As a fun break between writing our essays and tackling poetry, we spent a day writing group stories. I gave students the main topic, and each writer was assigned a specific question to address. No one knew what was written before them - think Mad Libs - so they often make little sense...but generally caused riotous laughter. Here is a sampling of their stories. I will put every other writer in italics so it's clear when one writer stops and the next starts.
3rd - 5th grade stories:
The Famous Person
I met Michael Jackson. I met him in my bathroom, and I was with my dad. He looked like he was a rapper and his pants were backwards. He had headphones and was very naughty. His face was green and he was choking. I peed my pants! I got so excited when I saw him that I ran screaming and jumped off a cliff and died.
The Alien
I saw a alien in a jail cell. He was the one and only one in the jail. It was 4:00 in the morning. I was with my teddy bear named Sugar Bear. I was playing football. He was big. He was green. He was an alien zombie with blue blood shooting at me! I saw the alien and I ran and said, "MOOOOOOOOMMY! MMMOOOOOMMMMMY!" And then the alien took a knife. The end.
The Alien
I was sleeping in a living room and suddenly a ghost popped out. Then a mummy popped out. I was scared. When I was there, I was with Micah, Evan, Levi and Hudson. And I was playing cards and all the sudden, a alien thing came out of under my bed. An NFL football. I freaked out. The alien went away and everyone was playing.
The Alien
Once there was a alien that landed in front of our house and I found a big light. I was in my bedroom. I was with Micah and Salah. I was playing Roblox when a UFO came. The alien was blue with a triangle head. He had a swirly body with long, long legs. And his arms were so small they looked like gumballs. I went to hide under my bed and I was calling my mommy. I fell dead and dreamed that this never happened!
6th - 8th grade stories:
Vacation
For vacation I went to see the ugly person, AKA Justin Bieber, on the #19 in 2011. I was with Elmo, and they both sang their theme songs. We went to a night club. It had 1,000,000 lights! We shot guns at moving targets. I saw the Great Wall of China. It was awesome, especially since I saw Justin Bieber smacked across the face. It was raining boys! I had a good time.
Vacation
We went to Florida on the beach, in July. I went with my bestie, Pedro Man. We went to a beautiful place with candy trees, cotton candy clouds, chocolate milk rain and soap roads. We partied, partied, partied!!! Then we got so tired that we started going crazy, so we decided to dig a hole in the ground. We got to magma and now we're deformed. We saw the beach and at the beach, there was a lot of drama that we saw also. The weather was amazing, Dude. It was very unusual.
We Met a Famous Person
I just saw Wesley! I was with my friend, Bob. We met them in my car. He was wearing his famous purple shoes and white jacket. He looked ugly, as usual. He is awesome! Awesomer than me! I punched him in the eye and yelled. After I punched him in the face, I ran so security did not grab me.
We Met a Famous Person
We met JUSTIN BIEBER!! I met them at the VIP section of the rodeo. I was with Jaden, Maggie and Kailee. He was wearing a long, sparkly, flowing white dress. He looked like an angel! He was so generous and breathtaking. He was kind and nice. So wonderful. We all ran up to him and then he was "HEY!" and then he asked us if we wanted to walk around with him and take a million pictures. And then he asked us if we wanted to sing on stage with him. He sang a song for me.
The Alien
Last night I was outside by a lake, and all of a sudden an alien rose out of the lake! I was next to my pet dragon. I was in the shower singing my new favorite song by Justin Bieber when I saw the alien. It was purple with dark green spots, and glowing orange eyes. We started screaming and running around in circles. Me and the dragon looked at each other and then back at the alien and she was gone.
