Writing Workshop Pieces2008-2009
Axelby Emma Sabala4th grade When I skate at the McCall ice rink, I am trying to land my axel. It is sometimes hard and sometimes it hurts, because when I fall on the ice it is rock hard. An axel is a jump where my skates are crossed together, and I pull my arms to my chest, then I try to get one-and-a-half revolutions in the air. I just landed my axel on the harness. I am strapped up to a rope and it looks like I am wearing a little backpack. My coach Leesa straps me up tight. She has a rope in her hand and pulls me up tight: the rope that she has is connected to a pulley way up high. From the pulley, the rope comes down and attaches to me. One time she didn't pull up and I landed my axel. When I am off the harness, I am really close to landing it but I get scared because I don't feel the harness on me. I try the axel a lot because my coach told me and Cameron that we should both try to land ours before Ben, with perfect position! I do it because I want to move up a level and because I think axels are fun to do! Slouchby Ben Crogh4th grade My chocolate lab is
Freedomby Emma Sabala4th grade When I skate, I am
Suicidal Skierby Ben Crogh4th grade One of the sports I do is skiing. When I ski I don't really care about dying. When I see a big jump, I say in my head, "Bring it on." My friend Kaden is also a suicidal skier. As I am going down the hill, snow flies in my face like flour falling from the sky. All of a sudden, BOOM, I'm flying. I bend my knees and get ready for serious pain as I land. My friend starts dancing because I'm not dead. After skiing, we go into the Brindage Lodge and get some pizza for lunch. Then we go out and do it again. B-52'sby Sean Crowley4th grade A B-52 is a plane. It's two times bigger than a B-17. It has machine guns and two tail wings. It has no belly gun and it smells like gas and smoke. Once, after Pearl Harbor was bombed, thirteen B-52's flew to Japan to get even. They bombed four tank factories, and then three crashed in the forest. The ten other B-52's killed the Japanese patrols, and then they picked up the other pilots. Once I played a B-52 video game. My guy only survived five minutes because there were too many Japanese Zero's. Partnerby Hallie Tucker4th grade My horse is brown with white spots.
Winterby Ben Crogh4th grade The big door opens;
Baylieby Baylie Holsman4th grade Five feet tall like a middle-aged pine:
Soccerby Hallie Tucker4th grade I like to play soccer with my friends. Soccer's fun because the players use a lot of teamwork. Soccer is also dangerous so everyone has to have shin guards. You only can use your feet because if you use your hands you might get hurt. But the goalie can use her hands because if someone kicks the ball high in the air, then the goalie tries to jump up and catch it. If it is coming into the goal slowly, then the goalie picks it up and throws the ball to one of his teammates. The goalie tries to keep the ball away from the goal. Soccer is played on a wide field that's greener than a raw banana. There are several positions when you play soccer. There are three people forward, two people back, and one person in goal. The people in the front try to take the ball up field and if they miss the goal, the defenders in the back try to steal the ball. If they get the ball, they kick it way up the field and the forward players try to kick it to the goal. If they miss, then the goalie tries to kick it down the other way and the forwards on their team try to get a goal. There are two goals on each end of the field. If you are nine, ten, or eleven, you have a big goal and a goalie and a bigger field, but if you're younger, then you will have a smaller net and no goalie and a smaller field. I like to play soccer. |
Meby Ben Crogh5th grade I am a ten-year-old
Sean's Air Soft Gunby Hallie Tucker4th grade Sean got his first air soft gun last year. His cousin gave it to him. He has friends, Austin and Dustin, who play with the air soft gun. An air soft gun shoots out air. You pull the trigger. A tiny little dot comes flying out. When it's not loaded, it only shots out air. His air soft gun is really important, Sean says, because "it was ten bucks and my mother brought it for me." Sean likes to hit bugs with it, and loves to play with it outside. The shot from the gun isn't bad. It just sounds like a tiny "bang." The shot gun is clear in the middle and black on the sides. Sean says that he likes to play with the air soft gun with his family. "I like to shoot it on the ground because it hits the tree then bounces and hits the trigger." Emma's Ballby Bailey Holsman5th grade Emma Sabala has a blue, shiny, useful soccer ball. "My dad gave it to me when I was nine," she says. On the field, Emma kicks and kicks the ball until it makes a goal which, she says, is her favorite part of soccer. But even off the field, Emma plays with her ball all of the time. "I play with it in the water and in my house," she says. Emma did not ask for the metallic blue ball; she just got it for no reason. "I can use this ball all the time for many things," Emma declares. Baylie's Puppyby Emma Sabala4th grade "My dog's name was Jack," Baylie says. "He died by getting hit by a car; he was five months old when he died." Jack was really important to Baylie. She has kept her dog's collar because Jack was a really special dog. He was a fun chocolate lab, and Baylie and Jack played together a lot. She says they played catch, but Jack never gave the stick back. Baylie says, "I slept with Jack, I played with Jack, and we were friends." Ben's Tech-Deckby Kailey Linden5th grade Ben got his tech-deck in Boise. A tech-deck is a mini skateboard. Ben does kickflips, stalls, grinds, nose presses, and an "impossible". "An 'impossible,' he says, "is a back flip done by the board." Ben does these tricks with his third and middle fingers. The tech-deck is red, blue, pink, tan, white, black, brown, and gray. There are four wheels attached with bolts. Ben says, "tech-decks are radical!" Kailey's Gemsby Ben Crogh5th grade Kailey has different-colored gems in a bottle. She got the gems in Colorado at a gift shop. While they are not a toy someone could play with, the gems are cut, cleaned, and polished, then put in a bottle. No one else in her family has a bottle of gems. She says, "It reminds me of my favorite summer," and that's why she got it. Kailey likes gems. She says, "I think they're cool." Hallie's Pinby Sean Crowley3rd grade Hallie's pin is small and silver. She got it a month ago. It's special to her because her dad won it for her. It's not plastic and it's not all metal. It looks real, and it has an eagle on it. Hallie says, "It is very special to me because my dad won it for me." He went to a meeting at Whitetail and drew a number and won it for her. She keeps it in a bag. Meby Hallie Tucker4th grade Sports like soccer let you run
Snowboardingby Ben Crogh4th grade My neighbor gave me a new snowboard. I used it last year and intend to use it this year, too. I go down the hill like a penguin on its belly. One of the jumps is as big as me. I am learning the snake slither -- a type of slalom turn where you put your weight on your toes, then on your heels. When you shift your weight, it carves an edge. My friend Smokey is really good at snowboarding, just like I am. One day when we went to Brundage Ski Resort, we went to the terrain park. The terrain park is a place with jumps and rails. People usually just goof off and get hurt, but I don't. You just go off the jumps and grind the rails. When you grind, you shave paint off of the rail. After every long day of snowboarding, we go home, get a cup of hot chocolate, and relax. To see pieces written by WW students in 2007-2008, Click hereTo see pieces written by WW students in 2006-2007, Click hereTo see pieces written by WW students in 2005-2006, Click hereTo see pieces written by WW students in 2002-2003, Click hereTo see pieces written by WW students in 2001-2002, Click hereTo see pieces written by WW students in 2000-2001, Click here |
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