By Marco T., 3rd Grade, Little Village Elementary
Podcasts
Characters: Rockstar, Dead Rockstar
Setting: Haunted Library
Rockstar: I want to go to my first gig and somewhere haunted. I want
to go to the haunted library.
Dead Rockstar: Come in!
Rockstar: Sure.
Dead Rockstar: I heard you want to do your first gig.
Rockstar: Yes, I do!
Dead Rockstar: Do you want to know something?
Rockstar: Sure
Dead Rockstar: How do you think I died?
Rockstar: How?
Dead Rockstar: By rocking too hard! (hahahaha) Now it’s our turn.
Rockstar: No!
Dead Rockstar: I will turn you into me!
Rockstar: I look ugly.
Dead Rockstar: I know you do. Now we will rip!
The End
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By Chauncy H., 3rd Grade, New Sullivan
That's Weird, Grandma
If I was a bus driver I would go as far to Ohio, Akron. I will by a GPS system for my bus. I will take my friends to Ohio. We will eat and go to sleep on the bus. We will see car toll road. I will pay 50 passenger bus. My bus will be drive by itself. We will get coffee.
By Samantha H., Little Village Academy
Holidays
Halloween
Podcasts
Characters: Wolf man and young girl
Setting: An abandoned factory
YG: Wow an old factory I wonder if anyone still works here. (scared motion)
WM: Never come here again or I will kill you. (scaring her away)
YG: But why? I just exploring the factory. (backing away)
WM: Because everyone just assumes I’m horrible and ugly. (looking away)
YG: I don’t think you’re ugly and horrible. (coming forward)
WM: You really think so. (looking up)
YG: Well sure. You’re not that bad. (kind voice)
WM: Thank you and you know, you’re right. (looking in mirror)
YG: Of course I’m right I’m always right. (happily)
WM: Fine. I’ll come out. (looking at her).
...to be continued…
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By Toryn R., 4th Grade, Dixon Elementary
Podcasts
Once upon a time a Cat named Larry went to the park to play baseball.
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By Parianna B., Anyssa H., Ramire W., Tyrese J., Billiamin R., New Sullivan School
Podcasts
Michael is getting mad because someone is sleeping on him. So he wants to move to another place so he can be comfortable and quiet. Michael wants to jump off the plane. So he goes to the basement of a plane to get a parachute. Michael jumps off the plane but the wind blows him back on and he is mad again. The End.
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By Jayson, Makayla, Sewit, Anahi, and Chris, Stockton
That's Weird, Grandma
The Family goes on vacation. They’re not an ordinary family-They’re from the future.
The 2 sisters both named Lucy are psychic and move stuff with their minds.
The mom moves around places fast and is the only one that can speak with the dog. The dog Boo at the paper to fix the time machine, but the little boy is a nerd, his name is Kyle and he is the only one that can fix the time machine.
The dad has no idea that the rest of the family is from the future. The mom talks to the dog “Why did you eat the blueprints?” The dog says “They were yummy.” The dad says “Are you from the future?” The mom tells him “Yes.”
The dog burps up the blueprints. “We’re back!!!”
Kyle Fixed the time machine and they went home. The end.
By Leslie G., Orchard Place
Spanish
That's Weird, Grandma
El pinguino azul estava muy serio. No estava asiendo nada nada nada.
Mas estava ene hielo pero estava muy serio. Final.
English translation:
The Blue Penguin was very serious. He was not doing anything, nothing, nothing.
He was only on the ice, but he was very serious. The end.
By Kai M. , Hamilton Park Words@Play Program
Poems
1968 The Dance Off
Disco Girl Laurne Bates at the
Disco Awards with her other famous
Disco Girl Kristen Well. So as they
about to go disco to disco
dance for the Disco Awards. The crowd
going wild as it begans. Popcorn,
pop, hot dogs, chips. We also have
a great 3 prizes for the winner.
1968 Backstage
As Laurne says good luck to
Kristen, Kristen says, well, bad
luck to you. Laurne stays calm
in her voice.
1968 On the dance floor
On the dance floor as Laurne
Bates hits the funky junky groove.
Then Kristen tries to do the
play jay but she fell and that broke
half of her points.
1968 As she take it all
As Laurne leaves off the stage
so they can talk with Kristen.
When they are done they bring
Laurne on the stage to have her
talk. Then when they are done
they bring both on the stage.
They say the winner is Laurne!
She take it all!
1968 The winner’s prize
Laurne got 10,000 dollars and a big
trophy and the back funky boys
to dance and sing for her.
She took a picture with the big
trophy too. She was getting older
as she told the story and showed
pictures. She had never forgotten
that moment she had even remembered
that unthankful Kristen.
By Lovee K., 4th Grade, Chalmers
That's Weird, Grandma
Once upon a time there were 2 Red Wolf that can fly. Red Wolf lives in a forest. Her enemy is Captain Shirt because she always telling Red Wolf what to do and what shirt to wear. Red Wolf feels bad because it makes her mad to be bossed around. One day Red Wolf was at the park and Captain Shirt told her what shirt that she can put on and Red Wolf said you need to stop bossing me around and captain shirt said let’s fight so they start fighting and they mom was watching and the Red Wolf won the fight and Captain shirt stop bossing her around. The End
By Lissette T. , 5th Grade, Avondale
That's Weird, Grandma
This picture is about a class of gymnastics. So there was a show but one girl didn’t have trust and her name was Sonia. So then she heard people clapping and girls that are saying, “I am going to drop where you are in the pyramid all the way on top.” So Sonia was scared so she said, “I have to get trust and believe in people.” So she had different people in the show and got more scared that she was. But she remembered what her mom told her. “To be tuff and never give up on anything.”
But she said I do I have time to do something because I already have my costume on to go on stage and get ready. But Sonia didn’t have time so she said, “I have to fight what I don’t believe in.” So the teacher, Mrs. Edith said, “lets go go go!” Then they went on stage even Sonia and she went up and said, “I could do it,” 3 times so she believed in herself and did the pyramid. So she was not afraid and Karla didn’t drop her. So when the show was finished, Karla told Sonia, “do you want to be friends?” So Sonia said yes and they were happy and safe together.
