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Developing students’ writing skills through meaningful, creative activities is essential. Students learn best when they are encouraged to think as they learn.  Writing that is clear, correct, and precise is only part of our goal for students. We also want to give them the best possible opportunities for producing writing that is interesting and original and that reflects their capacity for independent critical thought. Writing activities that encourage students to think about things that matter to them in interesting new ways and to express these thoughts in a focused manner will provide these opportunities.

from the Ontario Ministry of Education Curriculum Guidelines

Lucy=s Weird Dreams

Lucy=s heart was beating rapidly as she ran for her life. Behind her ran six tough looking teenagers. She could feel the gross smelly sweat running down her hot cheeks. In her mind she was thinking why she had kicked one of them in the leg. As she was running a stray black and white cat tripped her. Lucy fell to the ground hard then passed out into a deep sleep.

The next thing Lucy knew was that she was in a very dark room, she couldn=t see a thing!. Lucy said with fear AHello, anybody here?@. She stuck her hand up close to her cold ear to hear if someone or something would respond. Luckily she heard a little voice. It squeaked A Hello, were are you@?. As Lucy heard the little voice she saw a pillow like object coming towards her. Lucy let out a piercing scream. Then she fell unconscious on the cold dirty floor.

The next thing Lucy knew was that she was laying in a toasty warm bed with a blue fluffy pillow and green flannel sheets. Suddenly Lucy heard a beautiful tune coming from the brown closet that was to Lucy=s right. A That=s mysterious Athought Lucy. She slowly pushed the fluffy warm blankets off of her. Then she quickly walked towards the brown closet. As soon as she put her tiny hand on the closet she started to feel dizzy.

The next thing that happened was that she was standing on a velvet blue carpet wearing a fancy blue and white bridal dress. Beside her stood a tall handsome man that was wearing a black tuxedo. Suddenly Lucy heard a minister say ALucy Sarginson, do you take Robert Combs to be your lawfully wedded husband?. Lucy was puzzled, She didn=t know what to say. So she just shrugged her weary shoulders and started to run down the velvet blue ill. As she ran she could see all the upset and angry faces. Before she could take another breath

of air an ugly old woman stood up and started to shake her.

The next thing Lucy knew was that she was in her pink and white bed. As she awoke she saw her beautiful mother gently shaking her shoulders. ALucy, Lucy her mom cried today is your high school exam day!. As her mom left the room Lucy let out a deep moan!.

by Chrissi grade 5/6

The Mystery House

One day while Mike was delivering his papers, he noticed something different about one of the houses he delivered to. It was like there were ghost in there house. It was scaring him out of his wits, so when Mike got home he called the papers about that one house that he didn=t deliver to. The paper told him to deliver to that house or he would be fired. So Mike went back to the house and gave it a paper.

When he was putting the paper in the mailbox, it sucked him in. When Mike tried to leave, a voice told him that nobody ever left the mailbox. When Mike started walking around, he saw other paper boys like his best friend Justin most people thought Justin had died or gone out of town. It wasn=t so bad because they where together again. They both agreed on getting out of this mailbox. But the only way out they thought was to get the mailbox to open. So the next time the mailbox opened, they would jump has high has they could.

So the next day, when the mailbox opened, Mike and Justin jumped and they were free again! Every one was so happy to see them both again since they weren=t at school for such a long time. It was the best day at school either of them ever had.

When summer, came they both singed up for soccer. They where the best team in the hole league. They won the championship for the country. Justin scored the winning goal for the championship which made him have 30 goals on the season. Mike scored a season of 38 goals. In the last game of the season Mike got hit in the face with the soccer ball but he wasn=t hurt.

After the summer, it was school again. It was the best first day of school ever. They played soccer, baseball, basketball and football. Justin and where on the same team in all the sports. When they where delivering papers, they where careful not to open the mailbox to far or they might be sucked in again. Mike and Justin where best friends they went to each others after school. Then they went over to Mike=s house and played soccer, baseball, basketball and football.

Mike and Justin called the paper and them they were quitting the job.

by Andrew grade 5/6

The Blue Bubbly Martian

One day 15 year old Skyler was eating dinner by himself. His mom and dad were at work. Skyler was just sitting there then suddenly his glass of milk was moving all around the table. He grabbed it and saw a.......

Small blue bubbly Martian It had big, round, small eyes, little, tiny fingers, it also had little antennas, and a tiny nose. Skyler thought it was so cute but he didn=t want to touch it so he grabbed another glass to but over it. Skyler had no idea what to do. After he was done walking back and forth, he called his best friend Michael to tell him the News. Michael ran over to Skyler=s house to see if it was true! When Michael got there he looked in the glass to see if there was a small blue bubbly Martian like Skyler said there was. Michael looked in the glass and saw what Skyler described.

Both of them didn=t know what to do! Michael wasn=t a smart kid so he tried to talk to the Martian but it wouldn=t respond. He started to poke him over, over, and over again. Finally Michael stoped, but the Martian was fed up so he just pulled out his little red gun and started to fire at him. Michael ran out of the room while Skyler was laughing at him. Skyler thought that the Martian was cool and it could do a lot of neat stuff for him like tell people to do this and or they will get there head blown off! So he tried to talk to him but it wouldn=t respond for him either so he said AI=ll tried later@. Finally when later came he went back in the kitchen to talk to him. When he was talking to him the Martian responded but in a different language and started to make these weird noises. Skyler had no idea what he was saying or doing so he just sat and listened. After the Martian was done talking in a different way he started to talk in English. He was saying stuff like ( They sent me down here, they don=t thing I >m not good enough for them and they want me to learn how to hurt people so I can be a bad Martian and stuff like that!) Skyler didn=t know what to say! So Michael asked him what=s your name? They didn=t give me one. Who=s they? Asked Michael. There big mean Martians that like to hurt people and that=s why they sent me down because I >m small and I hate to hurt people. Then what are you going to do down here at my house? I didn=t mean to come to your house it=s that they kicked me off Mars and I landed here. If you want me to go I can pack my stuff and leave. Said the no name Martian. It=s okay you can stay with me. Can we name you? Asked Michael. I guess since I don=t have one! Ok then we are going to name you Fred. I don=t think so said Skyler! Well name you...... Campbells yeah that=s what call you Campbells. That=s a cool name said Michael. Yah I like that name its different! So what do you want to do first? Asked Skyler. Can we go to the ice cream store? Sure we can said Skyler there should be no problem!..

That=s what Skyler thought anyway=s till he got there! When they did get there it was going good until... Campbells got behind the counter and got into all the ice-cream. They got into so much trouble they got kick out and we weren=t aloud in until next year! After that they went home and Campbell=s kept apologising over, over, and over again! Skyler said that=s ok! But Michael said A ok that was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to me that dumb Martian has to go! That made Campbells so sad that with out making a peep he pack his bags and went on his way! He didn=t know were to go so he just walked around the streets. Then he was almost stepped on by big people. When he was walking down 4092 King ST. West he saw a little Coffee shop called the Second Cup so he went in and got a coffee but he had no money but they gave it to him anyway=s just because the waitress witch is a small pink bubbly Martian, had a crush on him, so she also gave him a little peace of apple pie. After his coffee and pie they started to chat a little to get to know each other, but then Skyler found him there and wanted to take him back home but Campbells had a different story. Ok Skyler I have to tell you but you can get mad at me ok Said Campbells. Fine I won=t get mad just tell me so we can go home. Skyler I don=t want to leave you because you been really nice to me but I met someone. Who better then me? Skyler said sadly! No someone my own species that looks like me that=s from the same planate as me. Would you like to met her? Sure! Skyler this is my soon to be wife! A WIFE@. Yes wife. Hi my name is Brooky. Hi! So when are you guys getting married? Tomorrow when we leave to go back to a planate but not Mars I think we=ll go to Pluto I heard it really nice there at this time a year. Oh! well I=ll miss you! I=ll miss you to Skyler, thanks again for helping me. No problem. Well I got to go bye! Bye. That night Campbells and Brooky left! When they got to Pluto they got married and lived happily ever after! And as for Skyler he found himself a girlfriend too but he=s not that happy.

by Felecia grade 5/6

The Visitor

Michael was walking through a vast alley, downtown when he heard a little voice to the left. He quickly turned to see what was there, but there was nothing but a dumpster. He heard the whimpering noise again so he went over to the partially closed dumpster. He heard APleh em@ which sounded very familiar. So he opened it to see a little creature sitting there with a banana peel stuck on his head talking a familiar language Aerew si ym ymmom@. Michael picked it up and examined it, he had a tag on one of his toes which said ABojack99 ~ The Grundo City Hospital. AThat must be his name and his birth place he said to himself@.

It was around 6:00 and he had to get home for dinner, he took the grundo and put him in his backpack and quickly ran home. He heard munching in his backpack but he ignored it and kept running home.

When he got home his mother was putting on her coat to go get him for dinner. She said Hello and he ran up stairs to his bedroom, unzipped his bag to see Bojack99 sleeping. He took him out and put him under some covers and went down for dinner. As he was eating some Mexican food he heard a THUMP and the same kind of munching he heard in his backpack. He and his mother both ignored it and kept on eating.

Then Michael=s father walked in the door and ran straight up stairs.Hoping he didn=t go in his room, Michael ran to see his dad with a little bucket full of puppies. His father said AIt was going to be a surprise but you can have them now.@ Michael was so happy he forgot all about the little Grundo, he started to name them and play with them until it was time to go to bed.

The next day his blankets were gone and so was his pillow and he saw that was his puppies were gone to and Bojack99 was just sitting there looking a lot chubbier and satisfied then normal. He ran down and told his mom but she wasn=t there so he just ran to school and took out his homework but it was all shredded up. He was so mad he started to thump on his desk and kick it over but his teacher stopped him and sent him home for disrupting the class.

As he got home his mother and father were sitting on the floor whining while Bojack99 was running around eating everything but the kitchen sink, Oops maybe not.

Bojack99 was about to eat Michael=s parents but smelled them and went to eat the wallpaper. Michael didn=t know why he didn=t try to munch down on his parents but he didn=t care that much about that he just wanted to get rid of it.

Bojack99 kept on eating and eating while saying Aymmuy@ except when he came near Michael or his parents, then he said Ayknits@ which sounded like stinky. They were trying to make up a plan but they couldn=t thing of one. But then Michael said AI=ve got it@, lets give him some Mexican food so we can get him to go away because I have noticed that Bojack99 only doesn=t eat us because we had Chilli last night.

Michael, Bojack99 and his parents went to The Taco Village to get some Chilli and make a mess. But as soon as the little grundo saw the place he ran away and no one ever saw a grundo again.

It took a lot of repairing to fix their house but it was worth it . 2 days later the puppies were found at their doorstep, the same ones to?

by Jamie grade 5/6

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Oshawa, Ontario L1G 7S2

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revised: 06/01/2001