess Sienna for her royal rose petal bubble bath. Right when they went inside, they heard a scream. Maya, Sienna, and Addison ran outside and found Princess Zoe on the street in the same position as King Jack was. It looked as if it was the same thing, just Zoe instead of Jack. They cried and cried and cried because of the death of Jack and Zoe. They wished that they could find the ghost. They lived a happy life but they could never forget that horrible day.
MAYA C., Age 9
CLICK
Once there was a boy named Jack Will and he was in high school. It was summer break and school was starting in two days. For jack those days flew by and before he knew it. It was time to go back to school.The last thing jack did was take a photo of his family.He decided to Photoshop himself in. When he got to high school he looked at the photo and he was unhappy at what he saw.
He saw his mother and his father but his sister was gone from the photo. Jack got on a bus to go see his sister so he could take a photo of her to Photoshop into the photo he took when he left to go to high school. When he got to the middle school she went to and went into her classroom. Jack walked into the classroom and it was empty except for his sister in the middle of the room. Jack runs to the middle of the classroom and there she is dead.
ZOE F., Age 9
GROUP WRITING
.ALPHABET WRITING
A boy named Joey Kavinsky writes notes in his notebook each day of the week.
“Big crabs dig holes everywhere,” Joey writes on Wednesday at the beach.
Cindy, his older sister picks on him because of his writing.
“Dumb dumbs like her don’t understand me,” Joey writes about Cindy on Thursday.
Every day is a new note, never repeating one.
Fridays are Joey’s favorite days to write because he always has plans on the weekends to look foreword to.
Great days are written about most vividly.
Harry is Cindy’s annoying boyfriend.
Ingrid is Cindy’s annoying best friend.
Joey writes about how gross and rude they are.
Kids Joey’s age aren’t very nice to him, so he doesn’t have many friends.
Long days result in boring notes.
Monday comes again.
Nothing out of the ordinary happens, so he just imagines what could have happens and writes that down.
On Tuesday, Joey brings his notebook for Show-And-Tell and reads some of his notes to the class.
Peter is a teacher’s pet in class but when it’s recess, he and his friends make fun of Joey and his notebook.
Quietly at lunch, Peter steals Joey’s notebook from his backpack, runs over to the trash can, and yells to Joey, “Come get your notebook, Weirdo!”
Right before Peter drops the notebook in the trash, Joey jumps up from his seat and runs over to Peter, but he’s too late.
Somewhere, deep in the trash can, Peter dropped the notebook.
Trying to dig for his notebook, Joey was cover in trash and a sea of laughter erupted at his poor attempt.
Unclean was Joey’s notebook when he found it.
Very much of his notes were ruined.
Wetter and wetter his eyes became and soon they were overflowing with water.
Xavier, Joey’s one and only friend, comforted him as he slowly walked back to his seat with a hung head and a heavy heart.
“You know,” Xavier offered, “ we can always report him to the principal for stealing and destroying your property.”
“Zere’s no use,” Joey replied through sobs and a stuffy nose, “no one would believe me over The Teacher’s Pet.”
"Apples bananas can dive elephants for for glad hippos in juice kitten Arubas," lied mad Neil. "Orange pink Queens right," Sally Turtle up's valley walking Xylophone you zebra.
By BIANCA C., Age 12
A big crab digs every found ground hole in Joey Kavinsky’s long Monday notes openly. Peter quietly resists sending the unread very worn xi zing.
SIENNA, MAYA & ZOE, Age 9
NURSERY RHYME
Little Miss Muffet sat on a stool
Using her tools in May
Along came a Zebra
Who walked up beside her
And Little Miss Muffet ran away
GABRIEL H., Age 11
Maya was eating Papaya with her dog Tanaya
Then told a lie to her friend Sara
She was guilty she had done
something wilty so she thought of this rhyme:
Be kind and unwind to find a human mind.
SIENNA G., Age 9
SCIENCE FICTION
THE NEW SPECIES
On a planet far…far away there was an alien. This alien was different from the others. His name was Brian. He had a regular modern name that was unlike all his friends, but most of all he had 20 eyes, 7 legs and 20 arms.
Everyone teased him for how he looked. He thought about hiding away forever. However he always convinced himself he would have a better day. That day never came.
One decade later, a goofy alien approached Brian. Brian was astonished. This alien had 70 eyes, 50 legs and 48 arms! Somehow Brian knew he was fake. This alien was too shiny, its arms were too floppy, but most of all, only 2 legs moved to walk! “Who are you?” Brian asked.
“I am Jake.” The new alien answers smartly. Brian did not like the look on Jake’s face. Jake was smiling like a 2 year old.
“No,” Brian corrected. “What species are you?” Jake looked like he was going to explode.
“I am human.” Jake said nervously. Brian didn’t understand. How were humans here on this planet already? He though as Brian looks in the distance, he gasped.
“I know,” Jake said. “That’s why I’m here. There’s nothing anyone can do. Our planet already went through there.” Brian felt he hands start shaking. Then he ran around knocking his friend’s doors and pointing to the whirling black mass in the sky. All five of them started knocking on their neighbor’s doors.
10 minutes later everyone could feel the gravity of the black hole pulling them into the middle. Next, they passed right through the hole. “What?” Brian exclaimed. But when he went home there was a pot on his stove bubbling with a green substance.
By GABRIEL H., 11
JOURNALISM
Recently NBA super star Russell "The Brodie" Westbrook has broken Oscar Robertson’s record for most triple doubles in a season with an outstanding 42. He just barely beat the Big O’s 41 triple doubles.
Many people such as LeBron James congratulated him for this massive milestone. “Congrats to the Brody for his huge accomplishment.”
RHYMING POEM
Seconds left through the game
All around people shouting your name
You take the shot in the crowd is still
SWISH! The other team looks ill.
HAIKU
The fate in your hands
Suspense is feeling the crowd
You take the shot...Swish!
FREE VERSE
The game was raging.
Score tied
10 seconds left.
Clock winding down ball planted between your hands…
Nine… Decisions will have to be made...8 Take the shot or pass… 7...
6 Sounds echo
through the gym but all seems quiet… Five… Four… Three…
I will take that shot and win the game…
Two and shot BUZZ!
SWISH!
All you hear
are cheers and laughs,
your dreams have come true!
PERSPECTIVE #1
The ball was in my hands time a wasting I need to take those shots soon. Three… Two… One… Now I take the shot. SWISH! Emotions were flooding through everyone’s face, some happy, some sad, some glad, some mad. Before I knew it my teammates were picking me up and all I heard was happiness and laughter.
PERSPECTIVE #2
Three… Two… One… Buzz. Swish! No! "There goes the championship, " I thought feeling slightly jealous watching them get massive championship trophies as all we got were dinky runner up trophies. "This won't happen again," I muttered "Let’s see what happens next year."
BOOKS
SWIM MEET
BASKETBALL
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE
PROTAGANIST:
Every day I have to run and hide from the cat I have no idea who the cat thinks he is! We have a life too! Why do I always have to hide? Even people try to kill me.
However one day the cat got tired. So I went right out in front of the cat, I regret that. The human put a great big block of cheese right in front of me so I just had to take a bite. (this part is written by his son.) The second he took a nibble he was dead.
ANTAGONIST
I just looked play games with the mice I don’t understand why they always run away! I just want to bite them into some in the air! But these mice are rude.
After a long day of chasing mice, I was gasping for breath. So, the rude mice came over and ran circles around me. Now isn’t that just mean. My owner came over with a block of wood with the wire attached to it. They call it a “Mouse Trap”. I call it the No Fun Maker. My owner the No Fun Maker on the ground right next to the mouse the next second I knew the mouse is dead. My name for the “mouse trap” was correct! I was so mad I that I didn’t get to play anymore I bit my owners arm, hard. By GABRIEL H. Age 11
HOW THE BEAR LOST ITS TAIL
Bear loved his tail.Everywhere he went he bragged about it. “Look how fabulous my tail is.You’re tail is puny. Fox, a real prankster has been getting sick of Bear’s bragging.”He has taken this one step too far,”he thought. At midnight, Fox crept into Bear’s Lodge. Chomp! She bit off Bear’s tail clean. Bear woke with a sudden start,looking around frantically for Fox. “Nooooooo! My tail,”Bear shrieked.That is the story of how Bears have such short tails.
SHIRAZ Z., Age 11
R.U. SCARED
Deep in a hotel, a baby was born. Its name you might ask? R.U Scared. His mother died right after his birth and his father’s already dead. When the baby woke up for the first time he said three words: Are you scared? The name stuck. Five seconds later a murderer sneaked through the door and slit his throat. His ghosts murders weren’t in sight. It’s been over 100 years since R.U.’s death. But he is still there haunting that very hotel which he died in. He leaves trails of blood everywhere he goes. He writes bloody messages in streets all over the world. You never know where he could be roaming around …wait what’s that noise? Slit! HELLO READERS MEET ME, R.U. SCARED.SHIRAZ Z., AGE 11
ALIENS
In the near future, Earth is taken over by aliens. These aliens can take on the form of humans and sound exactly like us. I know for this is what happened to us. The “aliens” you speak of are humans, as you, the aliens to us, invaded our home and impersonated us. Now, we are returning the favor. We were humans, and when you came at us, you looked like us. When you won the war for this planet, left, and you forgot about us.
Now that you know this, it is actually you who are impersonating us, and are the true aliens of Earth.
WRITING
RHYMING VERSE POEM
We were fighting, then we started writing
We wanted something exciting so we saw the moon lighting,
It was delighting from our sighting our day was over exciting,
all of it was just because of writing!
HAIKU. FREE VERSE
Writing camp is fun. Writing, writing in the sun
I love creative writing Writing, writing is so fun.
Writing is awesome! Writing here and writing there
Writing, writing every where! MAYA C., Age 9
CAT & MOUSIN'
The Mouse: Why is Cat always trying to eat me? It’s so terrifying! I’m here minding my own business, when she tries to pounce on me. I ran away squeaking, absolutely terrified. Cat is still chasing me, so I decide to finish her once and for all. I jumped next to a pot of boiling oil. Right when cat pounced at me, I jumped out of the way. Cat shrieked as she fell into the oil. “Ha ha ha!” mouse chuckled. Peace at last.
The Cat: Cat licked his lips staring at the tasty mouse. I’m so hungry. I need to eat this mouse. Pounce! Dang…Missed! I won’t miss this time! NO! OH! Ahhh! It was all dark.
SHIRAZ Z., age 9
My cat is a brat and she is very flat
She owns a top hat and mat.
She eats water rats.
Who does that?
Cats are bad and lame
I will never own a cat.
Cats can jump very high.
Ugly, hairy stinky too.
Oh my, oh no! It’s a cat! By: ZOE C., Age 9
Dear Diary,
I am a nobody. Just a useless glass bottle. And yet somehow I managed to inspire hope, amazement, and absolute wonder. This is my story.
* 1971 - Somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean *
Nothing before 1971 was important. Sure, I overheard the occasional curse word or coronation but everything paled in comparison. We were on a ship headed toward New York City when I was yanked out of my hiding place by a 17-year-old boy. As soon as I saw him, I knew he was important - he's that type of person. He would be my human for the next century. Together we went above the hull. If I could've breathe, the sight would have taken my breath away. In all directions, as far as the eye could see, there was water. Just water. And only water. My human then scribbled down a note and stuck it in me. It read
Hi, my name is Joself Erdle. I am seventeen and on my way to America. Will you be my friend?
Then he tosses me down 16 feet into the water. Needless to say, it's cold. It's was tough journey from there on. I got pushed and pummeled, pulled and picked on. It took 50 years but I finally wash up on a beach and am reunited with my boy. He is a lot older now, but it's still him and we still belong together.
With love, Glass Bottle
Dear Diary,
Water is all-seeing and all-powerful. I have caused and stopped wars. I have killed millions and saved billions. I have capsized the Titanic and rained for 24 hours straight. Some would say I have been the villain of this story for keeping the bottle in my oceans for so long. But I know the truth - without me, how would people travel, what would they drink? No, I know the truth - water is the true hero of this story.
Yours Truly, Water
COLBIE F., Age 12
PERSPECTIVE #1
Today we went to Grandma’s house. We had a plan to get the cookies. As soon as Grandma looked away, peacock Nia would keep watch and peacock Larry would grab the jar. And when the time came peacock Abigail told everyone to GO! And so we sat under Grandma’s couch and stuffed our beaks with cookies.
JOURNALISM
One Sunday three little peacocks went to Grandma Peacocks house for lunch. They all sat down and had a wonderful meal of fruit and berries. But as soon as Grandma left to wash the dishes, the three little peacocks grabbed her cookie jar and ran. KYRA G., Age 12
Dear Diary,
Hi, I’m Veronica. Veronica the Volcano. I live in the beautiful land of Hawaii. There, I have beautiful views of the ocean and many friends like my best friends Manny the Mountain, Rosie the River, Sophia and Spencer the Sparrows and Terry the Tree. Terry’s always in a bad mood, so Manny, Rosie, Spencer, Sophia and I always try to brighten his day.
Everyone is so nice to me except Manny’s older brother, Max. He always makes fun of me for being different from other rock fixtures and because of my differences he always is between Manny and me, so we always have to have Sophia and Spencer carry our messages. It’s so unfair of him! Sometimes Max just makes me want to melt him.
BIANCA C., 12
GULP...
A piece of chocolate. Small and nice. That little piece of chocolate's name was Fred. Fred was scared of being eaten. One day a hand reached in and grabbed Fred and when the hand was about to put Fred inside it's mouth Fred remembered something. Chocolate was made to be eaten. The hand put Fred inside the mouth and was chewed. The mouth went Gulp...
ZOE F., Age 9
LOSING KATE
I woke up to my pounding heart and an awful headache. My sister filled my thoughts. I remembered that day when I first got the news that Kate died in a car crash I sat there trying to wrap my head around what just happened. I was in school at the time and the day was over. I got on the bus silent. Not until I was in my house sitting on my bed did it hit me. I came like a crashing wave hitting my feet. My eyes burned with salty tears. I would never see my sister again, no matter what I did or how hard I tried. That was a year ago today. tossing and turning in my bed. I got up and went to my sisters room to check on Kate like I always used to do. I knew deep down in my heart that she wasn’t there but a small part of me excepted to see her softly breathing in her bed. Seeing her sitting on the floor of her room gave me relief.
“Kate” I called out ,
I stared until I realized it wasn’t her. She didn’t even slightly move to the sound of my voice. This strangers eyes where blank. She had a stern face that my Kate could never hold. Her whole body was motionless and pale. So I screamed and screamed until I couldn’t scream any more.
By: KYRA G., Age 11
FREE VERSE
The ocean waves The ocean waves
Lapping at the sand Crashing at the sand
And deep inside And deep inside
Holds a world Lies a hidden land
Full of creatures With many things
Big and small Alive and not.
Hungry and colorful Be careful
Beautiful and unique You might get caught.
HAIKU
The ocean waves
Crashing at the warm sand
Beautiful unique KYRA G., Age 12
GHOSTS!
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Colbie slams her door in my face. Ughh! She's so annoying! However, I'm not going to let her ruin my favorite day of the year. It's Halloween which is always extra special because it's also my birthday! I slip on my costume and run to the door. My friends are here! My pals - Maya, Elouise, & Lucia jump and shout, "Happy Birthday!" I giggle and examine our costumes. We are all dressed as members of the Beatles.
"I'm so excited for the haunted house," Maya exclaims.
"Yeah, it's going to be awesome," Lucia chimes in.
. . .
The second we enter the haunted house, I am already scared. Three ghosts are posed in the center of the room. They each have a pressed white sheet on with pristine white masks. When we walk past them, I look closer at the masks. One appears to - gulp- have a splatter of blood on it. When I back up, they jump out at us.
"We will be your tour guides. Follow us," they rasp.
After we recover from being scared out of our wits, we tentatively followed them. For some reason, I felt like I recognized the voices of the ghosts but no, that wouldn't be possible so I shook it off. Suddenly, Frankenstein jumps out at us and - and he's not that scary. His green face make-up is fading off and well, he's wearing Adidas. My friends and I exchange looks.
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"He's not that scary at all!" exclaims Elouise. We move on, now confident that we can handle this haunted house. Next, zombies come pouring out of the doorway arms extended. But they are not scary either. In fact, a couple of zombies look like they're dancing like a robot. We snort. To imagine that we had once been scared about this is a joke. However, the ghosts aren't as pleased as we are.
"So, nothing can scare you, right? they glare.
"Oh, yeah" we brag.
"Well . . ." They peel off their masks to reveal the most grotesque painted-on faces I have ever seen. We shriek and sprint to the door of the house only to find my sister and her friends outside dressed in pressed, white sheets with ugly ghost masks in hand, cackling with laughter.
By COLBIE F, Age 11
HAIKU.
My Grandmother eats
A bat falls into her plate
Everybody laughs
RHYMING POEM
The aristocrat was eating pig fat.
When a carnivorous fruit bat
fell flat into the dish of pig fat.
The aristocrat spat and everybody laughed.
FREE VERSE.
Family vacation in Nicaragua.
Having Fun
Eating Dinner Outside!
Swoosh, Splat, Shriek!
Something's twitching
on a plate. It's a
Bat!
By SHIRAZ Z.,
AGE 11
PERSPECTIVE #1: The Grandmother: There I was enjoying dinner with my whole family. We were all joking and laughing and having tons of fun when a bat swoops down and falls into my plate. Ahhh! I jump up "Where's the manager!?"
PERSECTIVE #2 : The Manager
So far everything was going according to plan. Food was being served on time, tables were filling up - it was all perfect. I turned around and then it was all in slow motion. A bat tumbles slowly onto a women's plate. Oh-oh! She stands up and asks for the manager. I grimace and run to hide.
JOURNALISM: Last Evening, a family was eating out and they had a startling surprise. A young bat fell off a rafter in the hotel and went straight into a plate. This will likely not have a very good outcome for the new restaurant.
By:COLBIE F. Age 11
EATING BATS
HOW THE ROSE BECAME
One day Aphrodite the Goddess of Love was sad. Although she had accomplished many
things she had always wished there was a flower for love. So she started crafting, as the only thing
she loved as much as love was crafting.
So she started making hearts out of the world’s finest fabrics (pink, red, yellow) until
she swirled them all together and put a green stem at the end. To make sure no one touched it,
she put spikes on the stem.
Then she took a look from far away, she was relieved. It looked amazing.
“Now what should I name this Beauty?” she asked herself.
After days of thinking she finally decided on the most beautiful name: Rose. SIENNA G., Age 11
Bright, warm, and happy
Positive as a sunshine
Soft and gentle yellow
Painful sorrow grey
like a cloudy sky of tears
A heart full of fear
Calm like blue peaceful
Like silence but glowing
A small smile you show
KYRA G., Age 11
This is so boring
I want to go to recess
I might fall asleep
I just love writing
It is like another world
Writing is my life
You need it to work
Writing is a must in life
It is also fun. SHIRAZ Z., Age 11
Our universe has
infinite planets so our
earth is not special
SIENNA G. , Age 9
Pink bubblegum is
great because it is sweet and
a classic flavor
Black is so gloomy
It is as dark as my soul
I feel so depressed
Yellow is happy
It is as bright as the sun
And now I feel fun SIENNA G., Age 9
Haiku #1
Conflicted color
Red it's the color of fire
And the hero firetruck
Haiku #2
Bees are so special
They see only bright colors
So red is revered
Haiku #3
I hate red so much
It's the sign of hospitals
Bad memories there!
By: COLBIE F., Age 11
Beautiful flower
Pretty tree in the forest
A bush by a tree
Popping bubble gum
Melting candy on my tongue
Delicious candy
Red,orange, yellow
Great color of the rainbow
Green, blue,purple,pink
By ZOE F., age 8
Sitting in a chair
With a pencil in my hand
Writing very long.
Doubting tomorrow
For the lousy day that comes
Slouching with pencils.
Waiting for the day
With very fun things to come
writing at a camp.
By GABRIEL H., Age 11
THE FROG
Back when dinosaurs were still alive, there was a creature. It was huge and lived in the sea. It loved to put its huge feet on the ocean floor and have its head above the sea. But one day, a big crocodile like dinosaur came at night when the creature could not see. Unfortunately, the crocodile bit all four legs off the creature. To the creatures surprise, it saw its legs one hundredth the size. Then, the creature could not see above the sea with its feet on the floor. One million years later, it began to shrink. Sadly, it shrank and shrank until it was the size of a frog. In fact, it was a frog! Now, the 1st creature that was turned into a frog is hiding under a lily pad hoping not to get caught.
By GABRIEL H., Age 11
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Writing is difficult
I don’t like it because I’m
horrible at it
My friends don’t like to
write, but unlike them I love
expressing myself
Teaching writing is
tiring especially when
all of them hate it
BIANCA C., 12
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Pink is fun and bright
Little girls love the color
because it is sweet
Blue is the color
of the sea, the sky, and my
brother’s and mom’s eyes
Red is the color
of anger, blood, Gatorade,
and paper edits
BIANCA C., 12
MYTH HOW THE BEAR LOST ITS TAIL
Bear loved his tail.Everywhere he went he bragged about it. “Look how fabulous my tail is.You’re tail is puny. Fox, a real prankster has been getting sick of Bear’s bragging.”He has taken this one step too far,”he thought. At midnight, Fox crept into Bear’s Lodge. Chomp! She bit off Bear’s tail clean. Bear woke with a sudden start,looking around frantically for Fox. “Nooooooo! My tail,”Bear shrieked.That is the story of how Bears have such short tails.
SHIRAZ Z., Age 11
