Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Preposition Poems: Directions to . . .

Into the Light
By: Taaliyah Ross

Underneath the tree
Where the fireflies swarm
Around and around
Spinning from right to left
She sings high and low
The lullaby that spins around in her mind
She jumps up
Flies down
Onto the cold and misty floor
She looks to her left
Sees smoke
Goes up into the sky
She looks to her right
Sees two birds all snuggled together
Up in a tree
In their nest
She turns back
Looking up
Into the light
She sings again
- Music on – world off


Directions to the Golden Donut
By: Rudy Paisley

Step left, then right
Then left, then right
Then restart the poem
Because it’s terrible!

To find the golden donut
You need to go to the
Burger King.
In the bathroom
Flush yourself down the toilet.
You’ll find a moose
With a briefcase –
Take it
Then go to the airport
Go on flight F127
From there
You must take over the plane.
Crash it into the office tower
Because the plane is filled with
Evil penguins
Trying to take over Norway.
Escape the explosion
And go to the Great Wall of China.
Another Moose will give you a box
In the box is another box
And another
And another
And another
Continue opening the boxes
Until you find
The Golden Donut!


Directions to my Soul:
By: Sophie McMillian

On your way to the store
Go into isle three and find
A staircase beneath
Your feet.  Eaten away
And in between, you’ll find
A cake not so clean
It has a boat in a lake
And a man just inside
Around the cave are
Mountains with trees
And skies with stars
If you pass them
By, your tongue starts
To feel dry because
All around you is the
World we are in and
Through my soul you
Just went . . .


Directions to the Bathroom:
By: Ashton Zeringue

Out the door
Past the building
Through the clouds
Over the rainbow
On the ground
Around the world
Into my head
Out of my head
Into a cave
Wait
Wait
Wait
This isn’t the way into the bathroom!
Said the man.
Oh
I thought you said the way down stairs.
The bathroom
Is around the corner


Directions to my Brain
By: Alberto Aguliar

To get to my brain you climb up
My leg
 Swim through my veins
Crawl under my skin
See inside my thoughts
Look into my eyes
But, don’t kill my vibe
Music flows through my ears
And out my mouth
You rip through my chest
And out my heart
Climb up my neck
And into my mouth
Maybe through my nose
You’ll soon find out
And that is how
You find your way
To my brain


Directions to My Smile
BY: Elizabeth Watkins

Come get into my plane, and we will fly by the things that make me smile.
As we go around the frown, we see a music note flying up and down.
We cross a path of horses running free, and look into the T.V.
As we go through and above a stack of books
We fly into the books and see a pencil moving up and down
We swing around and see my family gathered around
Go through the T.V. and come out.

Those are the things that make me smile.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

Show Vs. Tell

Students were asked to randomly pick a word out of a bucket and then as creatively and with as much detail as possible, describe the word without ever using it or any part of it.  We then guessed the words.


Show Vs. Tell
By: Sam Mitchell

I have an owner
She plays a sport
My best friends are socks
And I’m forced to run around
The court

What am I?


Show Vs. Tell
By: Dante Belandres

I can be heard from far away. My sounds are as beautiful as flowers in the sunset.  I can be played.  Sometimes I need to be tuned.  Sometimes my strings break to wrong tuning.  I’m loud and long.  I have many strings.  I’m happy to be any color and can play any song.
What am I?


Show Vs. Tell
By: Brendan Motley

Tick Tock Tick Tock
Time goes on and on every second, every hour.  I am the most valuable thing to know and have.  I change and have different looks.
Tick Tock Tick Tock
I get the time of day.  My sound is like a heart-beat.  As the time hits twelve, you know very well, I will always be there to let you know.
Tick Tock Tick Tock


Show Vs. Tell
By: Terry Harris

I am actually the thing known for first discovering gravity.  But, I’m just a thing, a thing that can’t talk or walk.  I’m just a delicious treat.  Oh wait . . . here comes someone!  I’ve got an idea!  I’m going to fall on this guy’s head  - Doink . . . Eureka! I just helped discover gravity.
What am I?


Show Vs. Tell
By: Sam Armstrong

I am the life of the beaches.
I can go very swiftly, or I can just float.
I’m taken over and under big, blue, splashes of water and I, myself, can be very colorful.
My master takes very good care of me.
What am I?  


Show Vs. Tell
By: Kenyan Fizer

I’m soft and comfy
Watch out don’t bump me
Cotton or cushiony
My arms sit silly
Relax - chillax
Come on lean back
My back is flat
My legs are the . . . 
Wait slow down
Splat, you’re on your stomache
Chillin
Just bumming
Sleeping with your body
In my arms.


Show Vs. Tell
By: Tamera Lapore

A feat of thought and imagination 
Shining through the windowsill of eyes that see through it
Flip through life
All of it in a hard covering, protecting the creativity waiting to be made
Hiding from eyes unworthy
Silver skinned and lead centered
Lines heading to nowhere
Words unspoken, yet said


Show Vs. Tell
By: Angelo Diaz

It’s delicious and sweet
It sometimes grows on a tree
My sister likes to drink it and my family likes to eat it
It’s my favorite color
My mom likes to grow it


Show Vs. Tell
By: Hailey Kerlin

I am full of junk or joy
I am the passage way of news or blues
I may be slower to receive things than your phone or computer
But, it’s sweeter to find a happy package inside me