Today in Drop-in Writing we created a superhero, the Masked Frindle, as a group. Masked Frindle is a superhero who fights bad writing using the power of a shredder. MF's weakness is permanent marker and the catchphrase MF uses is "Onward, Robots!".
Then we designed our own individual superheros! The assignment was to write a story using both superheros: They could a) fight each other; b) team up to fight another crime; or c) discover that the other, previously thought to be merely a mild-mannered friend or coworker, was a superhero!
The following story is Duncan R's. You'll thrill! You'll Chill! To. . .The Masked Frindle meets Dark Boogey!!!
Masked Frindle was on a police mission. Apparently, an anti-hero named Dark Boogey was seen in her neighborhood.
"Great," she thought out loud. "An opponent who doesn't do bad writing. Just great."
All of a sudden, Masked Frindle heard a catchphrase that made her blood run cold: "I know where you liiiiiiiiive!"
No later than hearing that, an invisible force tossed her into the air. Controlling that force was none other than Dark Boogey!
Once he turned away from her, she fell fifteen feet down. Grunting in pain, Masked Frindle slowly rose back to her feet.
"Why. . won't. . .you. . .LEAVE?" she demanded fiercely, while attempting to destroy him with her power of shredder. Although the shredder indeed didn't even scratch Dark Boogy, it did tear off his mask!
She gasped. Dark Boogey was really her boyfriend, Ricardo Miller! Again. . .before she fainted from shock, Ricardo Miller snarled, "I know where you live!""
Is this the end for Masked Frindle? Will she ever escape the clutches of Dark Boogey/Ricardo Miller? Does he really know where she lives? Tune in next week for more superhero adventures!
This is merely a SAMPLE of the AMAZING superhero stories that Drop-in students produced this week! How do they write so well? Might Drop-in students secretly be superheroes and supervillains themselves? Bum bum BA!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Drop-In Writing Students Control The Weather, Guys!
This acrostic was produced today by a group of Drop-in Writing students and facilitators. We chose the word "Burning" to describe the weather, and also to describe the sort of anger I feel at humidity above 70%.
B ella sits
U nder her umbrella while
R eading a book about cold, cold, cold rain,
N ever believing it would come.
I n the clouds, however, they debated
N oisily, "Should we send a storm?".
G loriously grinning, Bella thought of Edward and hoped the rain would never end!
Pretty cool poem, right?! And what's more, IT STARTED TO RAIN immediately after Drop-In!
It's official: Drop-In students write so powerfully that even the clouds can't help but sit up and take notiice.
B ella sits
U nder her umbrella while
R eading a book about cold, cold, cold rain,
N ever believing it would come.
I n the clouds, however, they debated
N oisily, "Should we send a storm?".
G loriously grinning, Bella thought of Edward and hoped the rain would never end!
Pretty cool poem, right?! And what's more, IT STARTED TO RAIN immediately after Drop-In!
It's official: Drop-In students write so powerfully that even the clouds can't help but sit up and take notiice.
Monday, April 12, 2010
A Brief History of 826
by Victoria Trojan
A zombie on a TV show, in a house with his cats, hated his acting life and QUIT. So the cats walked to 826 and everyone there ran away except for Eric. Eric just stood there and Eric said, "do you need help with homework?"
The zombie said, "NO!"
Then the zombie's cats walked up to Eric. But Eric was allergic to cats and puffed up, red, and went to the hospital. The zombie was all alone, so he had a tea party with his cats. Then, Eric got better and joined the tea party with the cats, and zombie.
Then, they played house! Eric was the mean old man person with 10 cats and the zombie was the maid. They had the best time playing house, but then the 826 kids came back and said they didn't finish their homework. Eric said, "Oh NO." (The reason Eric said Oh NO was because the founder of 826 said the reason he made 826 was so kids could finish their homework and have the rest of the day to have fun... also, to pair kids with caring adults.)
Eric told the 826 kids to come in and do their homework. After all the kids finished their homework, Eric and the zombie with his cats played house again, and it was the most dramatic game of house EVER! When house was done they were so thirsty so they had some tea. Then, 826 had to close so the zombie left 826 with his cats.
Eric locked up 826 but it was hard to close the door 'cause there was so much fun in 826 it took a couple minutes to close and lock the door. Then, Eric left...
The next day tons of kids were outside 826 because the kids who'd finished their homework told everyone and all the kids from Ann Arbor finished their homework from then on.
THE END
A zombie on a TV show, in a house with his cats, hated his acting life and QUIT. So the cats walked to 826 and everyone there ran away except for Eric. Eric just stood there and Eric said, "do you need help with homework?"
The zombie said, "NO!"
Then the zombie's cats walked up to Eric. But Eric was allergic to cats and puffed up, red, and went to the hospital. The zombie was all alone, so he had a tea party with his cats. Then, Eric got better and joined the tea party with the cats, and zombie.
Then, they played house! Eric was the mean old man person with 10 cats and the zombie was the maid. They had the best time playing house, but then the 826 kids came back and said they didn't finish their homework. Eric said, "Oh NO." (The reason Eric said Oh NO was because the founder of 826 said the reason he made 826 was so kids could finish their homework and have the rest of the day to have fun... also, to pair kids with caring adults.)
Eric told the 826 kids to come in and do their homework. After all the kids finished their homework, Eric and the zombie with his cats played house again, and it was the most dramatic game of house EVER! When house was done they were so thirsty so they had some tea. Then, 826 had to close so the zombie left 826 with his cats.
Eric locked up 826 but it was hard to close the door 'cause there was so much fun in 826 it took a couple minutes to close and lock the door. Then, Eric left...
The next day tons of kids were outside 826 because the kids who'd finished their homework told everyone and all the kids from Ann Arbor finished their homework from then on.
THE END
Friday, March 12, 2010
Devourer of Worlds
by Henry Vandermark and John Bradford
A flurry of arms and legs flies through the dark alleyway. The legless victim tries to escape, but a shadowy predator extends two elastic arms and envelops its prey.
Suddenly, lights turn on. A masculine voice says, “Did you hear that?” Another set of lights turns on...
“Who's there?”
“It's that thing again!”
“That's the thing that killed the mayor.”
“Get him!”
Two men step out of their homes, armed, firing green beams of fluctuating light at the “thing.” With flailing arms, the creature runs.
The community gathers to discuss the recent sighting of the creature, thing, suspected in the rash of recent murders. Witnesses have reported a strange figure with many arms and legs. The crowd produces a plasma ballgun and shoots the retreating figure, capturing it.
The following day, headlines read:
“Murderous Monster Captured, Yet Murders Continue!”
Weeks later, the headlines read:
“Legless, Smoky Apparitions Seen Wandering Town At Night... Murders Continue.”
In the jail cell, a long, scaly arm pushes away a tray of food. “I'll never get out of here,” the creature whispers.
20 years later...
The green plasma bars on the jail cell flicker and go out. The prisoner tentatively exists.
What he sees outside is a green, robed figure, surrounded by legless, wispy, wandering souls.
“Brother! Devourer of humans! How could you do this to me! They blamed me for everything you've done!”
“Don't worry, brother, devourer of souls, I've summoned father – devourer of worlds!”
And everything went dark.
A flurry of arms and legs flies through the dark alleyway. The legless victim tries to escape, but a shadowy predator extends two elastic arms and envelops its prey.
Suddenly, lights turn on. A masculine voice says, “Did you hear that?” Another set of lights turns on...
“Who's there?”
“It's that thing again!”
“That's the thing that killed the mayor.”
“Get him!”
Two men step out of their homes, armed, firing green beams of fluctuating light at the “thing.” With flailing arms, the creature runs.
The community gathers to discuss the recent sighting of the creature, thing, suspected in the rash of recent murders. Witnesses have reported a strange figure with many arms and legs. The crowd produces a plasma ballgun and shoots the retreating figure, capturing it.
The following day, headlines read:
“Murderous Monster Captured, Yet Murders Continue!”
Weeks later, the headlines read:
“Legless, Smoky Apparitions Seen Wandering Town At Night... Murders Continue.”
In the jail cell, a long, scaly arm pushes away a tray of food. “I'll never get out of here,” the creature whispers.
20 years later...
The green plasma bars on the jail cell flicker and go out. The prisoner tentatively exists.
What he sees outside is a green, robed figure, surrounded by legless, wispy, wandering souls.
“Brother! Devourer of humans! How could you do this to me! They blamed me for everything you've done!”
“Don't worry, brother, devourer of souls, I've summoned father – devourer of worlds!”
And everything went dark.
Non-Independent Human Resistance
by Danny Drew and Daquande Summers
Geoff Petersons personal diary, 2046
It's been 10 years now, this has gone on for too long. We're only fighting for safety. The Enemy has no motives, no decency.
As far as I know, my men have died for nothing. Outside, I can hear gunshots and strange breathing patterns. It sounds human, but I know it is not.
We call them zombies, but the NIHR (Non-Independent Human Resistance) are more than that. Some look deformed. Some are missing eyes. They look half-dead, too pale. From a medical standpoint, they are dead. It's only the chip in their heads that keeps them moving. They literally live off fighting. Their tactics include biting chunks off their enemy to consume, even at the risk of being shot. It's their food and only pastime.
I yell at one of my men, “Corporal, get a breach on that wall! We wanna bring the fight to them.” He puts the explosive in place, and we wait. I hear that they are coming near.
Later:
We only escaped just narrowly. Edged up to a cliffside, our only choice was to jump to the chopper. Inside the helicopter, they had supplies of the only thing we know works against the NIHR – dozens of canisters of vaporized concentrate of guacamole.
We threw the canisters into the mob of hideous creatures, and it short-circuited their clockwork. They collapsed in piles, swearing in Russian (or at least, that's what it sounded like), and a few of their stomachs exploded for punctuation.
Geoff Petersons personal diary, 2046
It's been 10 years now, this has gone on for too long. We're only fighting for safety. The Enemy has no motives, no decency.
As far as I know, my men have died for nothing. Outside, I can hear gunshots and strange breathing patterns. It sounds human, but I know it is not.
We call them zombies, but the NIHR (Non-Independent Human Resistance) are more than that. Some look deformed. Some are missing eyes. They look half-dead, too pale. From a medical standpoint, they are dead. It's only the chip in their heads that keeps them moving. They literally live off fighting. Their tactics include biting chunks off their enemy to consume, even at the risk of being shot. It's their food and only pastime.
I yell at one of my men, “Corporal, get a breach on that wall! We wanna bring the fight to them.” He puts the explosive in place, and we wait. I hear that they are coming near.
Later:
We only escaped just narrowly. Edged up to a cliffside, our only choice was to jump to the chopper. Inside the helicopter, they had supplies of the only thing we know works against the NIHR – dozens of canisters of vaporized concentrate of guacamole.
We threw the canisters into the mob of hideous creatures, and it short-circuited their clockwork. They collapsed in piles, swearing in Russian (or at least, that's what it sounded like), and a few of their stomachs exploded for punctuation.
The Idiots' Pastry Games: No Comment
by Alex Finzel and Noah Knoerl-Morrill
Skyapter Octorson travels to the battlefield of Canada through a wormhole generator, skipping 3 galaxies and evading the parasites, to meet George Lucas in epic battle over yellow cake Uranium.
George Lucas wears a gas mask to protect himself from the fumes. He was trying to poison the bakery across the street because he hates the baker, but the baker is Skyapter's best friend, so Skyapter came to the rescue.
Skyapter wants to blast George Lucas out of existence, but doesn't want to hurt the baker so he uses quiet negotiation instead.
Skyapter: You will be completely obliterated if you don't relinquish the U-235. And leave the baker alone 'cause he is awesome.
George Lucas: No he's not! I hit my baseball through his window and he won't give it back.
Skyapter: That is moronic. Here, have a baseball.
George Lucas chucks the baseball at the baker, but Skyapter chops it out of the air. He then tries mind control on George Lucas. George Lucas pulls out one of his Oscars and uses it to call taun-tauns to trample over the bakery.
Skyapter: Sillyness. Verdict: guilty. I sentence you to be baked into a pie.
George Lucas: Oh no you didn't!
The baker interrupts. He comes in with George's baseball and a cinnamon bun and says, “peace offering.”
George rejects the offering and Skyapter travels back through time to turn George into a giant amoeba and puts him in a zoo. Skyapter then returns to Aridios and continues fighting the parasites.
Meanwile... in the zoo. George Lucas's cells begin to split and he plots his revenge...
Skyapter Octorson travels to the battlefield of Canada through a wormhole generator, skipping 3 galaxies and evading the parasites, to meet George Lucas in epic battle over yellow cake Uranium.
George Lucas wears a gas mask to protect himself from the fumes. He was trying to poison the bakery across the street because he hates the baker, but the baker is Skyapter's best friend, so Skyapter came to the rescue.
Skyapter wants to blast George Lucas out of existence, but doesn't want to hurt the baker so he uses quiet negotiation instead.
Skyapter: You will be completely obliterated if you don't relinquish the U-235. And leave the baker alone 'cause he is awesome.
George Lucas: No he's not! I hit my baseball through his window and he won't give it back.
Skyapter: That is moronic. Here, have a baseball.
George Lucas chucks the baseball at the baker, but Skyapter chops it out of the air. He then tries mind control on George Lucas. George Lucas pulls out one of his Oscars and uses it to call taun-tauns to trample over the bakery.
Skyapter: Sillyness. Verdict: guilty. I sentence you to be baked into a pie.
George Lucas: Oh no you didn't!
The baker interrupts. He comes in with George's baseball and a cinnamon bun and says, “peace offering.”
George rejects the offering and Skyapter travels back through time to turn George into a giant amoeba and puts him in a zoo. Skyapter then returns to Aridios and continues fighting the parasites.
Meanwile... in the zoo. George Lucas's cells begin to split and he plots his revenge...
TO BE CONTINUED!
Invasion of Earl
by Noah Koehler, Ben Koehler, and Preston Horvath
Commander Gumpwills: We must take it by force. There is no other way. They won't agree with you.
Frank: We need to negotiate. They MUST agree with me.
Commander Gumpwills: They won't though. You've never met them.
Captain Rifo: Why are you guys arguing about how to take the planet when there is a giant minefield in front of us?
Frank: Well, if you're as good a pilot as you think you are then we shouldn't have to worry about it.
Captain Rifo: I did get 50,000 stars for best pilot, but no one could get through this minefield without extreme skill.
Commander Gumpwills: Why don't we just blast the mines out of the way?
Captain Rifo: We have enough ammo.
Frank: But that would be seen as an act of aggression!
[A worker arrives]
Worker: Your landing strip is ready.
To be continued...
Commander Gumpwills: We must take it by force. There is no other way. They won't agree with you.
Frank: We need to negotiate. They MUST agree with me.
Commander Gumpwills: They won't though. You've never met them.
Captain Rifo: Why are you guys arguing about how to take the planet when there is a giant minefield in front of us?
Frank: Well, if you're as good a pilot as you think you are then we shouldn't have to worry about it.
Captain Rifo: I did get 50,000 stars for best pilot, but no one could get through this minefield without extreme skill.
Commander Gumpwills: Why don't we just blast the mines out of the way?
Captain Rifo: We have enough ammo.
Frank: But that would be seen as an act of aggression!
[A worker arrives]
Worker: Your landing strip is ready.
To be continued...
Man Vs. Plant
by Eric Levitt and Shruti Sudabattula
“We've almost done it!” said Napolean.
Napolean Coffliss was in uncontrollable happiness. Napolean, his girlfriend, Nehona Gardenia, and his co-worker, Neil Mynson, were making a new species of plant. Instead of making water into food, this planted needed food to make water!
“All we need now is the last chemical, Nebisium,” said Nehona. Nebisium was a slightly radioactive chemical that would complete their experiment.
Just as they were going to put in the last chemical, Nahomen Pestius, another co-worker, arrived.
“Sorry I'm late,” said Nahomen. “I was caught in traffic.”
“Well, you're a little too late,” said Neil. They had already put in the last chemical. The scientists left the lab, but little did they know they were in great danger.
To be continued...
“We've almost done it!” said Napolean.
Napolean Coffliss was in uncontrollable happiness. Napolean, his girlfriend, Nehona Gardenia, and his co-worker, Neil Mynson, were making a new species of plant. Instead of making water into food, this planted needed food to make water!
“All we need now is the last chemical, Nebisium,” said Nehona. Nebisium was a slightly radioactive chemical that would complete their experiment.
Just as they were going to put in the last chemical, Nahomen Pestius, another co-worker, arrived.
“Sorry I'm late,” said Nahomen. “I was caught in traffic.”
“Well, you're a little too late,” said Neil. They had already put in the last chemical. The scientists left the lab, but little did they know they were in great danger.
To be continued...
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Worst. Day. Ever, part III
Sampoorna: When I woke up I was thirsty but all the taps were giving out ink so there was nothing to drink. So I went to get my lunch to go to school but my lunch box had glue in it. By the time I cleaned up the bus came and I missed it. So my parents had to drop me. When I went to school I realized I forgot my lunch box. Then I saw my chair, it had goop on it and I was on it, so I had to get my pants cut off. When I got home nobody was home and the door was locked so I had to wait outside. When my parents came home it was the next day so I got no sleep in the night.
Sean: [. . .] We went upstairs to watch TV and the channels were not working. He [my friend] called "Mom" but no one was there. There was bog all over the place.
Pranav: [. . .] I get a note that I need to go to school on Sunday.
Duncan: Little Grace woke up. She saw clowns staring at her and laughing as if she was the village idiot.
"Pappa, look at the little girl who's in her bed!" shouted a clown in a stroller that was 10 feet tall. A jester skipped in and shouted: "Yeah, she's a funny little cretin!"
Little Grace was even more sad and humiliated when she saw she was surrounded by bars, so she couldn't escape.
Next was a 3rd clown that weighed 300 pounds and had barbells hanging from her nostrils. She threw a tomato with maggots at her.
"That's your food ration, Little Grace" she cackled.
They all tormented her by throwing more tomatoes and rotten eggs. "If You're Happy and You Know It" played on the pipe organ. No day could be worse.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
At the Movies
Sean: Leaf-atarian (PG-13)
I will have a girl that gets bullied by two boys and when she took a bite out of her sandwich she just notices that it was worms. Then when she went home she called "Mom" and then found her mom looking in the sink in the kitchen and she turns around with green leaves sticking out of her head...
I like my movie. The characters in the story are Dorothy, the two bullies Tom and Bob. The main problem was that her mom had leaves sticking out of her head.
Duncan: A Documentary on Earth's Scariest Animals (NC-17, for language and mind-blowing violence).
Starring Miley Cyris as COYOTE PACK TIDBITS
and Nick Jonas as HIPPO COW PREY
"A well-meaning director"
The Oscars. This is it. I can't be outdone by Kung-Fu Panda. This is the most superb footage of animals ever seen. Suddenly, I felt handcuffs being chained to my wrists.
"You're under arrest for releasing wild animals on Miley Cyrus and Nick Jonas!" a cop yelled.
"But it's an Oscar winner, you'll see!" I yelled.
"Tell that to the judge, Bub!"
Yet, even in jail, I win 5 Oscars.
Lynn: Hi! I'm Lynn and I'm a total S-U-P-E-R-S-T-A-R superstar. I have celebrity mornings where I turn on my radio to volume 72 and dance in my PJs. Then I dive to my work to finish making my film.
The Dragon's Cave (PG-13)
A dragon protecting the cave and a brave knight that is trying to get the treasure and most of the people who try to get there fail, but one brave knight succeeds.
Lauren: Monsters vs. Lynn and Leigha
It is scary. There is a monster. There are kids. The monster is trying to get the kids. The kids' names are Lynn and Leigha and they are trying to run away and the monster is scary.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Horrible Restaurants
Pranav: Cheese Me brings all the customers in but once you get out you'll have a nasty grin. All they sell is cheese and everyone who works there humiliates you. One order costs 1000 dollars and if you don't eat their food the boss will come to your table to slap you. The outside of the building is fancy but the inside is gross. They never clean the restrooms and the toilets don't flush and they also sell dish water for 2000 dollars.
Sampoorna: The worst restaurant I have ever been to serves plastic eggs with spiders on the outside. They painted the inside with paint and crickets mixed together. You're served in the toilet. You are forced to eat what they give you. The drink is blood. The restaurant is very dirty but the outside is very pretty. The name of the restaurant is the Green Radish.
In whatever town Oberlin is in, Joe sent to a Bar 'n' Grill.
The waiter asked, "What'll it be?" Joe responded, "A turkey, the whole thing, but a small one." He waited 5 minutes before a decayed and greasy turkey staggered toward him. "Mr. Jennie-O is home," it creaked. "Now for our dinner show."
It threw a chunk of itself in his mouth. That chunk still had feathers.
Sadie: My least favorite restaurant is Big Boy because I don't like the burgers, because I don't ask for pickles but they give me pickles anyway and the pickles are black and green. Also I am evil because I hurt my brother this morning and I don't feel bad about it.
Lynn: The grossest restaurant in the world is Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. All it is is Yuck.
The restaurant has so many flies and the waitresses are so mean. The restaurant has a stench that comes from the bathroom. The food is so gross. Their sandwiches are made of sand and raw ham with rotten cheese. The restaurant is called Yummy Yuck.
Sean: Food Out!
The grossest restaurant I ever been to is Food Out. Their restaurant is very clean but the waiters are very dirty. The plates are dirty and tables. The bathroom is a table with a hole.
Elena: All the waiters would never wash their hair and smear avocados underneath their nails, which they never clip. They also won't ever wash, brush or cut their hair. [. . .] They all have really muddy, old sneakers as well.
Lauren: Smarty Pants is the grossest place. [. . .] If you say you don't want to eat they say you have to. They make you drink blood. They have spiders on the plates and they don't wash the plates. They trick you, they make it very clean to trick you.
Devak: Blue Nile badness!
Today I went to the restaurant called Blue Nile, an Ethiopian restaurant. The restaurant was very clean. And first the waitress gave me a hot towel to clean my hand. I was really impressed but when the food came, it was really disgusting. It was like mashed vegetables and as soon as I was done with the food I was ready to leave.
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Worst Day Ever, part II
(Italicized phrases were fill-in-the-blanks answers on the worksheet)
Today was the worst day ever! When I woke up, I saw that someone put a bat in my salad! And then for breakfast, I had a bat stew. It was so gross! At school, my teacher said we had to cut our fingers off and paste them on a poster. And when we got done doing that, we went to the haunted bathroom. After school got over, this is what I had to do for homework: 2 x 1 x 15 x 95. When I got home, I got in trouble because I cut myself, and my punishment was this: 10,000 years of hard labor. Then, right before I went to bed, I tripped over a nail, fell down, and knocked myself out. When I was unconscious, I dreamt that I died and went to heaven and we had so much fun. It was so scary! Today was the WORST day ever.
- Mariah ... and Danae, who solved the "impossible" math problem and feels proud of herself for that.
Today was the worst day ever! When I woke up, I saw that someone put a bat in my salad! And then for breakfast, I had a bat stew. It was so gross! At school, my teacher said we had to cut our fingers off and paste them on a poster. And when we got done doing that, we went to the haunted bathroom. After school got over, this is what I had to do for homework: 2 x 1 x 15 x 95. When I got home, I got in trouble because I cut myself, and my punishment was this: 10,000 years of hard labor. Then, right before I went to bed, I tripped over a nail, fell down, and knocked myself out. When I was unconscious, I dreamt that I died and went to heaven and we had so much fun. It was so scary! Today was the WORST day ever.
- Mariah ... and Danae, who solved the "impossible" math problem and feels proud of herself for that.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Worst. Day. Ever.
Blah blah blah blah blah
No No No No No No No
No blah blah blah
The worst day ever.
-Stacia, Attempt 1
1. Fall in the pool.
2. Fall off the roof.
3. My head gets shaved.
4. I got on punishment.
5. I had to eat fish.
6. I got lost in the store.
7. I got left on the bus.
-Tony
I wake up and I'm surrounded by zombies. Outside are deer that are on fire. There's 12 minutes until earth is destroyed. Everybody is a zombie and we're all hungry.
-Jermaine
The worst day ever is when my sister threw up on me because she was sick and that was really nasty. One day when my mom and dad were picking up my sister and I was at home with my grandma there was a tornado and stuff was spinning in it, and a lot of things spinning around in the tornado.
-Takayla
The worst day ever was Shahliah not getting in trouble. I was so mad. She could've got in trouble. And then she started to yell at me for No Freaken Reason. And just because I slept on her bed she yelled at me again. The End.
-Stacia, Final Draft
July 29, 2029
Sean: The basketball stadium will be the shape of a basketball and look like a basketball. The football players will have more money.
Lynn: My kids names are going to be named Alissa, Andrew and Ashley. I will also have a dog named Brandie.
Pooja: I would learn more about science. I will figure out a question nobody has ever figured out before! That is what it would be like 20 years later! They would invent a medicine which is a candy. Dogs would have super speed. They would take 20 years to finish a book. Houses would reach space. This is 20 years later! Wait a minute, the medicine would cure candynitis. This is 20 years later!
Sampoorna: There will be a medicine that is in candy. And for Halloween there will be a pumpkin that you can color on then put it on a pumpkin then wash the pumpkin and wherever you drew it would carve the pumpkin and if you touch one of the places it will carve. While it carves it will not hurt.
Lauren: I don't want it to change. When I am 27 I will look like I am 7.
Duncan: The Animator's Office
I am possibly the only remaining human on earth. The air is now impossible to breathe, so everyone else moved to Vega, one of Pluto's stars. My only company is vampires and carnivorous horses and talking cats.
I finished animating an action kid cartoon. My assistant, a vampire named Queanapo sauntered toward me.
"The background is beautiful," he commented somberly.
"As the actual earth was once," I whispered. He put his hand, or should I say paw, on my shoulder and sobbed. "The earth is now grey and dark. Your cartoons are the only sunlight we'll see, since they took place before 2018."
I am possibly the only remaining human on earth. The air is now impossible to breathe, so everyone else moved to Vega, one of Pluto's stars. My only company is vampires and carnivorous horses and talking cats.
I finished animating an action kid cartoon. My assistant, a vampire named Queanapo sauntered toward me.
"The background is beautiful," he commented somberly.
"As the actual earth was once," I whispered. He put his hand, or should I say paw, on my shoulder and sobbed. "The earth is now grey and dark. Your cartoons are the only sunlight we'll see, since they took place before 2018."
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sharp Teeth and Money in the Bank
The Fladodalpo:
My animal is the fladodalpo. And it lives in 3 different places. 1. Africa, 2. rainforest, 3. the desert. He can fly, hear far, and run as fast as a cheetah. He eats leaves because he cares for other species. And he wishes he was a human so he could be a vet and help the other animals.
- Monai
The Snog:
A snog is like a snake that barks like a dog. He has really sharp teeth and he has money in the bank. The snog is green and it looks ugly. He has 2 feet and wears shoes and a shirt and he's married.
- Cedric
The Spiderpig:
The Spiderpig lives in the woods. It eats flies and slob, preferring flies on its slob, as we would sprinkles. It's perfect for traps. It doesn't use the bathroom. It uses the poop for a web.
- Travon
The Snerbil:
Its name is the snerbil. It's a snake and a gerbil. What it eats is gerbils, so he eats himself. In the picture, he is trying to catch his tail to eat it.
- Jocelyn
The Hot Girl:
Hot girl live in my house. They eat my body. Sleep on the leaves and vegstables, and healthy as a horse.
- Nate
My animal is the fladodalpo. And it lives in 3 different places. 1. Africa, 2. rainforest, 3. the desert. He can fly, hear far, and run as fast as a cheetah. He eats leaves because he cares for other species. And he wishes he was a human so he could be a vet and help the other animals.
- Monai
The Snog:
A snog is like a snake that barks like a dog. He has really sharp teeth and he has money in the bank. The snog is green and it looks ugly. He has 2 feet and wears shoes and a shirt and he's married.
- Cedric
The Spiderpig:
The Spiderpig lives in the woods. It eats flies and slob, preferring flies on its slob, as we would sprinkles. It's perfect for traps. It doesn't use the bathroom. It uses the poop for a web.
- Travon
The Snerbil:
Its name is the snerbil. It's a snake and a gerbil. What it eats is gerbils, so he eats himself. In the picture, he is trying to catch his tail to eat it.
- Jocelyn
The Hot Girl:
Hot girl live in my house. They eat my body. Sleep on the leaves and vegstables, and healthy as a horse.
- Nate
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
The Law
If Hikone made the rules around here. . .
Jerome: No stealing, if you do you have to suck on a million feet.
Takayla: No eating fish because it is nasty. If you do you will get sick, your throat will go dry, or you will get in trouble.
Antonio: No leaving the town, you will get kicked in the butt.
Breonna: No dogs allowed, except for Colby, Button, Rocsy, Toepy, Tater Tot, Gizmo, Reese, and the little black puppy.
Sierra: No wild dogs, no little boys except my sons and no big boys except my sons, and only my daughter's friends and my son's friends and little baby friends can play and don't make the rooms messy or those have to clean those up.
Fred: No copying. Tony goes to jail.
Tony: Fred is going to jail.
If...
Cats rule world?
Lynn: School started at 1:00 because my cat/teacher loves to sleep. I just hate this cat world where everyone's a cat! I wanted to leave this world where everyone is a heavy sleeper. I hated school here, I wanted to go to school SOMEWHERE ELSE! Gelly roll gelly roll gelly roll.
Sean: The world would be very hairy. I will be very dirty. I would have hair balls all over the place. I would have to learn cat language. I would have to meow.
Abigail: If cats ruled? Well I have one question for you! What do you think the janitors and plumbers would do?
Pooja: My teacher would fall asleep at math on top of her desk. If she was in a bad mood I would pet her on the stomach and she would be happy again. [. . .] We would have a teacher named Fluffy and Whiskers. School would be over at 2:00. They would teach us how to meow instead of talk. At the end of the day I would wish we didn't have cats to rule the world. It would be a headache to have cats to rule the world!
Sadie: If a cat was a waitress I think the menu would be mice and milk.
Duncan: A Calico King (by Rudyard Kipling)
Thou shalt not escape King Raptor.
No mouse can dodge him. They're his prisoners.
"I sentence dread and drear to all dogs," he yowls.
Out of the woods bound panicking dogs.
"TALLY-HOE!!" Raptor shouts from a horse. "Here ye, here ye! Thy king announces fox hunts shall have wolf hunts and even hound hunts a-following after!"
All royal aquariums of human emperors and aviaries of Elven duchesses are gone and eaten.
Roads are rivers?
Kelly: There would be a sideswim (sidewalk) for swimmers.
Devak: School would be underwater. And for lunch you would have fish, squid, octopus, and shrimp. Humans might even develop gills.
Lauren: I would swim everywhere. Everybody is tan and has blonde hair and wears swim suits. Everybody skates in the winter. Dogsled or snow boots.
Pranav: If anyone forgot their water bottle they could drink out of the river.
Rosie: There would be signs like "Surfers share road," and floating caution cones for construction. Street lights would be lighthouses.
Hands for eyes?
Devak: To put my clothes on I would have to bite my clothes and would have to toss them on my head. And for breakfast if I had cereal I would have to put the spoon in my eye socket to scoop it out of my bowl.
Sadie: If I shook hands with a person they would run away.
Pooja: I would brush my hair with my eyes and instead of moving my hair brush I would move my head. I wouldn't brush my teeth with my foot, definitely not with my foot.
Pranav: I would have robot that would guide me everywhere I want to go. And when I'm writing my robot would tell me what I'm doing wrong.
Eating rocks?
Sean: If I ate rocks, I would taste like one. The gray one would taste like vanilla and the limestone would taste like banana and the fool's gold would taste like Superman. I will look like a ball of water and rocks.
Pranav: For breakfast I would have a rock pancake for breakfast, for lunch a rock pizza, for dinner rock rice.
Lynn: I woke up early in the morning smelling my favorite rock, limestone. I ate one and washed it down with lava. I packed some for lunch, brushed my teeth and gathered by books and went to catch the bus.
Kelly: My favorite rock is granite and sandstone. I usually drink metallic liquid, and lava would be a treat. Marble is especially good, but that's usually at special parties. For breakfast I have quartz, limestone and sometimes crystal for a difference. Lunch is normally fool's gold and mica.
Rosie: Here's what each rock tasted like: grantite = cherries; marble = waffles; limestone = limes, of course!; quartz = brownies; sandstone = lettuce; crystal = ice cream; olivine = olives; geode = it comes in two flavors, blackberry and spaghetti.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Rock and roll
Matthew: The Cockroaches
- Genre: ROCK N' ROLL!
- Band History: Where they met is still a mystery.
- CRAWL!
- Crawling in the Night!
- Pinching in the Daytime!
Sara: The Arresters
- Band History: They met in the Wart Lobby. The band's name is Rock and Roll. Their costumes said "You Rock." 6 million people are in the band. The Arresters say get out of jail, punk. They stomp their feet while they sing.
- Self-Titled Album (Disc One: Rock It, Disc Two: Rock Away):
- Pandas
- Pink
- Rock Away
- Wild
- Rock Me Too Much
- Awesome
- Fly to the Sky
Duncan: The Sad Ones
- Genre: Heavy Metal
- Members: A smart aleck named Anders ("Undies") and his overgrown best buddy Duncan ("Dumpling")
- Instruments: Undies on scratching blackboard, Dumpling on fire alarm
- The Sad Ones present 'Sadbunny'
- Sad Baby (5:00)
- Sadbunny (10:00)
- Ghost with Measles (5:00)
- Woodpecker vs. Hyena (5:00)
- The Band Breaking Up (10:00)
- Reunion (5:00)
Lauren: The Silent Band
- Hit Single: None
- Costumes: Duck outfits
- Band History: They decided to have a band to be quiet.
- Hit Single: Detroit Rock City
- Costumes: Black and white face paint, black pants and shirt.
- We Dare You On Now
- Hot Hot Hotter Than Hell Man
- Detroit Rock City to You
- Doter Love Oh Yeah
- Band History: I was in a restaurant putting on a show. THen a record dealer saw me and put me on air.
- Costume: Snazzy silver tight pants with a white sequined shirt.
- Head in a Cloud
- Head in a Cloud
- Out of Town
- Never Wanna See You
- Dream
- Ironic
- Magic
- Just Luck
- I Saw an Angel
Elena: The Golden Girls
- Costumes: My costume is a short, shiny, sleeveless gold dress, gold earrings, silver heels, and a silver choker necklace with a Star Charm and a gold, chunky bracelet. Everyone else wears gold tank tops and gold miniskirts with silver belts. They also wear gold headbands.
- Self-Titled Album
- B mine
- Silvold
- Best Friend
- Sprinkle
- Think Pink
- Treasure Chest
Lynn: The Miracles Happen Band
- The Miracles Happen
- Miracle
- Classic Attack
- Buzz Buzz
- Fly to the Sky
- Whoa Ga
- Choo Choo
- Come Along
- Cool!
- Yeah
- Whoo Hoo
- Miss You
- Yummy in My Tummy
- Day Dream
- A Choice
- For Your 15!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Letters to Monai
Dear Monai,
The place I would like to go with you is Ohio. Because that is where Cedar Point is. Me and you can have lots of fun without Taryn. We can go on the rides eat lots of junk food and stay there over night. Then wake up and get on another roller coaster without Taryn! Yay!!! Without T-A-R-Y-N!!!
- Jocelyn
Dear Monai,
The place I would like to go is Splash Universe without Jocelyn. We could ride the rides all night without Jocelyn. We could do everything without Jocelyn. Especially sleep in the cozy beds. Without J-O-C-E-L-Y-N!
- Taryn
The place I would like to go with you is Ohio. Because that is where Cedar Point is. Me and you can have lots of fun without Taryn. We can go on the rides eat lots of junk food and stay there over night. Then wake up and get on another roller coaster without Taryn! Yay!!! Without T-A-R-Y-N!!!
- Jocelyn
Dear Monai,
The place I would like to go is Splash Universe without Jocelyn. We could ride the rides all night without Jocelyn. We could do everything without Jocelyn. Especially sleep in the cozy beds. Without J-O-C-E-L-Y-N!
- Taryn
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Dream vacations and postcards
Well. . .where would you go?
Sam: I would go to Florida because it is hot. I would go with my momma, daddy, and granny. I'd bring some girls, my tight shoes, my Air Force Ones. I will go to the beach, get all the ladies on the beach. I would bring back some clothes and some fierce shoes.
Suszie: I would go to a store because it is fun to buy stuff. I would go with my mom. I would bring a backpack. I would do baffips [backflips]. I will eat cake and ice cream and bring back candy fruit roll-ups.
- Postcard: Dear Josh, He is a good guy. I miss you on vacation. He like me. Your friend, Suszie
Jermaine:
- Postcard: DUDE! I STOLE A RUSTY BIKE IN STONEBROOK."
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