Me, Zoe, and Teresa are in the back of the library talking, eating chips, and making each other laugh. Later at 4:00 we went outside to play tag and hide and seek.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Onomatopoeia
Zoom zoom clap pow
Clap clap pow zoom
Pow pow zoom clap
Zoom clap zoom pow
Clap zoom clap POW!
Zoom zoom zoom pow POW clap
The Crazy Circus
The crowd roared as loud as a lion
Swinging from a high trapeze
is a very hairy chimpanzee
On a ball is an elephant
playing the trumpet like he’s learned it his whole life
Then passed a zebra on a unicycle
A bear in the corner was juggling balls
What a crazy circus this is!
Cuckoo Elevator
In the elevator I went
Click The elevator strarted it’s ascent
Screech! The elevator shuddered to a stop
Then it started again with a pop!
Zip! The elevator zoomed to the right
Buzz it went as it goes to another site
Swoosh! We zipped by many nations
Until I finally came to my destination
Be My Valentine!
Tomboy Mandy Moore
Had a crush on the boy next door
So at school she grabbed his collar
and went a bit higher than a hollar
“Hey You! Be mine!
Be my valentine!”
She scared him off
“What did I do?” she did scoff
The very next day, again she tried
She grabbed his shoulders and cried
“Hey you! Carson Dine!
Be my valentine!”
Terrified, he ran away
“What did I do?” she did say
Throughout the day, she wondered what will she say
She waited for him at class
Where she knew that he would pass
“Please Carson Dine
will you be my valentine?”
This time, he did not quiver,
instead he smiled as wide as a river
“Of course my queen
you’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever seen.”
Nature
Nature is the beautiful beach nobody’s been to
Nature is the tree being cut down
In the sky the wind makes cloud animals
Nature is the flowers dancing outside
The street is like a when a garbage can falls over
The air is like a dustcloud, not being able to see a thing
Nature is the trees swaying in the wind
The leaves riding the wind, is nature
Practicing Filming!
I have learned that it’s hard to make a movie with what we have. Nowhere in KAS really looks like a hospital except the nurse’s room. And there’s only one place with a good green screen, but there’s also white trees on it. We don’t really have any hospital things except a stethoscope and a tooth brush. And none of us have a cane so we need to use an umbrella. And none of us has any old lady clothes either.
We have finished typing the dialogue and have practiced the script for 2 weeks. We also have some props ready. We have a nurse’s coat and also a stethoscope.
We hope to be able to start filming next Friday. And practice throughtout the week before Friday. Like during lunch and maybe afterschool. We plan to find some props to use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8s_0jhYoE This is us practing.
Speaking English!
The School Field Trip
March 12, 2014, Mackeral Middle School, Field Trip 9:00~3:00, Capilano Bridge.
I signed, what was fun about a bridge? Sure, it’s almost the same height as the Statue of Liberty. But the Grand Canyon is even higher! And collecting stamps in exchange for a “surprise?” LAAAAAMMEE!!!
As we walked to the bridge, I read the informational signs. It could hold about 100 elephants? Well at least I’m assured it’s not going to fall. We walked onto the bridge. Jessica was snapping pictures of everything. The boys were daring each other to spit over the side or throw pennies. Of course none of them did, only if Ms. Nun wasn’t looking. Ms. Nun is nice, but not if you do something wrong. If you make trouble in front of Ms. Nun, you will wish it had been Queen Elizabeth II who saw you do it.
“Wow, it’s pretty high,” Jeff said as he stepped carefully onto the bridge.
“It’s beautiful,” I breathed. I saw green pine trees in every direction, a wide rocky river flowing underneath. The light blue sky with puffy cotton candy clouds.
“I agree,” Cassandra said.
Jeff looked over the side. “Ms. Nun,” he said, he was turning a light shade of green, “I don’t feel good.” He was hugging his stomach. Everyone knew he was deathly afraid of heights. Uh oh, I knew everyone else was thinking the same thing.
“Is he supposed to throw up over the side or right here?” Cyrus yelled.
“None! I will NOT have you getting sick over the side or anywhere! Here, do it here.” She gave him a bag. It was too late. He puked all over the side of the bridge.
“Jeff!” Ms. Nun said, “Oh, well it’s alright, I should have been faster.” She called someone on the phone and told someone to come clean it up.
“AH!!” Jessica shouted. She was leaning over the side taking a picture of a Mallard Duck far below. But Logan bumped into her. Her she dropped her camera.
“Logan! Look at what you did!!” she shrieked, “You’re going to pay for that camera!”
“Sorry geez, hey look! It didn’t fall!” he pointed. He was right. It was dangling off the wooden plank sticking out of the bridge.
“Well I was lucky, Mom will never forgive me if I dropped it,” she said, “I can’t reach it!”
It was true the chain link wall was too high, “Calm down Jess, I’m sure we can get it back,” he looked like he was trying to reassure himself.
“Yes we will get it back,” Ms. Nun said, “everyone move forward, Jessica, a worker will come get your camera. At the end of the trip, we’ll stop by the Lost and Found.”
“Fine,” Jessica huffed, “now I can’t take pictures.”
“You can use mine,” Amy said, “I probably won’t use it anyway.”
“Oh thanks,” Jessica said.
We walked across the bridge and some people got some stamps. I decided to get some too. At the Trading Post I bought a dream catcher. I got a certificate in exchange for the stamps and we got Jessica’s camera back. Jeff threw up again but this time into a bag. I think the boys threw like $10 dollars worth of coins off the bridge and the cliff walk. This field trip turned out pretty good!
Fear Poem
My fear feels like the cold of the Arctic
My fear tastes like the smoke from a cigarette
My fear sounds like the wails of a mother who holds her dead child
My fear smells like the nothingness of space
My fear looks like a fogged up window
What am I?