The following excerpts of the kids' work came from some of this session's writing activities. Some were in response to prompts, and a few are in response to learning about Amelia Earhart's flight. In the "My Name Is..." poems, students personified their names. "My name is... " poem
My name is Niall.
My name is made from water,
I found my name in Egypt.
My name can flow around rocks,
If I lost my name Mother Nature would stress out!
-Niall
Excerpt from "What I hate about being a kid"
What I hate about being a kid is that I can't sing when I want to. I can't cut with a really sharp knife. I can't tackle my brave cats who battle each other and both get really hurt...
-Josie
Excerpt from "If I was a pet..."
If I was a pet bat I would wake up at night. I would be a brown bat. I would sleep in the morning. I would fly all night. I would sleep upside down. I would squeak. I would eat bugs. I could see in the dark to catch bugs...
-Samantha
Dear Amelia Earhart,
My name is Zoe and I am the author of this note. I'm writing to you because I want to ask you some questions about your journey: Were you the only one on the island? How did you survive? Were there harmful sea creatures surrounding the island? Were you scared? Do you miss your family?
-Zoe
Excerpt from "If I were a pet bird..."
If I were a pet bird I would not eat, and then I would shrink and then I could fit through the bars of my cage and make a paper bird so my owner would feed the paper bird and get tricked...
-Lucie
Dear Amelia Earhart,
What did you do when you were stuck on the island? I would kill fish and eat them. Were you putting on that freckle cream that they found when they went looking for you? I'm sorry that you died.
Love,
Roxy
-Roxie
Excerpt from "If I were a pet bird..."
If I were a bird I would sing all day long. I would love my humans and sit on branches. I would have babies and keep them warm by sitting on them. I would eat and feed my babies, and before I died I'd make sure my babies were OK.
-Anonymous
Excerpt from "If I were stuck on an island..."
If I was stuck on an island I would stay there for 100 years and no one would come to rescue me. If they did find me I would be happy, but I would have some animal friends so I would not leave them behind. I would take them with me, maybe a monkey, a panda, and even a bird. We would play animal games like animal hide-and-seek...
-Anonymous