The Badlands

I chose this scene because this is the last place Sal’s mother visited before she died. This scene was important because they need to get to I-dee-ho for Sal’s mothers b-day in time. This part is also important because Sal’s mother sent a postcard from every place she visited and this scene is her last postcard before she died. “After driving for so long through the flat South Dakota prairie, it was a shock to come upon the Badlands. It was as if someone had ironed out all the rest of South Dakota and smooshed all the hills and valleys and rocks into this spot. Right smack in the middle of flat plains were jagged peaks and steep gorges. Above was the bright blue sky and below were the pink and purple and black rocks. You can stand right on the edge of the gorges and see down, down into the most treacherous ravines, lined with sharp, rough outcroppings.” (p. 143, Walk Two Moons)

Walk Two Moons Response
Grade 5

Sugar Maple Tree

I chose this scene because it reminds me when I was sitting in a tree and I saw a bird nest but I did not grab it because it was way at the top that I tried to get it, but the branch is too thick that the branch can snap. And I chose that scene because it was cool and it is one of the sad parts. And that part was a chapter of the Singing Tree when Sal was thinking about her mom and Sal was worried.

Walk Two Moons Response
Grade 5

Disco Party
Once there was a clan of cats who lived in the forest. They were bored and tired and restless. The queen was eventually pregnant and gave birth to five kits. One of them was the strangest, funniest and funnest kit of all. His name was Discokit. He looked mostly like the yin and yang sign, but he didn’t have those two dots. He was black and white and when he was happy, he got up on his two legs and used his disco paw to dance.
One morning, he went out to the woods to explore. By mistake, he stayed there all night. It was a rainy and thundery night. Poor Discokit caught a cold and was lost in the middle of the forest. He ventured far and met a monkey and a king cobra. They helped him get out of the woods and find his clan. Everybody welcomed Discokit back.
But then they were still bored, and they had no clue what to do. One night, the queen called them to have a meeting about why they were bored. Dappledkit suggested a party, and everyone agreed. And then Discokit’s dad, Scarpelt, remembered that Discokit had found a shiny and glittery ball and two machines. Scarpelt figured out how to use the machines by watching the two-legs do it. He found out that they could make music. Then Discokit had an idea that the glittery ball could be hung in a tree to make lots of lights, tiny as stars.
Discokit said, "Well, we should have some breakdancing kits". So they took a rotten log and put moss on it for the four kits to break dance on.
They had so much fun! Everybody danced, sang, talked and ate. All of the other clans and all their enemies were wondering what on earth they were doing. Discokit decided to invite all the other clans to the next party so that they would all be friends and there would be peace in the forest.

Grade 5

The Eagle and the Dragon

The Dragon and the Eagle

Once upon a time there was a dragon in a cave and he had friends and a house. There were two girls, one boy and their grandma. One of the girls was called Sarah Emily and the other one was called Emily. And the boy was called Zachary. They three kids played around a lot. They liked to play games like Monopoly, Candyland and Sorry.
One day, a young boy eagle came, saying, “I am far away from home, and my mom is all the way, all the way across the ocean. I have no food and no water to drink.”
So the kids and the dragon looked for food and for water. They found some crackers and some water and a tiny bit of popcorn seeds at their house. They fed the eagle but his wing was hurt when he crash landed into the grass by mistake. All the children and the dragon helped the eagle with his wing and he was all better.
But the eagle said, “Can I please stay for some days?”
“Of course,” the kids said. And the eagle played with the dragon and the kids. They had so much fun, the eagle decided to stay for a year.
Then his mom came and his mom said, “Well, looks like you made some new friends Are you ready to come home now?”
And the eagle said, “No, no, I want to stay here.”
“You can stay,” said his mom, “but someday you have to visit me.”
And they all lived happily ever after.

Grade 1

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

It here grass and house. There looks like the river and sun and bird flying. This is my flag. I like Kazakhstan. I have Kazakhstan one house, seven sheeps, one dog, one puppy and sixty my chicken. Every day more, more egg. One hundred egg!
Ali and Anarbik my friends in Kazakhstan. Anarbik is crying. Anarbik throw rock for Ali and Anarbik go home before Ali throw one for Ali a rock.

Grade 2
12/14/07

kindergarten thoughts

I’m making a house. The house all the people eating inside. People that’s eating at the house. They are eating fish and some noodles. My grandma and my grandpa and my mama and my daddy and the daughter.

*****

It’s in the summer. There was a beautiful rainbow in the sky at V’s house. The other house has different people and the Pokemon came out. And then Pikachu’s friend Piplup came out and Charmander and all the Pokemon. They all came out and they were playing all together. They pushed a big rock.

*****

Pikachu and Piplup there’s a friends and Ditto came and these are playing around. They’s just playing. And he’s a picking up the rock and he throw in the tree. And Ditto said, “What happened?” And Piplup said, “I got mad.” And they talk other and they go home and Ditto come and said, “Where’s Piplup and Pikachu?” And he can’t find them. He called ‘em and Pikachu and Piplup pick up the phone and they talk other and say, “Where are you?” “At home,” they said.

*****

The butterfly in the mountain and there’s a rainbow inside the mountain and there’s a cave with footprints outside. Nobody know who’s footprint was that. But they knew it was gonna snow. And that’s all.

Rescue of the Princess

The Rescue of the Princess

Once upon a time, there was a castle and it had a big, big stained glass window. And there was some crocodiles on the water. There was a princess, a prince, a king and a queen and they lived in the castle. The princess was named Misty and she liked jewelry and candy and ice cream. She liked to design t-shirts, skirts, pants and all kinds of clothing. Misty liked to smell flowers because that’s what princesses like to do. She also liked to play ball with her brother.
But one day, a dragon called Seeta came over and took the princess away from the king and the queen and the prince. Seeta was also named the Beast of the East. Seeta brought Misty to her cave and gobbled the princess up without chewing her. Misty was terrified Inside the dragon’s belly, she could see meat and rocks. Suddenly somebody spoke to her.
“Hi, your majesty.”
“Who are you?” Misty replied.
“I am a warrior of yours and I have been trapped inside here for almost a year, eating all this meat. Seeta never chews her dinner.”
“What’s your name?” Misty asked.
“My name is Sir Lancelot.”
Meanwhile, Seeta went back to the castle and took the prince, Ash. Since Ash had a sword, while he was getting swallowed up, he stabbed the sword into Seeta’s neck and ripped open her stomach. He saved the princess and Sir Lancelot!
The princess, the prince and Sir Lancelot went back to the castle and lived happily ever after.

Grade 3
12/10/07

A Chinese House

A Chinese House

I saw a Chinese house. I knocked on the door. There was a king inside. There were two gods blocking the door. The king just took out his fans, he has 8 of them. He taught me how to get a dragon out of the Chinese cloud. I tried but I didn’t do it. Then the king did it by himself and out came a dragon from a cloud. He gave the dragon some food and he put some in my hand. So, I gave it to the dragon. Then the king taught the dragon to blow fire out of his mouth.

Grade 2

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

I made this picture because I think this would fit to a book that I read called, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick. It’s about a boy that is trying to fix a machine that his father had discovered in an attic by an old museum. Eventually, the museum burned down and Hugo’s father died in the fire because he was in the museum at the time and the old guard had forgot that he was in there and locked the door. Hugo is raised by his uncle, but once his uncle didn’t come back and he decided he wanted to escape. Hugo was running outside and he found the machine that his father was trying to fix. Then, he took it to the train station, where he was living, and he tried to fix it. And the clock, I drew that because it fits to the book because it involves lots of clocks. The boy secretly fixes the clocks at the train station.

I like this book because it shows a lot about Paris and they speak a couple of French words like “croissant”. Then they have all these kind of mysterious stuff. The other thing that is interesting about the book is that there’s two parts and they’re each divided in 12 chapters like 24 hours. You never know what happens next in the story. It’s very mysterious. In every chapter more and more characters come. And I really had a pleasure reading it with my tutor Connie.

Grade 4

Be free to express your culture!

OUR WORLD

We did the picture of the world because in this party there is going to be people of the world with different cultures and different backgrounds. There are seven continents: Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, North America, Australia and Antartica.

Today we are here to celebrate our culture and to have fun getting to know other cultures.

Be free to
express your
culture !
Grade 6