A Trip to Mars by Zach

An astronaut was watching the news. On the news there was a guy saying, "In two months we will send a group of seven astronauts into outer space." When it was time to go into space the astronauts said bye to their families. Then they got into the space ship. Two months later they landed on Mars. When they were walking around they found a circular building that had no windows but had a two foot tall door. They knocked on the door. A one-foot tall, green alien answered the door. "Yes," the alien said. When he noticed they were not from Mars he yelled, "ALIENS." "No we are astronauts from Earth," one astronaut said. "We are here to study your planet," said another. "Well then go north and you will fine a town they will help you there," said the alien. "OK," said the astronauts. When the astronauts got to the town they went to the library. Since they were too big to go in they had to have someone go in and get books on the planet. Then they took the books back with them and told people about Mars.

What makes me happy, sad, scared, and bored by Miche

What makes me happy is when I'm with my firends. When I'm with my friends we like to walk somewhere or have someone take us somewhere. My boyfriend makes me happy too. I love his smile and pretty much everything about him makes me
happy. Same with all my friends.

What makes me sad is when someone close to me dies or a pet dies or runs away. It also makes me sad when my friends fight or get in a fight with my boyfirend. That really makes me sad. It also makes me sad when my dad doesn't talk to me for along time and then he wants me to come over.

What scares me are spiders and all the little things like that. When my friend or boyrfined acts like they're going to die or somehting like that. Scary movies or haunted houses sometimes scare me. I think my mom is the scariest out of all, but I love her.

What makes me bored is sitting by myself in my house. Talking to my mom is boring too but I have to talk to her. Doing homework is boring. Sitting in school with nothing to do is very boring. Oh and I'm bored right now.

Memories by Iyan

Memories are many things. Some are helpful, others are lost. Most bring joy and some bring tears. My warmest memory is when I went fishing with my grandpa. I caught the most fish. My grandpa would tell me stories. My sadest memory is when my grandpa went to the hospital. His kidneys were failing. Luckily he didn't die. My most precious memory is when I saw my sisters for the first time in a long time. Those are some of my memories. Like I said, ''Memories are many things.''

Halloween by Miche

One Halloween four teenagers went for a walk. There was Jon, Nate, Katt, and Shelby. They were all best friends. As they were walking Nate said, "I have an idea." Everyone said,"What?" Then he said we should go to the haunted house where that old crazy lady lived. Katt and Shelby said," NO!" But they went anyways.

When they got there, the house was empty except for some cats that were left when the old woman died. The house was falling apart and was really old. As they walked up the stairs, they were scared about going in, but Jon and Nate went in. The girls heard loud screaming. So the girls ran inside. They couldn't find the boys so they walked around to see if they could find them. Then something jumped out of the closet and grabbed Katt. Shelby didn't notice that she was gone. Twenty minutes went by. Then Shelby noticed that Katt was gone. Shelby was really scared now. Suddenly she heard screaming. She started to run around scared and screaming. Then finally she ran out the door and down the stairs. She turned and looked back at the house. Jon, Nate, and Katt were never heard from again. After that day, she never went back or talked about it ever again.

Chicken by Marvin

One day I got a chicken. My mom said that we were going to eat the
chicken but I told them no. My brother grabbed the chicken and tried to
cut its head off. So I told my mom and she said not to eat the chicken.
I kept it outside and later I kept it in thelaundry room. Then I put
him in my bedroom and I feed it to what it eats. Then we got a puppy.
He's name is Smokey and my brother put him in the room with my chicken. My chicken just stood there and so did the dog. I thought they might get in a fight so I got Smokey out of my room. My brothers were laughing until I told them that I took Smokey out. We had the chicken for half of the school year. We had to move and we had to give the chicken away so we looked for a place for him to live. We found one place on a farm by my school in West Jordan. Now he lives there.

A Fisherman's Day by Zach

There was a fisherman that was doing his daily schedule getting ready to go out to the ocean. It was a hot summer day with a few clouds in the sky. His wife said, "Don't go out today. I have a bad feeling." "I have to go to earn money so we can eat," said the fisherman. After three hours the fisherman had caught nothing. Then a storm started out of the middle of no where. The fisherman tried to get out of it. The next thing the fisherman knew he was in the water. Then he saw it - the giant squid heading right for him. The squid grabbed him and swam away to an underwater cave. The fisherman said to the squid, "Thank you for saving me from drowning," said the fisherman. "Since I did you a favor, you have to do me a favor," said the squid. "Yes anything for you," said the fisherman. "I want you to stop fishing," said the squid. "No," said the fisherman. "If you don't I will keep you here until you will stop," said the squid. "Fine I will stop," said the fisherman. "Now I will take you home to your wife," said the squid. "Thank you,” said the fisherman. The next thing that the fisherman remembered was he woke up on the beach next to his house. He ran inside and told his wife everything that happened. They agreed that the fisherman must keep his promise. To this day, he has never gone fishing again.

The Vacation by Randi

Once there was a man who worked about twelve hours a day. He hadn't taken a day off in 3 years. One day his boss came up to him and said, "Here's a one way ticket to the Caribbeans. Go for a week, Have fun and relax." So he went home to pack. The next day he went to the airport. As he was checking in for his flight, the lady at the desk said, "If I were you I wouldn't go on that flight." "Why," he asked. The lady responded and said,"It is hurricane season." He thought to himself, "What if something bad happens when I'm gone, but what the heck nothing bad ever happens too me and besides I haven't had a break in 3 years!" So he got on the plane and about 6 hours later he was in his hotel.

The next day he went down to the beach and played football with some of his new friends that he met at his hotel the night before. After a game of football they went too a bar and had some food. After that they went home and just played cards and poker. The next day they went to the beach again and they were playing football again. Then they heard some one call out hurricane! So they all started running and screaming and trying to find their families. The wind was blowing in ever direction. Houses were torn down and trees were knocked over. After the hurricane was over the man said,"Now I know why I don't take time off work!" Then he started thinking and he decided to stay and help them out. About 4 weeks went by and he decided it was time for him too leave. So he got on a small plane and went back. The next day he told his boss all about it and his boss said, "I only gave you ONE week off and you took 4. You're fired!"

New School Year by Ms. George

A new school year means new voices on Ms. George's Writing Center. Continue to check in throughout the year to see what my new students have published.