I stared down toward the sandbox from the top of my Dragon. Suddenly I felt a rush of cool air blowing hair around my face. As Dragon swooped downward toward the ground I screamed at the top of my lungs until my face got red. I felt my toes skim through the soft, lush grass as I flew upward holding tight onto the wings of Dragon. When I woke up in the meadow and recalled this dream I stood up, held out my arms and ran up the hill flapping my arms just like Dragon wings.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Leor's draft of "Dragons"
Dragons
We stare down to the bottom of the hill
From the sandbox, we stare
We start to run down
Tumble, slip, roll, we run
Scream, jump, fly, with joy
Toes skimming the ground
Hearts hammering
Arms pumping
Grass crunching
Bursts of laughter fill the air
Heavy breathing fills our heads
Screaming kids all around
We start back up
Up the great hill
Flapping our wings
Our dragon wings
Jamie Jacobs
The Dragons
"Roar" "Roar" Jack and I yell. We are pretending to be dragons flying over the high rooftops.
We stare down seeing all the little cars and people looking like they are toys.
Jack starts screaming like a trumpet. Then I follow like a flute.
We spin and spin then fall down onto the grass!
We start laughing our heads off,then we go up,
up and away again!
It feels good to fly!
Adi's Draft of "Dragons"
Dragons
I stare down
toward the bottom
from the top of the sandy hill.
I jump off the hill
with the wind pressing against my face.
I begin screaming,
at the top of my lungs.
The straps are tight against my body,
I feel like I’m in an elevator
falling down, and down, and down,
and it never stops.
My feet barely touching the water,
But when I stop
I hit the grass.
At the bottom I laugh
sitting on the grass,
feeling like a dragon
flying back up.
- Adi Rosenkrantz 6B
I stare down
toward the bottom
from the top of the sandy hill.
I jump off the hill
with the wind pressing against my face.
I begin screaming,
at the top of my lungs.
The straps are tight against my body,
I feel like I’m in an elevator
falling down, and down, and down,
and it never stops.
My feet barely touching the water,
But when I stop
I hit the grass.
At the bottom I laugh
sitting on the grass,
feeling like a dragon
flying back up.
- Adi Rosenkrantz 6B
Dragons
We stare down toward the deep bottom of the grainy sand box.
I start sprinting, screaming at the top of my lungs with great joy.
Our toes are skimming the top of the grass. The cherry blossoms all around.
As I reach the top of the teeter totter I feel as if I'm at the top of the world flying.
The wind blowing through my hair feels outstanding. I wish I could stay up at the top forever.
-Isobel
Adi's Book Talk About the Book 'Elsewhere'
Book Talk
Book: ‘Elsewhere’
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
My hook:
Elizabeth Marie Hall died at the age of fifteen (almost sixteen) when a car ran over her. She doesn’t know that she died, because she doesn’t remember anything about the crash. When she wakes up she finds her self on a bank bed in a small white room with another girl that she doesn’t know. Thandi, the girl on the bottom bank, lived in DC for about sixteen years until she got shot in the head. The girls introduce themselves and get to know each other. They soon realize they are on a boat, ‘but where to?’ they wonder.
Elsewhere is the place where people go to after they die. There you don’t get older but you get younger. When you are a baby you get sent back to earth in a river with all the other babies and start a new life. In the beginning Liz (her nick-name) thought it was all a dream but soon she realizes that this is real life, or as she says real death. She meets lots of people in her adventure in Elsewhere. Some that knew her but she didn’t know them, some that she knew but they didn’t know her, and some that just met and had no clue about each other.
On Elsewhere Liz is sure that it is impossible to fall in love, have fun, and get on with your life without being depressed. With the help of her friends, Liz soon realizes that nothing is impossible.
Even though ‘Elsewhere’ is an odd book, and is a very rare topic to write about, I liked it. I think that this book is mostly for girls from the age of 11-13 grades 6-8. Boys can read this book too, but I think that they won’t enjoy it much. I recommend it to students that like: romance, reality, fantasy, who can deal with a bit of sadness in a story, and a tad of adventure.
You can find the book Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin in the public library, chapters, and in kidsbooks.
Book: ‘Elsewhere’
Author: Gabrielle Zevin
My hook:
Elizabeth Marie Hall died at the age of fifteen (almost sixteen) when a car ran over her. She doesn’t know that she died, because she doesn’t remember anything about the crash. When she wakes up she finds her self on a bank bed in a small white room with another girl that she doesn’t know. Thandi, the girl on the bottom bank, lived in DC for about sixteen years until she got shot in the head. The girls introduce themselves and get to know each other. They soon realize they are on a boat, ‘but where to?’ they wonder.
Elsewhere is the place where people go to after they die. There you don’t get older but you get younger. When you are a baby you get sent back to earth in a river with all the other babies and start a new life. In the beginning Liz (her nick-name) thought it was all a dream but soon she realizes that this is real life, or as she says real death. She meets lots of people in her adventure in Elsewhere. Some that knew her but she didn’t know them, some that she knew but they didn’t know her, and some that just met and had no clue about each other.
On Elsewhere Liz is sure that it is impossible to fall in love, have fun, and get on with your life without being depressed. With the help of her friends, Liz soon realizes that nothing is impossible.
Even though ‘Elsewhere’ is an odd book, and is a very rare topic to write about, I liked it. I think that this book is mostly for girls from the age of 11-13 grades 6-8. Boys can read this book too, but I think that they won’t enjoy it much. I recommend it to students that like: romance, reality, fantasy, who can deal with a bit of sadness in a story, and a tad of adventure.
You can find the book Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin in the public library, chapters, and in kidsbooks.
-Adi Rosenkrantz 6B
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