Add-On Story

Today, on the way to school, I saw something dark in the street.  It looked like a shadow with no body.  It seemed to follow me.

I saw the school, and then the shadow again.  Suddenly, it was gone!  I realized what it was, but I couldn't think of anything it could want with me. 

It turns out it wanted to kill me!

Suddenly, the shadow jumped and scared me to death.  Luckily, my mom used her ghostbusters suit to save me.  Then we went to fight some bad guys, and we killed them.

I saw this creature in the light.  It was a leprechaun.  It was horrible!  It had 40 eyes, 80 mouths, 100 feet, and five horrible ears!  We killed him, too.

My mom and I make a great team.  No one can stop us. No one!  NO ONE!  Do you want to try?

    --by Felipe, Gabriel, Joni, Julia, Justyn, Kysa, Luana, Maria Jesus, Nacho, Natalia, Natalie, Santi, and Starla; grade 5

The Baby Swing

      

Starla was ten and stuck in a baby swing. How, you might ask?  Well, Starla’s adorable niece and three charming nephews were going to the park with Starla’s two sisters, Bryana and Joslyn. They invited Starla to go. Starla was so excited to play with her niece and nephews. When Bryana came to pick her up she jumped in the car. When they got to the park they met Joslyn and her daughter Evelyn. Starla looked around.  She saw,super long slide, monkey bars that looked like red licorice--Starla’s favourite candy, a plastic rock climb, and some trees to climb on.  Then she saw the navy blue baby swing.

Starla thought to herself, “When was the last time I went on one of those?  I’m going on.” As she got into the baby swing she realized it was much smaller than it looked. Starla tried to get out, but couldn’t. She yelled to her sisters “I’M KINDA STUCK!”

Starla’s sister Bryana tried to pull her out, but couldn’t, and Joslyn was 7 months pregnant. Bry called her husband. He didn’t answer. Jos tried to call her husband. He didn’t answer, either. Joslyn called their parents who were an hour away. They answered and said to call the fire department.

The fire department came immediately, but to the wrong park. They finally came to the right park by this time Starla had had no blood going to her legs for 20 minutes. The strong firemen were trying to pull her out.  While this was happening, one of Starla’s sisters was crying and the other was laughing.

Finally, Starla was out of the baby swing! She had gigantic blue bruises. Starla learned her lesson:

  1 Never go in a baby swing at the age of ten.

2 Baby swings are dangerous. 

     --Starla, grade 5

Why Do We Need Zombies?

Actually, we don’t need or want zombies. They could be kind of useful to practice personal defense. But it’s very dangerous.

I know some of you don’t really want to know about zombies.

Okay, I’m gonna tell you the basic things about killing a zombie. First, grab a knife or a gun and grab it strong!  Second, shoot him or cut him. But, always remember it has to be in the brain. Third, is what i call “double tap“; always check if the Zombie is dead.

Here comes the second rule: when you are getting into a car, check the back seat! It could happen that a zombie was bitten inside the car.  

This is an important third rule: It is called “ Enjoy small things“. Do not waste too much ammo. When it is one zombie kill him with a knife, but if there are many, get a machine gun and start shooting from side to side.

The fourth rule is this:  always, when you go to a bathroom, check all the stalls! My grandma always said, “ Check all the stalls," until she was bitten by a zombie and given to the tigers in the zoo, because the virus had recently started and the zoo was open.

An amazing fifth rule is this: When you are in a big place and you are going to a room, LEAVE SIGNALS where you have been because if zombies follow you, you don’t know where to go.

TO BE CONTINUED...

      --by Nacho, Grade 5

Points of View

My mom is helping my sister that is a Senior to go to a University. My mom says that if she doesn’t  study for the SAT , she wouldn’t go to the University she wants.

My sister says that she is studying, but the truth is that she is chatting with friends or on Facebook. When my mother comes to her room and she isn’t studying she is in BIG TROUBLE!

Months later, she begins to study a little bit more, and now she is going to the University she wants.

I thought that she was going to go to a bad University but now she is going to a good one.

--by Joni, Grade 5

HARE IN THE HOUSE

One day my dad and I went to buy some raviolis to eat that night.  When we got home, my mom said, “We found a hare in the house running across the hall.”

My mom and my housekeeper had tried to catch the hare, but it was rapid.  

“Hit it with a hockey stick!” said my housekeeper.  

My mom shouted, “No, let's put it in a box so Santi and Dad can see it.

When we got home, we saw the hare and we took a picture with it. We could hold it!!!

  --by Santiago, Grade 5