PlayMakers Laboratory Story Archive
Stories and poems featured on the "Monkeys Come Alive" CD.
By Stephanie E., 4th Grade, Columbia Explorers Academy
That's Weird, Grandma
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Once there was some astronauts that were trying to make a party for a friend so they had the party and they were acting like some strange astronauts can you believe it!!! It was crazy that you want to die of the laughing because the things that the astronauts did.
Astronauts sometimes are crazy! The end.
By Janely A. & Javier D., 4th Grade, Avondale School
Dialogues
Holidays
Halloween
That's Weird, Grandma
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Characters: Vampire and Dog
Setting: in the house
V: you want to be my friend.
D: Yes I want to be your friend.
V: OK lets go to my friend house.
D: OK lets go to your house.
V: Wait let me tie you up.
D: No you are a bad friend.
V: Get out of this house.
D: What you said “Go to your house.”
V: But you said I a bad friend.
D: I know but I go to my house OK.
V: OK. Get out.
D: You are a bad bad friend OK.
V: I going to my vampire house already.
D: OK I not care OK.
V: Bye then.
D: OK Vampire go run.
V: OK see you then.
D: OK.
THE END.
By Christopher C., 4th Grade, Stockton School
Arguments
Songs
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
My name is Chris and I believe we should make Clones
My first reason is when we are bored we can play with our clones
My second reason is if my friends can’t play I’ll clone them
My third reason is I can make my clone go to school while I play with my clones.
By Paige O., 5th Grade, Loyola Park After School Program
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Once upon a time there were three guys named Hogan, Liam, and Martice. The three guys were looking for love. Hogan was looking for good looking girls that like some of the stuff he likes. Then the three guys met three girls named Jennie, Margaret, and Amber. They all got together for brunch.
By Sejla I., 4th Grade, Field School
Songs
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Once there were two friend that went swimming in a lake. There were ducks and baby ducks too. They jumped again and they did not know how to swim so they were teaching each other and having a great time. There names were Tommy and Sandy. They were mostly like cousins, but not cousins. They did a lap when they learned to swim. It was a great and sunny day to go swimming at a lake. The lake was very big but the ocean is bigger. They splashed water in their faces. Sandy had a red t-shirt. It was almost 3:00 in the afternoon. Time to go home yelled Sandy’s mom.
The end.
By Anton R., 4th Grade, Henderson School
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Once there was a group of Asians who came to Walmart. They were demanded that they lower their soap prices to 50 cents a bar, but they wouldn’t. So later they planned to trash the Walmart. But when they trashed it the Walmart came alive, trapping everyone inside. So the Walmart keep lowering its prices and it keep every one inside. Suddenly a 70’s disco star will five of them danced their heart out. The Walmart said “I will return everything back into its natural balance.” But mysteriously the Walmart keeps lowering its prices every day, swearing never to turn bad again. The end.
By Sandra S. & Diana F. , 3rd Grade, Bridge School
Dialogues
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Characters Princess Diana and Princess Sandra
Place: Kingdom
PS: Hey Sis want to make a new spell?
PD: Of course I will make the spell so you could knock on my door before you enter!
PS: how come you get to make the spell I want to make a spell too—oh to knock my door when you’re done with your spell.
PD: Fine with me but you have to do whatever I say!
PS: I don’t have to listen to you because I’m older.
PD: I don’t have to listen to you because I am older.
PS: I don’t care! Just agree with me!
PS: Why don’t we just get over this OK let’s both do a spell together.
PD: I will never get a long with you ever ever in my life or share with you!
PS: Lets get to be best sisters and destroy boys that like us.
PS: OK best sister.
By Rodrigo F., 4th Grade, Little Village
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
Once upon a time there was a concert about a chicken who could sing. This little girl named Suzie she saw the commercial about the singing chicken. She got so hyper that she started running around the house. She wanted to go see the singing chicken sing. So she started jumping on the bed until she could touch the ceiling. So then she went to find her mom painting the walls. She told her mom if they could go there. And her mom said yes. The next day they went to see the chicken sing at the beginning the chicken sand the pledge and then started to sing whatever song. Suzie and her mom started to laugh so hard, their lungs died out. The show took two hours. And when Suzie and her mom came out they were so surprised.
By Arthur S, Deja Y, Deon G, Darrid M, Lavelle A, Mykayla J, Daniel D, Christian W, 4th Grade, Reavis School
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
This paper was from when we wasn’t on the planet- that’s how old it is. A man was with fish, and he took a break to write a poem. He used paint and an old piece of paper. When he finished the poem and he cleaned fish, and put them in the window so people could have them. He tore the poem up by accident, but then he taped it back together. He takes the poem and gives it to his best friend. His friend, Milton, says, “it is very nice.” The man sells some fish, and gives some to poor people for free.
THE END
By Marisol B., 4th Grade, Cleveland School
True Stories
Celebration of Authors
COA 2008
When I went to Wisconsin first, I fixed my clothes in the drawers in my room and then we went to a Walmart close to our hotel which was called Wilderness on the Lake. After that my mom and dad stayed cooking food with me my sister and my nieces and my 2 brothers and my others sister and my 2 aunts went to swim in the hotel swimming place. After that we came back and we were hungry so we ate. Then the next day we went to a place where you can ride horses. I rode a horse by myself and was excited but at the same time I was scared because what if I fell. Day after that I went to a place where there was lots of pools. A day after that I went to walk around the hotel we found a place where you can play golf so the next day we went to play golf. The next day we went to a place where we went in the house it was backwards you saw all the things backwards it was called the top secret and there one of my nieces got lost so we had to look for her. So we packed our things and came back to Chicago.