By Tanya R., 4th Grade, Loyola Park
Dialogues
That's Weird, Grandma
In Studio: This just in, a story brought to us by Tanya R. 4th grade from the Loyola Park After School Program A Pretty girl goes crazy over lip-glosses. Let’s go with our reporter to the scene.
News Reporter: Right now, I am in a Claire’s store in Westfield Old Orchard. This girl named Ceskabaddichosisbalin is going crazy because she can’t find the right lip-gloss. I’m going to interview an employee.
Employee Interview: This girl is going crazy because she can’t find the right lip-gloss. I tried helping her but she wouldn’t respect and I need respect.
(employee is talking in a sassy voice for employee)
CESKABABDICHOSISBALIN said…I can’t find the right lip-gloss. “Oooh, that one looks nice” says employee. “Oh, you be quiet you little mmmmmm” says the girl.
Reporter: Well this is crazy.
Girl: This is horribleeeeee! I can’t go to a dance without lip-gloss.
Reporter: It’s okay.
Girl: Don’t touch me!!!
Reporter: So I guess we know our reason for catastrophe. Well, back to you Susan.
Susan: Well, we hope this problem will be solved. Oh and a little advice. Don’t go to Claire’s. Well, goodnight peeps. . . . (THE END)
By Antonio M., Parzen N., Emily G., Jesus R., 5th Grade, Orchard Place
That's Weird, Grandma
“whatever said the princess wolfgirl to the wolfman because he wouldn’t give her free McDonalds and asked “would you marry me?” She was like “whatever!” He started crying and running. “I hate you! I love you! I don’t like you anymore at the same time!” “Whatever!” said the princess. He breaks his legs. He was running and got hit by a car. Princess Wolfgirl comes and helps him up. He falls again. He says “I’ll be better if you gave me a kiss and married me!” “Whatever!” She says. The end.
By Jordan W., 6th Grade, Loyola After School Program
That's Weird, Grandma
Monkeys are smart. They know that apples are good. They eat apples every day. One day a monkey didn’t want to eat apples and started eating bananas. The apples felt offended. Then all the monkeys started eating bananas and worms started living in the apples.
The End
By Derek M., Haines
True Stories
That's Weird, Grandma
I remember when I was 8 years old I went to camp. In the afternoon it was very hot. We had to go outside. Some people we’re falling out because it was so hot. When my sisters and I got home my sister emailed our cousin in Wisconsin. My sister asked could we go and stay one week. Then my other cousin asked. Then they came to Chicago. It took a really long time to get there. When we got there my cosuine Gino and I went outside. We went to get my big cousin Nate. He is very fun. We was going to the park he couldn’t go because he had chores. So my sisters and my cousins all came. My cousin’s god sister kept crying cause she couldn’t get what she wanted. It was Sunday. We had to go to church. I was messing with my cousin’s friend. Then they start chasing me. I went to the store with my cousins. We had to leave on Sunday. We had to go back to camp. Then I met Stephon. He had attitude problems. He is fun most of the time.
By Mario M., 4th Grade, Columbia Explorers Academy
Arguments
Podcasts
I believe I should get more pokemon cards. I think this because once they stop making them I will never have a favorite thing that I love and enjoy. I have lots of friends. They all have pokemon cards too. This affects the world because pokemon cards are really popular. Even my twenty year old brother loves pokemon cards, and he collects them. A world without pokemon cards is like a world without internet. Kids just like pokemon, and if they don’t get and they will never be happy for the rest of eternity.
Listen to the podcast episode adapted from this story!
By Shiloh, Emma, Val, Reid, Everett, Sebastian, Betty, Ethan, David, Krystal, Eric, Joel, Alec, Weipeng, Sophie, and Philip, Lincoln Park Words@Play Program
Poems
Podcasts
Peace looks like the calm before the storm (Shiloh)
like the steam off of my morning bowl of oatmeal (Emma)
Peace smells like chicken noodle soup from the microwave (Val)
like the bottom of a new gym shoe (Reid)
like a flower shop with all different scents of flowers in it (Everett)
Peace tastes like a cheesey pizza that when you take a bit it will take you to a cheesey world (Sebastian)
like fresh-baked cookies straight from the oven (Betty)
like eating scrambled eggs at a night party (Ethan)
Peace sounds like my papa’s stories from around the world (David)
like a violin playing back music for all the happy moments in your life (Krystal)
Peace feels like the unknown, the smoke seeping out from underneath the door (Eric)
like water splashing around my feet (Joel)
like you gave a poor person $1,000 (Alec)
like a spring breeze blowing at your face while relaxing in a fuzzy and cozy hammock (Weipeng)
like meditation and sleeping (Sophie)
like soft, warm fur and tiny heartbeats (Philip)
Listen to the podcast episode adapted from this story!
By Thomas R, 4th Grade, Columbia Explorers Academy
I am a dog and I believe that all dogs should have clothes. My first reason is when the dogs walk you could see their buts. My second reason is humans have clothes but not dogs. My third reason is it is not fair. That’s why I believe dogs should have clothes.
By Kiara B, 3rd Grade, Bridge
Superheroes
Songs
That's Weird, Grandma
There once was a very old scientist. One day he found a pill and the scientist drank it and he turned into a monster. He lived in Africa where 8 people lived. They were Super heroes. They found the monster and the monster tried to kill them and for a moment the monster said, “Help I can’t control my self.” They tried to help but the monster kept on fighting. The monster went to the city and destroyed the city and the Super heroes tried to follow him but they fall into a river and the truck sank. They transformed into Super heroes and flied to the city but it was too late and the man died. He was weak and told them he’s sorry. the end
By Belen R, Ceasar M, Michael H, Andre V, and Yaret S.,, 2nd Grade, Orchard Place
That's Weird, Grandma
There was once a little Chihuahua who pretended that he was normal, but his owners didn’t know that he was a
superhero! They thought he was afraid of coyotes. The Chihuahua is named Kathy. Kathy is at home alone when
coyotes break in, they know karate, and are ready to fight. Kathy fights the coyotes when her family comes home.
They were parking in their garage, and hear the noises and they think that Kathy is having a party. When they go
inside, they see the fighting and the wife faints because her little Chihuahua is a superhero! They are so surprised .
Coyotes try to get the family. Kathy jumps in front of the family, the coyote plants a bomb. The family helps
Kathy fight. They throw the bomb using a shovel, and the coyotes explode! They live happily ever after, and the
coyotes never came back!
THE END
By Antonio M., 4th Grade, Cleveland School
Podcasts
Once there was a old woman driving in a bens then she went to the bam-bam she started breakdancing with other old-ladys she won then she came back she lost she was mad she was doing backflips and frontflips then she told them peace and went to breakdance somewhere else.
