The REAL Story of the Three Little Pigs

May 25th, 2007

The REAL Story of the Three Little Pigs   By The Wolf (a.ka. Amanda)     One day I was making invitations for my birthday.  I did not have a telephone yet so I had to deliver the invitations by hand.  I invited the Three Little Pigs to my party. So I walked up the hill [...]

The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood

May 25th, 2007

The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood   By Dalvin     One day I was going through the forest and I saw that evil Little Red Riding Hood going through the forest too.  Little Red Riding Hood had a net so she ran and tried to capture me.  I was scared! I tried to [...]

The True Story of The Three Little Pigs

May 25th, 2007

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs   By Willie the Wolf (Retold by: Atesh, Cris,  Dylan,  Gavin, James, Jashon,  Natalie, Paulina, and Xavier)     Once upon a time I was a lonely wolf.  It was a hot, summer’s day and I wanted to go to the beach. I took out my cell phone [...]

Personification Poems

May 12th, 2007

Personification is a poetic device where a poet makes an object act like a person in order to make it “come to life.” We picked a random picture card and paired off in small groups to make the object “come to life.” We bet when you read our poems you’ll never see these ordinary objects [...]

Lawn Mower: A Personification Poem

May 12th, 2007

Lawn Mower: A Personification Poem By Hannah and Samantha I am like a baby eating up old grass And spitting out newer, cleaner grass. I am a cleaning, seatless vacuum Vroom, Vroom… I am like a gardener on roller skates I clean up the dirty grass While I skate on your lawn. I’m like a [...]

Pencil Sharpener: A Personification Poem

May 12th, 2007

Pencil Sharpener: A Personification Poem By Dalvin and Aaron I have teeth that gobble up pencil lead I make the sound of a person chewing carrots Crrrunch, Crrrunch… I have an arm like a pitcher winding up in baseball- ready to sharpen! My pencil sharpener holder throws up the shavings like a person with an [...]

Snowplow: A Personification Poem

May 12th, 2007

Snowplow: A Personification Poem By Serena and Natalie I split out salt like a salt shaker. I clean snow like a cleaning lady. I sweep it aside, Making little mountains of snow for kids to jump in. I am like a broom- My job is to sweep up the snowy mess. Once I’m done, the [...]