footsteps
steady rhythms
racing heartbeats
steady rhythms
racing heartbeats
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Death
A death happens every second
But everyone dies
It happens when no one knows
Death might be scary
But everyone dies
And you will too
Death may be sad
And it may be good
But always remember
That death is the last step of life
Death is powerful
You can't stop it
You can only hope
Hope for it not to come
For it to stay
In somewhere else
Death is an unhappy event
But it happens for everyone
And everyone knows
That they will die too
Maybe a sad and painful death
Or a death of old age
But you'll always remember
That death is not bad
And everyone will die someday
~fifth grade 2010-11
Four Seasons
Winter
Soft snow falling from the sky
A huge blanket covering the earth
The Magical Trance falling upon everyone
Everything is covered in a huge white blanket
Large long icicles hanging from roofs
Soft snowflakes drifting out from nowhere
Winter frost covering us
And gives us the signal
That winter is here
Summer
The summer is mine
The flowers have sprouted
I am myself again
Our earth is green once more
I am happy
The animals have awakened
from their long winter sleep
I am summer
and I am ruler
Once again
Spring
Spring sprouts
From flower buds
Rosy scents
Floating from nowhere
A magical season
Floats over earth
Turning everything green
Autumn
Dancing Leaves
Waves of wind
Shimmering raindrops
Floaty clouds
Autumn is here
Soft snow falling from the sky
A huge blanket covering the earth
The Magical Trance falling upon everyone
Everything is covered in a huge white blanket
Large long icicles hanging from roofs
Soft snowflakes drifting out from nowhere
Winter frost covering us
And gives us the signal
That winter is here
Summer
The summer is mine
The flowers have sprouted
I am myself again
Our earth is green once more
I am happy
The animals have awakened
from their long winter sleep
I am summer
and I am ruler
Once again
Spring
Spring sprouts
From flower buds
Rosy scents
Floating from nowhere
A magical season
Floats over earth
Turning everything green
Autumn
Dancing Leaves
Waves of wind
Shimmering raindrops
Floaty clouds
Autumn is here
~ fifth grade 2010-11
I am from
I am from
the old couch,
from my bed
and my books,
I am from
the big gray house next to the school, the fresh scent of leaves,
I am from
the beautiful flowers in my yard, the pear tree,
with oddly shaped pears.
I am from celebrations and Chinese, from
Mom and Dad,
I’m from
Camping and Birthdays
I’m from
go to bed,
and Mary Had a Little Lamb
I’m
from making dumplings
I am from
Canada,
from China,
From noodles and rice
From falling off the bed,
A big bump growing on my forehead From our fireplace,
behind the TV,
I am from everything I love
from my bed
and my books,
I am from
the big gray house next to the school, the fresh scent of leaves,
I am from
the beautiful flowers in my yard, the pear tree,
with oddly shaped pears.
I am from celebrations and Chinese, from
Mom and Dad,
I’m from
Camping and Birthdays
I’m from
go to bed,
and Mary Had a Little Lamb
I’m
from making dumplings
I am from
Canada,
from China,
From noodles and rice
From falling off the bed,
A big bump growing on my forehead From our fireplace,
behind the TV,
I am from everything I love
~fifth grade 2010-11
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
They put on a magnificent show
They dance
They leap
They swirl
They prance
They sweep
They twirl
They are magnificent
And I watch them
As they slowly die down
Leaves
They put on a magnificent show
They dance
They leap
They swirl
They prance
They sweep
They twirl
They are magnificent
And I watch them
As they slowly die down
~ fifth grade 2010-11
Music
Music is like the first star at night
like a light in a dark universe
Music is like another world
a world where everything is bright and nothing is dull
Music is like the light of your eyes
something that will brighten you up
something that can make you sad
Music is like the spark of light that starts your fire
Music is the center of everything
the center of you
like a light in a dark universe
Music is like another world
a world where everything is bright and nothing is dull
Music is like the light of your eyes
something that will brighten you up
something that can make you sad
Music is like the spark of light that starts your fire
Music is the center of everything
the center of you
~fifth grade 2010-11
Four Strokes
Butterfly
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Freestyle
The four strokes
Butterfly,
Soars over the pool,
a light graceful feeling,
Backstroke,
Floats over the pool
In a tight thin line
Breaststroke,
Leaping through the water,
Like a small frog
Freestyle
Each arm taking a important part,
Being graceful,
High elbows
Each stroke is important
Each stroke has a meaning
~fifth grade 2010-11
Backstroke
Breaststroke
Freestyle
The four strokes
Butterfly,
Soars over the pool,
a light graceful feeling,
Backstroke,
Floats over the pool
In a tight thin line
Breaststroke,
Leaping through the water,
Like a small frog
Freestyle
Each arm taking a important part,
Being graceful,
High elbows
Each stroke is important
Each stroke has a meaning
~fifth grade 2010-11
Running Away
Everyone else was laughing. Except ME! I looked down at myself when I decided to run
out side. I ran out of the cafeteria. As I left the cafeteria I could hear everyoneʼs shouts
getting even louder, and the laughter turning into roars. I ran outside just to see that it
was pouring rain outside. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I sat down against the
cold hard brick wall. My curly hair uncurled and fell to my waist. My clothes were
drenched in rain and tears. I wondered why everyone had laughed at me. I mean, what
had I done wrong? I know that I am sometimes weird, and that I am usually laughed at,
but not usually this hard!
" I tried to blink back more tears as The rain beat down on me harder. I slowly got
up and walked over to the edge of the school gate, looking at the brightly lighted houses
by the road. Nobody knew that I was standing alone, small and miserable feeling. I
decided to leave school. I opened the large school gates, and slipped out to the large
new world that I had just entered.
~fifth grade 2010-11
Miri
HEY GUYSIES THIS ONE'S REAAAAAAAALY SHORT :D HAVE FUN :P
Miranda Sanders was an ordinary girl, but she was a little too ordinary. Anything
unusual that happened made her freak out. She was scared of most things, including
spiders, insects, and even guinea pigs. That was a big problem because Mirandaʼs (Miri
for short) best friend had a really cute guinea pig, witch prevented Miri to go to
Elizabethʼs (Lizzy for short) house. Now Lizzy was turning 9 and she was going to have a scary birthday party. Miri
was invited and...
~fifth grade 2010-11
Flying to Alaska
Flying to Alaska
The week before disaster
Alaska has always seemed to be a fun place to go to and finally, I get to go! My mom said that she was going to buy the plane tickets today, so that means that we can get on the plane by Wednesday. I can't wait because I've heard that you can go bear sightseeing in the wild. I love black bears, so I hope that we will be able to see a few black bears. I don't know what the population of black bears are over there, but I hope that it's a lot.
Were on the plane now and i totally can not wait. Mom says that it will only take a few hours to get there since we live in Canada, but not too long. I really think that were going to have a really fun time, and that we are hopefully going to see a lot of black bears.
Disaster strikes
We have finally gotten on the plane and are ready to take of. We had to go to a different airport because there was like something wrong with our plane. Now it will take about 2 more hours, but I don't really care because that means that we get to have more snacks, probably 4 or 5 times. The plane peoples have already come around twice with drinks and snacks, but the intercom says that it's getting cloudy and they can't see. I hope they can find their way through because our airplane is starting to run out of gas.
Uh oh. Our gas is gone!!!!!!!! The intercom says that we are over water (which is good) but I think they are wrong because I see trees under us. I have a feeling this isn't good because our plane is shaking and we are getting lower and lower. We are now going straight down and-AHHHHH I am closing my eyes as tight as I can and I can hear the loud BOOM!!!and then I faint.
I don't know how long I was sleeping for, but when I wake up we are next to the plane wreck and we are the only ones who live. I guess we are on our own from now on! I don’t remember anything that happened, but all I do know that I started closing my eyes and told mom that I loved her and then boom! I thought I was dead.
Me and mom walked on for I don't know how long, but after a while we came to a small clearing, and we stopped there. Mom set up a tent, and we sat in front of a small fire that mom had made. Mom said that we were very lucky to have lived, because if we were a few seconds later, then we would of been burned up with the rest of the plane. Apparently, according to mom, we are In Alaska but we are just on the border. I we ever get saved, then mom said that It would maybe take around 1 hour left of driving, NOT plane riding, but thats that. I hope that we will survive, because mom says (AGAIN!!!!) that the newspaper article about the plane crash will most likely show up the newspaper in 2 weeks, then the airport will send a search for us then they will go looking for us, and she said that we have a fifty fifty chance of surviving. I am going to help mom set up a fire, because she has never set up a tent before. That is because usually when we go real camping, dad always sets up the tent for us.
We are lucky, or I am lucky that mom saved our stuff from the airplane when it crashed. So now we have our sleeping bags that we brought. It is 7 at night now and I am getting drowsy from walking all day and Mom said that I can go to bed now. We had some sort of berries for dinner and surprisingly, they were delicious.
Three weeks later
Mom and I have been hiking for weeks and we have finally come to the side of the woods. Our short supply of food is almost gone, and mom is starting to turn paler and paler. I now see the far mountainside and I see our miracle. About 50 feet in front of us I see a small dot that is coming closer. I stop mom and wave my hand and yell. “HELP! HELP!” The people come closer and I see that is is a hunter. The hunter comes right up to us and asks us who we are. We say that we are from the plane crash in the woods and He raises his hands up and says “Everybody is looking for you!” Inside of me I am secretly saying Duh! We have been missing for weeks!
The hunter takes us to the airport and pays for our tickets back home. We said that we were going to a different part of Alaska, but he insisted that we had to go back to our home in Canada. When we are back home we both take a shower. Mom makes us some tea and we sit down to think about our ‘wonderful’ trip to ‘Alaska’. We think about how we are soooooooo lucky to be home. Mom called my Aunt Cecilia (C.c)yesterday and told her about our ‘magnificent’ trip. Aunt C.c now insists that we are NEVER EVER going to go on ANY trip anymore.
Alaska has always seemed to be a fun place to go to and finally, I get to go! My mom said that she was going to buy the plane tickets today, so that means that we can get on the plane by Wednesday. I can't wait because I've heard that you can go bear sightseeing in the wild. I love black bears, so I hope that we will be able to see a few black bears. I don't know what the population of black bears are over there, but I hope that it's a lot.
Were on the plane now and i totally can not wait. Mom says that it will only take a few hours to get there since we live in Canada, but not too long. I really think that were going to have a really fun time, and that we are hopefully going to see a lot of black bears.
Disaster strikes
We have finally gotten on the plane and are ready to take of. We had to go to a different airport because there was like something wrong with our plane. Now it will take about 2 more hours, but I don't really care because that means that we get to have more snacks, probably 4 or 5 times. The plane peoples have already come around twice with drinks and snacks, but the intercom says that it's getting cloudy and they can't see. I hope they can find their way through because our airplane is starting to run out of gas.
Uh oh. Our gas is gone!!!!!!!! The intercom says that we are over water (which is good) but I think they are wrong because I see trees under us. I have a feeling this isn't good because our plane is shaking and we are getting lower and lower. We are now going straight down and-AHHHHH I am closing my eyes as tight as I can and I can hear the loud BOOM!!!and then I faint.
I don't know how long I was sleeping for, but when I wake up we are next to the plane wreck and we are the only ones who live. I guess we are on our own from now on! I don’t remember anything that happened, but all I do know that I started closing my eyes and told mom that I loved her and then boom! I thought I was dead.
Me and mom walked on for I don't know how long, but after a while we came to a small clearing, and we stopped there. Mom set up a tent, and we sat in front of a small fire that mom had made. Mom said that we were very lucky to have lived, because if we were a few seconds later, then we would of been burned up with the rest of the plane. Apparently, according to mom, we are In Alaska but we are just on the border. I we ever get saved, then mom said that It would maybe take around 1 hour left of driving, NOT plane riding, but thats that. I hope that we will survive, because mom says (AGAIN!!!!) that the newspaper article about the plane crash will most likely show up the newspaper in 2 weeks, then the airport will send a search for us then they will go looking for us, and she said that we have a fifty fifty chance of surviving. I am going to help mom set up a fire, because she has never set up a tent before. That is because usually when we go real camping, dad always sets up the tent for us.
We are lucky, or I am lucky that mom saved our stuff from the airplane when it crashed. So now we have our sleeping bags that we brought. It is 7 at night now and I am getting drowsy from walking all day and Mom said that I can go to bed now. We had some sort of berries for dinner and surprisingly, they were delicious.
Three weeks later
Mom and I have been hiking for weeks and we have finally come to the side of the woods. Our short supply of food is almost gone, and mom is starting to turn paler and paler. I now see the far mountainside and I see our miracle. About 50 feet in front of us I see a small dot that is coming closer. I stop mom and wave my hand and yell. “HELP! HELP!” The people come closer and I see that is is a hunter. The hunter comes right up to us and asks us who we are. We say that we are from the plane crash in the woods and He raises his hands up and says “Everybody is looking for you!” Inside of me I am secretly saying Duh! We have been missing for weeks!
The hunter takes us to the airport and pays for our tickets back home. We said that we were going to a different part of Alaska, but he insisted that we had to go back to our home in Canada. When we are back home we both take a shower. Mom makes us some tea and we sit down to think about our ‘wonderful’ trip to ‘Alaska’. We think about how we are soooooooo lucky to be home. Mom called my Aunt Cecilia (C.c)yesterday and told her about our ‘magnificent’ trip. Aunt C.c now insists that we are NEVER EVER going to go on ANY trip anymore.
Alaine
“Run Alaine!” Pa shouted to me as the white men ran after us. We all split up,
confusing the men, but soon, I started to run out of breath. I couldn’t see Ma, Pa or
Little Ben, but I still could see one of the three men racing after me. I turned to run
into the forest. I knew that if I hid there, then the white men wouldn’t be able to
find me.
Even though I didn’t get one little glimpse of the person running behind me, I
was sure that when I saw him, he would probably look horrible, like the bad men in
the story books that Ma used to read to me. Then I realized that someone was
yelling my name, and thinking that the person was my mother, I yelled back. “Ma,
is that you? I yelled. The person came closer. That’s when I realized that it was the
white men’s leader. I shivered. But when the man came even closer, I
could see that this person was actually a young boy, about the age
of eight, I knew that because well, he just looked around two years
younger than me, and I was ten. I came out of the forest. The boy
looked up at me and grinned.
“Hi!, My name is John!” he said joyfully. “I’m the Leader’s son.”
I gasped when I heard that name, and then I shivered. I knew that ‘The Leader’ was the white man that led the crew of kidnappers that were chasing us. That was when I heard a high shrill scream followed by a little shriek and then a long low moan. Then I realized that the low moan came from Pa, The high shrill scream came from Ma and the little shriek came from little Ben. I then Shrieked and tried to run but as soon as I did, I thought, What if little Ben told ‘The Leader’ that I was coming? I decided to stay. But as soon as John left, I would run back home and see what had happened to Ma and Pa and Little Ben. Soon after a while John left.
could see that this person was actually a young boy, about the age
of eight, I knew that because well, he just looked around two years
younger than me, and I was ten. I came out of the forest. The boy
looked up at me and grinned.
“Hi!, My name is John!” he said joyfully. “I’m the Leader’s son.”
I gasped when I heard that name, and then I shivered. I knew that ‘The Leader’ was the white man that led the crew of kidnappers that were chasing us. That was when I heard a high shrill scream followed by a little shriek and then a long low moan. Then I realized that the low moan came from Pa, The high shrill scream came from Ma and the little shriek came from little Ben. I then Shrieked and tried to run but as soon as I did, I thought, What if little Ben told ‘The Leader’ that I was coming? I decided to stay. But as soon as John left, I would run back home and see what had happened to Ma and Pa and Little Ben. Soon after a while John left.
I walked out of the forest and looked around. I looked around again. Then I
blinked. I blinked again, and I thought, where was I? Everything around me was
different. Everything was perfect. Everything was how I wanted it to be. It was a
dream. No, It couldn’t be a dream, because... “It just cant be!” I shouted. Then I
realized that wherever I was, I had left Ma, Pa and Little Ben behind. “No!” I
shouted again, “No! I can’t leave them! No, no! I just can’t!” I wailed.
Just then, when I shouted those words out, A soft tinkling sound filled the air, and a bunch of small people with pointy ears popped out from everywhere. They all stared toward the small tinkling noise which by now was getting mush louder. They all gasped. “Its the Princess!” They half whispered and half gasped. I looked over to the direction that they were staring at. From there, I could see a young but beautiful girl about seven-teen, or at least it looked like she was, and she was sitting on a sleigh, pulled by six small furry creatures.
She had long golden hair that flowed on behind her, and light blue eyes that lighted up her hair. She had rosy cheeks that were so pink that they looked just like two little cherries. Her ears wore a silver flower earrings and she wore a golden crown on her head that had a bright green emerald and three shiny ruby’s underneath the emerald. For clothes, she was wearing a crystal blue dress that sparkled, and also shined and shimmered like water. She had a silver chain around her neck that had a transparent raindrop hanging from it that glowed with a rainbow effect.
The bright smile on her face brightened as she slowly floated down to the center of the little square.
“Oh you poor little child” she began, “Oh you must have gotten twisted up in our magic. It always get tangled up once in a while, Well only unless someone messes with it.”
Just then, when I shouted those words out, A soft tinkling sound filled the air, and a bunch of small people with pointy ears popped out from everywhere. They all stared toward the small tinkling noise which by now was getting mush louder. They all gasped. “Its the Princess!” They half whispered and half gasped. I looked over to the direction that they were staring at. From there, I could see a young but beautiful girl about seven-teen, or at least it looked like she was, and she was sitting on a sleigh, pulled by six small furry creatures.
She had long golden hair that flowed on behind her, and light blue eyes that lighted up her hair. She had rosy cheeks that were so pink that they looked just like two little cherries. Her ears wore a silver flower earrings and she wore a golden crown on her head that had a bright green emerald and three shiny ruby’s underneath the emerald. For clothes, she was wearing a crystal blue dress that sparkled, and also shined and shimmered like water. She had a silver chain around her neck that had a transparent raindrop hanging from it that glowed with a rainbow effect.
The bright smile on her face brightened as she slowly floated down to the center of the little square.
“Oh you poor little child” she began, “Oh you must have gotten twisted up in our magic. It always get tangled up once in a while, Well only unless someone messes with it.”
She smiled at me, then all of the little men ran down a hill laughing and
skipping. “Well anyways, My name is Fairy Princess Sapphire. You can call me
Sapphie for short, Thats what all the little trenwan people call me.”
Soon the little men came back carrying a pretty carriage made out of sparkling Ruby and Emerald flowers. It was pulled by 3 beautiful white horses. Then one of the men cleared his throat and opened up a scroll. Then he started to read from the scroll that he was holding. “Ahem, ladies and gentleman, it is time to celebrate the coming of a new human being!”
Alaine gasped. “So i’m going to live here forever? No! Oh please don’t. I wan’t to see Ma again oh... and Pa, and little ben, oh... what will I do!” Alaine started crying.
“Alaine, oh please stop crying I can’t stand it!” Sapphie whispered. Alaine looked up and stopped crying. “But, but, I’ll never see Ma again or pa and little Ben!” Sapphie stared into Alaine’s eyes. Then she waved her wand over a small toy Galaxy that sat on a small round table next to Sapphie. The Galaxy came to life and spun around until you could see earth. Then it zoomed into earth and Alaine saw a small brown hut about the size of a bead. “That’s my house! The galaxy zoomed in a little more and Alaine could see Her mother, Her father and Little Ben tied to a pole in some sort of dark cave. Alaine asked Sapphie to zoom into Ma, and thats when Alaine realized that she was no longer part of a family, she was homeless, an orphan.
Soon the little men came back carrying a pretty carriage made out of sparkling Ruby and Emerald flowers. It was pulled by 3 beautiful white horses. Then one of the men cleared his throat and opened up a scroll. Then he started to read from the scroll that he was holding. “Ahem, ladies and gentleman, it is time to celebrate the coming of a new human being!”
Alaine gasped. “So i’m going to live here forever? No! Oh please don’t. I wan’t to see Ma again oh... and Pa, and little ben, oh... what will I do!” Alaine started crying.
“Alaine, oh please stop crying I can’t stand it!” Sapphie whispered. Alaine looked up and stopped crying. “But, but, I’ll never see Ma again or pa and little Ben!” Sapphie stared into Alaine’s eyes. Then she waved her wand over a small toy Galaxy that sat on a small round table next to Sapphie. The Galaxy came to life and spun around until you could see earth. Then it zoomed into earth and Alaine saw a small brown hut about the size of a bead. “That’s my house! The galaxy zoomed in a little more and Alaine could see Her mother, Her father and Little Ben tied to a pole in some sort of dark cave. Alaine asked Sapphie to zoom into Ma, and thats when Alaine realized that she was no longer part of a family, she was homeless, an orphan.
Alaine lay on the small bed that Sapphie had offered her and Let her mind
wander. When her mind wandered to the past, she thought about it. She thought
about how Pa had told her to run, how she had woken up that morning in a rush,
then grabbing a piece of bread, she had run out of the door, PJ’s still on, all because
Pa had told her to run.
In the morning, she had been all grumpy about waking up at six in the morning, but now she was glad Pa had told her to run. Then she had hid in that flower pot thingy and when she came out again? POOF!!! she was in this land called Tumble-trout. Or what was it? Maybe it was Turn-about, Alaine couldn’t remember. She knew that it was something like that but her day had been so long that, that, She just couldn’t remember.
Sapphie had gave Alaine, She just GAVE Alaine her own house. Alaine guessed that Sapphie had only gave Alaine her house because one, she felt bad for Alaine and two, Alaine needed a house to live in, and she did not have one at the moment, but now as you know, she does.
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In the morning, she had been all grumpy about waking up at six in the morning, but now she was glad Pa had told her to run. Then she had hid in that flower pot thingy and when she came out again? POOF!!! she was in this land called Tumble-trout. Or what was it? Maybe it was Turn-about, Alaine couldn’t remember. She knew that it was something like that but her day had been so long that, that, She just couldn’t remember.
Sapphie had gave Alaine, She just GAVE Alaine her own house. Alaine guessed that Sapphie had only gave Alaine her house because one, she felt bad for Alaine and two, Alaine needed a house to live in, and she did not have one at the moment, but now as you know, she does.
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~fifth grade 2010-11
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