Week 3 – Dictate Dialog

“I wish I had a cat,” said Abigail.

Emily said, “You can’t have a cat like that!”

“When I grow up I’m going to go to the animal shop and get a cat.”

Sophia said, “I want to come too!”

“Sophia, when you grow up you can come with me.”

“Ok,” said Sophia.

Nathan said, “I’m going to come too and buy a dog so my dog can bite your cat!”

Abigail said, “I changed my mind, I’m going to buy a lion to bite your dog, Nathan!”

“If everybody is coming then who will watch on the house?”

The End

Week 2 – Like What?

Original from Week 1: Elephants are grey and very big with white tusks and a little tail. They have very rough skin which looks like armour. They smell a little stinky, because they poo a lot. They poo a lot because they eat a lot of straw using their trunks to scoop up straw into their mouths. They can be very loud when they blow though their trunk – it sounds like a trumpet!

Elephants are grey like dark storm clouds, big like mountains, with tusks as white as snow. They have very rough skin which looks like armour.   They make you want to go “bleh!” because they are as stinky as a rotten egg.  It’s not their fault – they smell because they eat a lot (because they’re big) which makes them poo a lot.  They can be very loud when they blow though their trunk – it sounds like a trumpet, and when they stomp on the ground it sounds like there’s thunder.

Week 2 – Family Portrait

Our family likes to go to Oishii Sushi because there’s a kind of sushi and this is what it’s called. It’s called Salmon on top of rice. The kids like to go to Oishii because they like sushi. Mommy and Daddy also like Oishii because they like sushi too. Sometimes Daddy wrestles with us. The boys like fighting Daddy, and the girls like to snuggle with Mommy. We also like when Daddy reads to us or makes up stories about three little princesses and two little princes, and King Daddy and Queen Mommy. We love stories and Oishii sushi. 

Week 2 – Story Starter

LA 4 - Week 2Luke Skywalker began to shoot, he was in the middle of a battle. All of a sudden a lasso was cast over his head and his dog’s head. It began to pull tighter. He was tossed into a big bucket made for digging and the lasso was taken off. A gruff voice recognizably a storm trooper’s voice said, “That should keep you for a while! We’re going to use you for target practice.”

The bucket he was in began moving towards a place with open roof and guns on a table. And just as it was about to dump him into the room, the Millenium Falcon flew and hovered over him and tossed him a rope. He grabbed the rope and the Millenium Falcon began to fly away. Bullets were zooming past his ears. The dog was biting onto the rope with his teeth and pulling Luke’s hair while trying to hold on. And the Falcon flew them away to safety.

(Or if you don’t want that… There was a snap and they fell into the middle of a battle and were shot to death.)

The End

Week 1 – Finish the Story

Story Starter: Tim and Sally received a new sled for Christmas one year. They waited and waited for the snow to fall so they could use it. Just before they went to bed one night, they saw snowflakes fall. When they got up the next morning, snow had fallen on everything. They got on their warm clothes and…

… jumped outside. They heard a squirrel that was cold. Then they saw a skunk so they ran back inside. And when the skunk passed they went back outside and climbed up a big hill with the sled. Then they rode down on the sled together and they crashed into the fence. They were crying and went back home and had hot coco. Their mom said, “You better not go outside because you might crash and hurt yourself.” And the boy and girl said, “We wanted to play with our new sled.” Then they went back to bed and said, “Let’s see if the snow is still out next morning.” If the snow is out then they will go and play with the sled. And if they get hurt they will have hot coco.

The End

Week 1 – Pat the Rat

One day Pat was feeling hungry, so he went out to buy some food because he had no food at home. He went to the grocery store and bought apples, pears, bananas and cheese. He also bought potatoes and tomatoes. And then he went home. When he got home he said hello to his mom and sat at the table to wait for his food. His mom made a big pie called Apple Pie and she brought it to the table. And then they ate. The next day, they ate the other food that Pat brought from the grocery store. The end.

Week 1 – Describe an Animal

Elephants are grey and very big with white tusks and a little tail. They have very rough skin which looks like armour. They smell a little stinky, because they poo a lot. They poo a lot because they eat a lot of straw using their trunks to scoop up straw into their mouths. They can be very loud when they blow though their trunk – it sounds like a trumpet!

Week 1 – Family Heritage

(Retelling a story from Daddy’s childhood)

I just found a tub and it floats. I think we could turn it into a boat. Let’s make a good strong paddle that will turn.

“How will it turn?” said Ryan.
“We will turn it,” I said.
“How?”
“With bicycles. Let’s bring it to the pond.”

So we built a boat with the tub in the front and a barrel in the back and wooden propellers attached to the barrel. We attached bicycles on each side of the tub so when you pedalled it turned the propellers. It worked like a paddle boat.

We pulled the boat into the pond and started pedalling. I looked down and one of my chain links had fallen off my bike’s pedal chain and into the water! So I dove in after it which made the boat unbalanced which dumped Ryan into the water.

I never found that chain link, and we never used that boat again.

Week 26 – Fairy Tale Smash-up

Snow White meets the Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time a little pig went outside to get some apples for apple pie. And so he went out and he saw a big wolf so he went back inside. Their house was made out of wood and the door was locked so the big wolf couldn’t get in. And so the wolf stomped away angry.

The three little pigs took a walk and the big wolf came again. The little pigs found a brick house and they knocked on the door and somebody opened the door. It was Snow White! They were so excited! She let them in. She gave food to the wolf and he went away. Snow White made apple pie, they each had a piece. Snow White didn’t fall down because the witch that was so mean wasn’t there.

The End