Week of May 4

Finally   by Wendy Mass

 I have a list

About the things I can do when I’m 12.

It includes

Getting contacts,

Piercing my ears,

And most of all

Going to the mall with my friends.

I got 

My phone today.

I have already lost

My phone.

The people gave me a

New phone.

I went to the mall with my friends already.

They tried to get me to

Pierce my ears

But I wouldn't do it.

I got contacts but I got a mild abrasion

On my cornea.

It hurts a lot.

I got my ears pierced today

I had an allergic reaction

To the gold starter earrings.

I got an elephant looking ear in the process.

by A.E.

Anastasia Krupnik

I’m Anastasia.

My mother’s name is Katharine,

She is a painter.

My dad’s a doctor,

My daddy’s name is Myron.

He’s a poet too.

I have a little green note book.

In there is a list of things I hate and things I love.

My parents told me big news today.

They told me mommy’s having a baby.

I’m furious!

I almost ran away,

Until my parents told me I could name the baby.

I thought of the worst, the ugliest, and the most horrible name.

Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving.

My ninety-two year old grandma’s coming,

I don’t like her.

She can’t even remember my own name.

The next day

My grandma’s here,

She just blabs about her husband Sam.

He’s dead.

Today’s Thanksgiving.

My mom always makes her delicious pumpkin pie,

 Or at least that’s what dad says.

I hate pumpkin pie.

When will grandma ever stop talking?

Uhgg!

Christmas break

Today Christmas break starts,

I’m so glad!

Earlier my dad took me to his poetry class that he teaches.

It was boarding,

My dad agrees.

But I still liked it.

The next day

Tomorrow’s Christmas,

I love Christmas.

Grandma’s coming.

I guess I kind of like grandma.

2 days passed

Yesterday was Christmas,

I got lots of toys.

I’m writing in my green note book right now.

I have a big list of loves and a little list of hates.

I guess I've become a better person. 

Next morning

Today felt weird when I woke up.

I didn't have my pink wart that I loved.

My parents were very sad,

Not for me though.

They told me grandma died.

Daddy and I went to pack up her stuff until…

Mommy called and said she needed to go to the hospital.

Then my little brother was born,

I decided I loved him.

So I changed his name to Sam,

For grandma.

My life is pretty great.

by A.M.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

By: Scott O’Dell

Hello,                                                                                       

I am Karana

People call me Won-a-pa-lei

I lived on the Island of the Blue Dolphins

I lived there alone for a few years

Here’s why:

Once a ship with red sails came to our island

They came to hunt otters

They made a deal,

They broke it,

They killed my father and many others.

Soon white men came

They sailed us away from the island

My brother was left behind

I swam back to the island

I wasn't followed.

I lived with my brother for a few days

One day he went to the beach and didn't return

He was killed by the wild dogs

I lived alone.

I made weapons

My tribal law says not to

Just because I’m a woman

I killed some wild dogs

With my new weapons.

I gathered food,

I made a fence, In it I put a house

I dried shellfish in the yard

I killed more wild dogs

But not the leader.

I made better weapons

I caught the leader of the wild dogs

I couldn't kill him.

I fed him

He didn't run away

He was a good pet

I caught some birds

More new pets

I met an otter

A new friend for me.

Years had passed

No boat with red sails,

No white men.

Next summer the boat with red sails came

I made a friend in secret

We exchanged words

And jewelry

She went when the boat when it went.

More seasons passed

My dog died

I kept his son as a pet.

There was an earthquake

And a tsunami

I was fine

My pets were fine.

Soon the white men came

I was going to miss the island

And everything on it.

by A. C.

Holy Enchilada

“Itchy knee”

 Ms. Adolf said

Tapping foot

On the ground

Mckeltey yells.

Ashley and

Franky, my friends.

Pick name

For an exchange

Student. Name is   

Hank Zipper.

Very exited for

Yoshi Morimoto.

Make a list

Very hard to .

I’m Dyslexic.

Yoshi Morimoto came. 

Not in

Uniform he is

In a T–shirt

And jeans

And silver sneakers

On skate

Board very fast .

Yoshi shoes kids

Tricks to

 Make kids laugh.

I went

With Frankie to

The market 

For multi-cultural day .

 We cooked.

Finally were done

 Papa Pete picked

Us up

In the morning

Papas in

A limo and

 We are shocked.

We go

To school with

Enchiladas tray .

Ms. Adolf face

Is very red

She screams

I wonder what

She ate?

Mr. Morimoto tried

He said it

Has zing

We go home

It hard

To say bye

To Yoshi.

by D. F.

The Saturday boy

Derek is that kid on the block.

Budgie, his friend, calls him the Saturday boy.

Other than comics, he reads his dad’s letters.

Sometimes in the night, he reads them in his hideout.

At Afghanistan, his dad is flying helis,

Just flying for the US military.

Back at home, Derek reads his dad’s letters.

He reads them to remind him of his dad.

Derek knows what letters to read in situations.

Letters that make him feel happy,

And letters that make him feel good.

Letters he reads when he forgets his mom’s birthday,

And letters he reads that he feels so strong he can conquer the world.

Derek likes to read his dad’s letters the most, apart from his comics.

Usually, he reads them in his hideout,

Right on the side of the garage,

Covered with boxes.

To Derek, his dad’s letters are precious.

With one letter, Derek’s dad was shipped back to Afghanistan,

Ripping Derek’s life apart emotionally.

Derek knows that his dad going back to Afghanistan is a matter of life of death.

Derek doesn't know if his dad is going to make it out alive.

But Derek wishes he will get the letter that says his dad is coming home and alive.

by J. T.

Wonder: the poem      

By J.L.

My name is August.

I won’t describe what I look like.

You don’t want me to.

Trust me.

I don’t want to go.

Kids will stare.

I am nervous.

My first school.

I met new kids.

Jack,

Julian,

Charlotte,

Julian is mean.

English,

Precept,

Mr. Browne.

Lunch,

Kid named Summer.

August (me),

Seasons,

Get it?

Friends,

Jack is nice,

Summer too.

I think Jack is cool.

Mr. Browne.

October,

Your deeds are your monuments.

Found on a tomb in Egypt.

Halloween,

Summer wants to be a unicorn.

Lunch is good.

I now take English with summer.

We went to an outdoor movie.

Some kid named Eddie called me an orc.

Julian did not go.

Amos stood up for me.

Now Julian is not popular.

I am high on the honor roll.

Jack and Amos are too.

 Big jocks shoulder-punch me.

(Even the jocks I don’t know).

I like this.

The end of the poem and book.   (I suggest you read the actual book now.)

Lunch Money

In haikus

By K. M. and Andrew Clements

1

It started with a

Boy named Greg. He had a skill.

His skill was money.

2

He decided to

Make comics. His enemy,

 Maura, copied him

3

They got in a fight.

Greg got a bloody nose and

Went home with Maura

4

Maura made Greg ink

And print her new comics. She

 Came there every day.

5

Greg and Maura soon

Became friends. They couldn't sell

Comics in school. They were mad.

6

They soon went to the

School board to argue about

  It. Greg presented.

7

Maura presented.
 She passed out pamphlets and she

Made them think about it

8

The school board decided

They could sell their comics.

They sold lots of them

Hidden

I hid you,

I kept you, until it was safe.

I tore your necklace of faith

My sister is dead to fight for you

And you sailed away, my best friend

The Nazis would find us and kill us

If caught.

My parents knew

Dangerous, risky, worth it

Yes, yes, yes.

Peter my friend fought,

He was a fighter and risked his life

Was sweet and almost beat the bad guys,

Beheaded in time square and caught.

Østerbrogade where he lies.

In Sweden she is safe.  

Puzzled

Really small

I’m only five.

Never knew

The real situation,

The bad Nazis

Killed Jews

My friend was

A Jew.

My friend hid

For many months.

In Østerbrogade

Many soldiers, many.

Now safe finally

In Sweden safe.

Heart Buttons

My uncle took her on a boat

Took her to Sweden.

With a handkerchief.

Dogs would stop me,

Soldiers would trash me

Take my food.

And mother

Oh mother

Broke her ankle.

A baby a mother a father

An old man.

Came to a “funeral”

My great aunt.

She never existed

Mother was slapped

And Kristi’s red jacket

Was gone with its heart buttons.

With the baby it went. 

Fireworks

The sky was lit

With beautiful lightning.

I knew from then my friend’s

Faith was safe.

All by L. R. 

Ungifted

By: Q. B.

There was

A kid named

Donovan Curtis,

He pulled a

Really big prank.

He got

Caught by the

District’s Superintendent,

And went to

The administration office

With him.

Donovan wrote his

Name on

A piece of

Paper for him.

By accident,

The superintendent's secretary

Took the

Piece of paper

And put it

With another

Pile of stuff.

The superintendent

Had to go

So he said

He would

Find him

The next day.

Donovan waited and

Waited for days,

But nobody

Came for him,

Instead, Donovan

Got sent to

The Academy of

Scholastic Distinction.

When he walked

Into the

School, everybody already

Knew he wasn't

Gifted, but

Maybe his ungiftedness

Was just

What they needed.

In the next

Few weeks,

Donovan showed Noah

Youkilis You

Tube, became part

Of the school’s

Robotics team

And named the

Robot Tin

Man Metallica Squarepants,

Got his pregnant

Sister to

Teach the Human

Growth and

Development class, and

Stealing the floor

Polisher’s lift

Motor for Tin

Man, too.

In the end,

Donovan got caught

For his

Prank, he couldn't

Drive for

The robotics team

So he watched

The tournament

Live, the team

Got disqualified

And Donovan’s sister

Had the baby

Shortly after.

 Junonia

As they drove to the beach Alice felt so strange,

She felt as though there had been a small change.

Alice wanted a Junonia, a Junonia that would be a truly great find,

Although looking for it would be like flying blind.

As they arrived

She felt as though she should hide.

But as they got out,

She felt that she shouldn't chicken out.

The waves, the waves, they filled her with joy,

Oh, boy! Oh, boy!

    Alice rushed to the Wishmeirs as fast as she could but there was news that was new

“I’m sorry to say they’re not coming this year, ones in 8 and the others are having their college debut.”

But as Helen Blair got there,

Alice realized she had a girl with her, her name was Mallory.

On the day of Alice’s 10th birthday,

She and her dad went on a shell walk, yay!

During her party there was a spill,

And everyone left because they knew they were climbing anger hill.

After the party Mallory stole a spoon,

Alice found it under a cupboard at about noon.

Alice felt bad about that,

So she sent Mallory 2 spoons at fact!

by S. B.

Little 

Women By: Louisa May Alcott

Four Sisters

   There were four sisters.

   Their names were

   Meg, the pretty sixteen-year-old,

   Joe, fifteen years old and headstrong,

   Beth, sweet at age thirteen, and

   Amy, the youngest, was very polite.

   Their father was at war.

   They missed him very much.

   Christmas was coming and

   They would celebrate without him.

   Their rich neighbors, the Laurences, were friendly.  

   They had a fun Christmas with them.

   Joe made friends with Laurie Laurence.

   Her sisters were kind to Laurie.

   Beth was shy.

   When she learned they had a piano

   It drew her to Laurie’s house.

   Soon they were all great friends.

   Soon spring rolled around.

   After that came summer.

   Summer picnics were fun and

   Play was all around.

   Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy were very happy

   All summer long.

   Then autumn came.

   Meg set her eye on Mr. Brooke, and

   He watched her, too.

   Joe wrote a short story and

   It was put in the newspaper.

   It seemed nothing could ruin this perfect fall.

   But the telegram did.

   Mother went to help Father; the telegram said he was ill.

   After she left, Beth caught fever.

   Dark days, dark winter days.

   Soon they brightened up.

   Beth got better.

   Father returned home. And

   Christmas showed up again.

   It was most enjoyable.

   Mr. Brooke asked

   For Meg’s hand in marriage, and

   Soon they were engaged.

   A perfect way to round off a year.

    by S. G. 

I Got a “D” in Salami

By: V. K.

This story starts in

My house. I was practicing

My spelling words. With

My mom, after I

Spell rhythm I go to bed.

The next morning I

Feel great. Like I am

Going to ace the spelling

Test. As I walk in

The classroom I see

Mrs. Adolf’s face she was

Preparing for the

Spelling test as she

Writes on the board I quickly

Go through the words in

My head. She calls me

Up and asks me to spell doe.

I spell it like pie.

Then she asks me to

Spell receive, thankfully I

Spell it right. The next

Word is Rhythm I

Think hard, harder than before.

5 hours later...

When I look at my

Report card I see four “D’s”

Then when I go home

I see my mom and

My grandpa cooking meat.
When my mom looks away

I shove my report

Card in the meat grinder my

Grandpa is making

More meat. I pretend

To shove my mom’s meat on the

Floor. Mom tastes grandpa’s
And she says it’s good.