Posted by Jason on November 17, 2014
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Those of us of a certain age may remember passing notes in school to find out if that special girl of boy liked you or LIKED liked you. But now, Eric C. from Columbia Explorers Academy envisions a school website where you can find out if the person of your dreams already has a date to the dance, in The Best Dancer Ever (turned into a doo-wop song by Diana Lawrence!):
One day tonight I have to get a date for the dance. So I made this (drawing of a checklist with the following written on it)
Sally X
Molly X
Samy ?
Maddy X
Man I tottaly suck. So when I got home I went to C.E.A./Girls.com then I found the names of the girls, pictures too. I took another look at my list then I notist a ? mark on Sammy. I did some research on her and I found this.
(drawing of a computer and a website with a picture of a girl in the upper left with “is not on a date” on the right.)
So I asked her she said yes so I went to the dance with her.
(drawing of girl and boy , near girl’s head is written “nod” with directions up and down)
(drawing of girl and boy dancing, notes above heads).
AND! As Thanksgiving draws near, we always hear tales of what a turkey might go through to avoid being eaten, but what about the adventures of leftovers? Khaliyah D. from Dixon Elementary has thought it through for us, in The Turkey’s Journey:
Once I was a turkey sandwich and a person wanted to eat me, but he grabbed me and grilled me. I screamed very loud and grew legs and hands and ran away but then two dogs found me and I beat him up with my cheese fist, then he ran away. But the other dog ate me and I tickled his tongue and got out. I ran away with my turkey legs and hopped on a jet plane with Beyonce, and I fell asleep and when I woke up I was in LA. (Los Angeles), California with Beyonce and she gave me to Jay-Z and he ate me for lunch. And I got Digested in his stomach.
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Posted by Jason on November 10, 2014
That's Weird Grandma
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Hello, Monkey Fan! Have Daylight Savings Time and the colder weather got you down? Come to tonight’s “Chicago’s Weird, Grandma” for an escapist pick-me-up!
Karma T. from the Loyola Park After School Program envisions an exciting journey in The Girl Who Flyed Over the World:
One day a girl went to the park with her grandfather. She swinged on the swing really high that she flew off the swing. She crossed the United States and the whole world till she was a teenager. Then she was gong to land. on her grandfather. She landed on her grandfather and broke his back.
Kania, Kenice, Taniya, and Jacaria from the Super 7 Program at Cather Academy created a romantic evening despite a villain’s presence in Super Hero (Cake):
Once upon a time there was a man named Cake Man and he had a shop called cake woman and Cake Man’s shop. Then cakeman went to the cake woman’s house and they ate cake and had a special night. Munch Munch Munch. The night was as romantic as princess and the frog. Little did Cakeman and Woman know but Carrot man was placing a cake under the table and cakeman tripped over it and the cake that cakeman was eating went into cakewomans face. Carrot man said “Muah ha ha ha.” Then he felt bad and said, “I feel worse than a person who missed a line in their play. I’m more sorry than a witch!” The end
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Posted by Joe on October 27, 2014
That's Weird Grandma
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Clear your schedules y’all! Tonight is the opening of Chicago’s Weird, Grandma featuring talented and attractive cast members of Lookingglass Alice and the internationally acclaimed shadow super stars Manual Cinema!
Want to know about these folks? Check these out!
See you at the show!
Also, say “we didn’t take wedding vows” to Ambar at the box office for discounted tickets!
Cheers!
Joe
Posted by Joe on October 6, 2014
That's Weird Grandma
TWG Weekly Update
Tonight is the night to share in the magic of That’s Weird, Grandma!
Here are the two new stories going in!
Untitled
By Natalie Denby
Central School
OLD MAN
Now my dears, my children, I will tell you a story.
Twenty years ago, an old man, older than I, lived in thatched hut miles away from the nearest refuge. (takes a sip of water)
He had nothing but this hut, an old phone, and a rocking chair.
Lights up on rocking chair.
He was the secretive type, so no one knew much about him. There were rumours though. Folk said he never left the rocking chair. The chair, my dears, never stopped rocking.
Chair starts rocking.
They said, my dears, the chair was his soul. The flame, the life.
Lights on the chair go out.
But then, my dears, the police received a call from the man.
Sound of phone, ring, ring, sound of rocking.
Rocking was all they heard before the phone went dead.
Dead dialtone.
So the police went to investigate.
Sound of footsteps.
It was silent, was eerie, they had suspected something different.
Sound of rocking.
But they did hear the rocking chair.
Lights up on rocking chair, rocking, with a shadow on it.
There was no one there, but there was a shadow.
Voiceover says “vanished” at the same time as the man.
“Vanished” it hissed. And then we saw two terrified policemen. And a still rocking rocking chair with the shadow of the man.
Lights down on rocking chair.
The police would get eerie calls every so often. And only one word would be uttered,the word
Voiceover says “vanished” at the same time as the man. vanished. And up to this day, the rocking chair has never stopped rocking and the shadow has never disappeared. So, my dears, do you see why I despise rocking chairs and huts, why I stay in the city away from the country? Because I don’t want to vanish.
Lightening strikes.
So dears stick to my advice and you won’t vanish! (Man laughs wickedly) Oh yes,
Voiceover says “vanish” at the same time as the man.
Vanish!
Lights down on man, and he exits.
Lights up on the rocking chair, still rocking.
The End
Nerd & Cheerleader Dialogue
By Nicole T. Paderewski School
Characters: Nerd & Cheerleader
Setting: in a gym room
C: Whay are you so ugly.
N: Never ugly.
C: Whatever
N: Whay are you a bully
C: Because that’s what I do
N: Did you know you hurt my feelings?
C: (Knocked the books out of his hands) Ha!
N: Do you want me to help you with anger management problems?
C: Yes (they shaked hands) it hurst to be a bully.
N: Do you want to be my friend?!
C: yes
N: OK, now we are friends!
C: See you tomorrow.
N: OK
THE END
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Posted by Joe on September 28, 2014
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Need a break from your busy life? Need a tasty treat? We understand! And so do our student authors!
This week’s show will feature two That’s Weird, Grandma debuts! Check them out!
The Nasty Egg
By Eryion H., Chalmers School of Excellence
One day my dad made breakfast for me and my brother and my step brother and his girlfriend and he made some bacon and boiled eggs. And I didn’t like boiled egg. So me and my brothers waited until the food was done and it was done before they ran to the kitchen I told my brother I don’t like boiled eggs y’all and my borther was we know that so they ran to the kitchen I walk slow because I didn’t like boiled eggs and by the time I got in that kitchen my plate was already ready. So I went to the table and set down and start eating and I said ew and I took about one bite and I chewed it and it was nasty and I only ate my bacon and I was done and I put the eggs in the garbage and my dad looked in the garbage and said who put the egg in the garbage and said who put the egg in the garbage both of my brothers said they didn’t do it. And I said I did it and he took the egg out the garbage and said you fine two eat this egg right now and I said but I don’t like eggs Daddy and he said I don’t give a care and he washed it off and gave it to me and I ate it. THE END
Yoga Class In California
By Maggie S., Avondale-Logandale School
It looks like the people that want to go to yoga class have to go all the way to California by boat from New York. Because all the yoga classes in New York are full. When yoga class is done and they wan go back home the boat drowns with all the people aboard. When the people jump in the water they did not notice the water was magical and can turn them into PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY Fish and at the END they sing Peanut Butter Song.
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