Monster Draw/Pumpkin Draw!

 ADJECTIVES, ADJECTIVES, ADJECTIVES!  They have been a big theme for my classes this year.  Without adjectives, the reader is left with an incomplete picture.  With adjectives, we see exactly what the author wants us to see and comprehend!  Size, shape, color, and number adjectives tell it all!

This Halloween-time game is always a favorite of my returning students!  Here's how you play:

Step 1:Each student draws a monster. (My younger students draw pumpkins, with or without a face). They should include a background and many different colors to practice using adjectives in their writing.

Step 2: The students write a detailed description on their monster/pumpkin.  Adjectives are crucial, for every single noun!  Size, shape, color, number must be included.

Step 3: Students exchange written work and attempt to draw each other's monster/pumpkin with no talking or asking for clarification!

Winners are voted on by the class.  Most impressively to me, authors and artists with * by their names are new students to my program, so they have never tried doing this challenging activity before! That is quite awesome and amazing!

        My pumpkin is medium and a rounded square. It is orange. It has a swirly vine and dark orange creases. It has round big eyes that are looking up. They are oval with black pupils and white around it. It has no nose. It has one mouth that is closed. It is long with a smirk. It is also black and thin. It has one stem that is medium sized, and it's curved to the right. It's dark brown with dark brown vertical stripes.

* Anja (4th grade) wrote so carefully that her partner * Judy (4th grade) drew this twin. (Just missing the tendrils!)

        My pumpkin is large, round, and orange. It has two medium, triangle, black eyes. Its nose is small, round, and red. It has one medium, half circle down, yellow mouth with two small, rectangular teeth. The left one is green, and the right one is purple. On the top of its head, it has one little small, vertical, rectangular brown stem. It has two small, L-shaped mauve colored legs.

Wow! Eleanor (3rd grade) got her partner Emma (3rd grade) to practically draw a twin jack-o-lantern!

Body: Draw a medium-sized circle in the middle of the page, with enough space on the sides for the wings. The body is a pumpkin with a pink, yellow, green gradient (left to right), with a blue belly the shape of a gum drop on the bottom of the pumpkin. The pumpkin has a brown stem.

Eyes: Draw two eyes, the shape of small circles. The eyes are located in the center of the pumpkin body. They have a white dot. The rest is filled in with black.

Mouth: Draw a cheezy looking smile that sits between the two eyes. It sits where the bottom of the eyes are with its mouth closed, but two teeth are sticking out. One is pointing down on the left, and one is facing up on the right.

Horns: Draw two unicorn-looking horns on the left and right of the brown stem, each with three curve smiley lines for texture and colored pink.

Feet: Draw two feet with legs as thick as your thumb, one on the left and one on the right, each with three pointy toes. The feet are brown and point outward. 

Tail: The tail is located on the right of the monster and starts from where the top of the leg ends. It is light blue with tan polka dots and five pink gum drop shaped humps all along the top of the tail. The tip of the tail is rounded.

Wings: Draw two cloud-shaped wings on either side of the body. They are grey and are positioned right above the humps, grazing them almost. The left one is horizontally parallel to the tail.

Wow! * Ashleigh's (6th grade) paragraph labels and thorough writing made her description very easy to follow. She got her partner Anya (6th grade) to draw this!

        My monster is a furry purple shape located in the middle of the page. On top of her head, there is green gooey slime. The eye is in the middle of the top of the monster with a magenta circular pupil with red lines going around the pupil. The mouth is on the right of the monster's face. The monster has small legs with blue shoes and tiny arms on its sides. The monster is standing on a mud pile in the middle of the page on the concrete street with a dark blue sky and a red sun on the top right corner of the page. There are 11 birds flying next to it.

* Alicia (4th grade) did a great job describing! I love how she included the number of birds and the exact location of the sun to really make this scene match. Look what her partner Dora (5th grade) drew!

        Body: My monster stands tall on the page. The head is square with two ears featured on the side. It has a long torso shaped like a refrigerator with one hugs left arm and a tiny stubby arm on the right. It has normal human shaped hands, but the left one is bigger than the right. The legs are normal human legs but are big, so they can fit the body Then at the end of the legs there are large feet pointing outward with four toes.

        Clothing: It is wearing a green t-shirt, but it is a little cropped, just enough to see its belly button. It is wearing skinny jeans that are colored green blue with violet/purple pockets.

        Skin/face/Other features: The monster's skin is a bright yellow color. The fact has a nose shaped like a triangle, and eyes that are black with white spots like a puppy dog. Its mouth is a smile with two vampire fangs at the corners. On the ears, it wears dangly earrings with a pink heart on them, and it has a pencil/silver clover shaped necklace.

* Magnolia (6th grade) organized her writing beautifully! She got her partner Vivian (6th grade) to draw this match!

                My monster is almost a pink ghost. So try to picture that while drawing it.

                First, in pencil, draw an upside-down U in the middle of the paper. The widest part of the upside-down U is about three inches apart, so medium-big. Next, make the ghost's (tail?) by curving the left side in, and connecting both sides at a point at the bottom. The total length of the ghost from head to tail is about seven inches. Add two small, round arms, like U-shapes again, on each side, pointing down. You can make the top a little longer to connect the arm to the body.

                To make the face, draw one big circular eye in the middle of the ghost's head. Then, add a small pupil in the middle of the big eye, about the size of a pencil eraser. Shade the pupil in with pencil. Then, add a small U-shaped mouth under the eye the size of a U.

                The add three long blob-like clouds in the sky, one on the right corner above the ghost, and one also in the right corner, but smaller and closer to the bottom, and one on the left, next to the ghost, cut off by the paper.

                Color the whole ghost with the color "light medium rose" except the eye. Color all the body and the arms lightly. With the same color add much smaller ghosts in the distance with the same shape body, but no eyes or mouth. So color the whole thing in. There are two mini ones, one between the clouds on the right, and one in the bottom left corner. These mini ghosts are about one inch long. 

                With the color "green," add little antennae on each side, curved to the opposite directions with little balls on the end. Add these on the main ghost, and the mini ones.

                Lightly shade just the bottom of the clouds with lines in the color "violet."

                Add a circle in the top right corner above the cloud, the same size as the eye. Color the top half with black, and the bottom half with violet. Try to blend the colors.

Wow, Cora! (5th grade) This writing is so clear, it's no wonder a careful reader like Kylie (5th grade) could draw this practically perfect match!

Monster: My monster is a kind of cat. The head starts a little more than three pinkies up. It is the basic pink color. Its head is a circle. The body is also a circle, same color. It is directly underneath the head. The whole thing is smaller than your palm.

Arms: Popping out of the body there are two arms. The right arm is waving. The left arm is down. They are also pink.

Face: The cat has three black whiskers popping out of either side of the head. The nose is a read heart. The nose does NOT touch the whiskers. There is no mouth. It is cross eyed. The eyes are black. Each eye has its own black eyebrow pointing down. It looks angry.

Ears: The ears are black pointy triangles. They looks like cat ears. They come out of the top of the head.

Shirt: The shirt is a tank top. No sleeves! It says, "I Love NYC". The heart is red, not colored in. The shirt is white and the font is black.

Moon: The moon is really hard. The moon is a little bigger than the cat's head. Its face is simple: two tiny black colored-in circles. It has a cute closed mouth smile. It's very cute. No eyebrows or nose. The moon has five craters colored yellow, traced black. Two at the top are cut off. The whole moon is traced black and colored slightly yellow. The sky is SUPER light violet. It's mostly white space.

Grass and flowers: There is zigzagging green grass on the ground. On either side of the monster there is a flower. It's the same green as the grass. The blossom is dark pink. The flowers have five petals and NO CENTERS. Since the cat is at the middle of the page, there is a bunch of white space where the grass ends. Lightly color it the same green as the grass.

Good luck!

               

Jilly's (6th grade) partner Ella (6th grade) didn't need luck! Jilly gave her all the information she needed, so clearly organized!

Congratulations to our winners!

Backwards Land Paragraphs and Postcards

 Our second and third assignments blended beautifully together.  Assignment #2 was Paragraph Writing.  The students spelled various places forward and backwards to create a new imaginative land.  They then constructed five unique sentences, to give their paragraphs a nice flow and to avoid sounding "boring" by using the same formats.

Assignment #3 took the students on an adventure to their backwards land.  They wrote a 1st person story with a clear beginning, middle, and end about their journey to their imaginative place.  I have included both the paragraphs and the postcards, so you can see how nicely the students used what they had written in Assignment #2 to make Assignment #3 beautifully connect.

Can you read backwards and figure out what these places were originally?  And would you like to vacation here yourself?  Enjoy!

Ogacihc, By Kyuri (3rd grade)

Sirap, by Yijia (4th grade)

Iiawah, by Elise (5th grade)

Amabala, by Aletheia (6th grade)

Once the students really got to know their Backwards Land, we learned how to write letters (complete with addresses and stamps!) and wrote letters home while taking a pretend-vacation to our imaginative destination! 

by Diba (6th grade)

by Liam (6th grade)

Would you travel to any of these places? I would!

Super Sentence Writing!

 My authors and artists started the session off with a very important lesson in grammar, and how we can use the various parts of speech to make our writing more interesting to read.  Through adjectives, adverbs, clauses, and phrases, we can paint the perfect picture in our readers' minds of exactly what we want them to see.  And that is what good writers do!

We started off with learning that a sentence just needs 5 things to be a sentence:

1. A capital at the beginning

2. A mark of punctuation at the end

3. A noun

4. A verb

5. A complete thought

Once we learned that, we looked at this boring sentence:

The ocean waves crash.

It's a sentence, but it's boring!  (Although, my students did notice that "ocean" plays an interesting part. It sounds like a noun, but it's working as an adjective to describe "waves!" However, this sentence lacks detail. So we added two adjectives, an adverb, a "where" phrase, and a "when" clause or phrase.  We also had a lot of fun making this into a crafty project. Look at the improvements across the grades!

by Evelyn (2nd grade)

by Sisi (3rd grade)

(I'm glad I wasn't on that field trip!!)

by Georgia (5th grade)

by Nora (6th grade)

PEAC Paragraphs

 What is a PEAC paragraph? Those letters stand for:

P- Point (main idea)

E- Evidence (proof of what you just said)

A- Analysis (deeper thought, perhaps an example)

C- Conclusion- a great wrap-up!

My 3rd and 4th graders wrote PEAC paragraphs about a very inspirational topic: Their Moms! Just in time for Mother's Day, these are sure to bring a smile to Mom's face and maybe even a tear to her eye!

        My mom is the most amazing mom in the history of the world. She cooks me some of the best food I've ever tasted. She also encourages me when I get stuck on a problem. Once when I was struggling on a problem, my mom showed me another way to look at it and I finished the problem in no time. Clearly, my mom brightens the dark with her awesomeness!     

 By Max (3rd grade)

        My mom is the best mom in the world. She plays with me and helps me practice my English. My mom, dad, and my brother always play board games with me when my homework is finished. Clearly, my mom is the nicest and most fun mom ever.             

By Ava (3rd grade)

        My mom is the brightest mom in space. She lights up the room with joy and makes the boring things sparkle. My mom always walks into the room and we all crowd and hug her. Then the room lights up with warmth. Clearly, when the room blooms with light, you know my mom is near.        

By Rhys (4th grade)

My Garden Book Imitation

 We read the story My Garden by Kevin Henkes, and imitated his pages with our own ideas of what would make the most creative and fun garden imaginable! I was so impressed with how original my students were. (And I also got to learn what they did NOT like as far as vegetables and bugs go!!)

My Garden, by Kylie (4th grade)

        My mother has a garden. It's very nice. There are vegetables, fruits, and flowers. But if I had a garden...

        There would be no dying plants, no weeds, and no annoying visitors so I would not have to remove dead things and weeds. I could make annoying visitors (besides approved people) disappear or I could kick them out.

        In my garden, the flowers could grow tea leaves, or even catnip instead of petals, or have any kind of seed within them. And if you picked a flower, it would regrow without needing any sun or water.

        In my garden, the bugs would never creep me out because the plants could pollinate themselves, so the bugs wouldn't be there.

        If I planted money, I'd grow a money tree. If I planted doughnuts, I'd grow a great big doughnut bush.

        Sometimes in my garden, "anything trees" would pop out of nowhere, filled with anything I wanted, just by thinking about it.

        In my garden, there would be a lot of friendly cats helping to keep the rats in check.

        The potatoes would be as big as me, and the spinach would be invisible, because I don't like spinach!

        At night, the cats would throw a disco party to appease the plants!

        It is night now. Before bed, I take one penny and poke it in the ground. I cover it up with dirt and pat down the dirt with my foot. Who knows what might happen?

My Garden, by Mina (4th grade)

        I have a garden with lots of lavender bushes. But if I had a garden of my own....

    

        There would be no evil bunnies or squirrels eating all the plants, no weeds, and NO BUGS.

        In my garden, the flowers could generate dogs whenever I wanted. And if you picked a flower, it would turn into a "Calvin and Hobbes" comic.

        In my garden, there would be hamsters, bunnies, and a horse to ride through the garden.

        If I planted raspberry sorbet, I'd grow a raspberry sorbet tree. If I planted pasta, I'd grow a great big pasta bush.

    

        Sometimes in my garden, chocolate coins would pop up next to the flowers if I was good.

        In my garden, there would be tall money trees, chrysanthemums, and more!

        The cauliflowers would be as big as trees, and the onions would be invisible because I don't like onions.

    

        At night, the trees would grow faces so you could talk to them, and blueberry bushes would pop up.

        It's night now. Before bed, I take one Harry Potter book and poke it into the ground. I cover it up with dirt, and pat down the dirt with my foot. 

        Who knows what might happen?

My Garden, by Cora (4th grade)

        When I see people gardening, I feel bad because my garden would be way better.

        In my garden, there would be no weeds, because then I would have to spend time weeding, which is only for ordinary gardens, and mine would NOT be ordinary.

        In my garden, flowers would glow in the dark, and if I looked out my window before bed, the flowers would look like a hundred yellow stars in the sky. And if you dared to pick a flower, not only would a new one grow back, but the flower would either turn into a beautiful bouquet or disappear, depending on if you got my permission to pick one.

        In my garden, squirrels and rabbits would feast on strawberries and I wouldn't worry because new ones would grow back, of course! The bees would only come when I'm gone, and they would make delicious honey just for me!

        If I was craving ice cream, I could go outside and there would be a huge tree full of cold, fresh ice cream cones waiting for me. If I planted pretzels, I'd grow a big, green pretzel bush. Already salted!

        In my garden, any strawberry I planted would grow into a perfectly ripe, red strawberry twice the size of a common one.

        Sometimes, there would be a lot of sprinkles falling from the trees, especially in the spring time.

        The oranges would be extra sweet, and the arugula wouldn't exist because I think arugula tastes like soap.

        At night, the long sparkling river I forgot to mention before would glow and trickle along to put me to sleep.

        It's night now, and I'm fast asleep. I dream of delicious ice cream. Who knows what might happen?

My Garden, by Aubrey (6th grade)

        My grandpa has a garden. There are vegetables and flowers. I plant. I cut. And I make sure the dirt is in the pot. It's colorful and dazzling. But if I had a garden...

        There would be no moles digging roots out. No flies that buzz around my head while I work. And no dirt or mess that would ever be out of place.

        In my garden, the flowers could grow into a beanstalk, and then I would climb up its leaves and doze in the soft center for hours. And if you picked a flower, it would change into rhinestone decorations, or anything wished for.

        In my garden, the moles wouldn't dig up the roots but instead would run around underground, sprinkling vitamins where I can't reach.

        If I planted money, I'd grow a money tree. If I planted candies, I'd grow a great big colorful sugar bush.

        Sometimes in my garden, the clouds in the sky would drift down and water my beautiful flowers with a gentle sprinkle.

        In my garden, there would be thousands of books stacked one on top of the other, telling intriguing stories of history and myths.

        The red chilis would be as big as a canoe, and the eggplants would be invisible, because I don't like purple vegetables.

        At night, the sky would be heavy with fluffy snow falling in the garden, so I could make snow cones in the morning.

        It's night now. Before bed, I take one drawing of something I want this time-- some jewelry for my mom-- and poke it into the ground. I cover it up with dirt, and pat down the dirt with my foot. Who knows what might happen?

        

       

St. Patrick's Day Luck

 My older students were given a few different prompts right around St. Patrick's Day. 

If you had all the luck in the world, what would you do? You can't get hurt, you can't get in trouble, and you can't lose. What would your day look like?

or

Tell a story about a leprechaun's day on March 17th. Have a clear beginning, middle, and end, and describe what happens vividly!

or

Write a St. Patrick's Day story from the perspective of a leprechaun!

Enjoy these stories from across the grades.

My Very Lucky Day, by Pauline (4th grade)

One Sunday on St. Patrick’s day, I woke up and found a four leaf clover on the edge of my shelf. I picked it up, and wondered, “Is this a fake one?” But then something happened that never would have happened on any ordinary day. I put down the clover on my drawer and went down to breakfast, and instead of seeing healthy Cheerios, there were Froot Loops on the table. 

I wondered if this was some sort of trick, but then I remembered the four leaf clover that was lying on my drawer. I picked it up and thought that it was really real after all. My mom called me down for breakfast, and I got to eat the delicious Froot Loops that I had only had once in my life. 

Then, my mom said that she would drive me to my friend Ellie’s house. Then another friend of mine named Lola came! I had never felt so lucky.

 Things just got better soon! After we played hide and seek, catch-the-sheep, tag, find-the-duck, and ate snacks, her parents  bought us tickets to Great America. While we were there, we got to go on all the rides that we love, and we even got to eat dippin’ dots! It was a really yummy type of ice cream. 

After we got exhausted and went home, I got to play Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Nintendo Switch with my dad. After about 30 minutes of playing, I ate pizza, salad, and coke! I played board games with my parents and won every time, and then in the middle of the 5th game, my dad’s phone rang. He went out of the room to answer it. When he came back, he was beaming. He told us that he got a promotion at work and that we now had a few billion dollars! As a celebration, he let me invite Ela over for a sleepover and let us stay up late playing with each other.

The next morning, I woke up and went downstairs, expecting Froot Loops again. But then I realized that the four leaf clover was gone. And there was my bowl of Cheerios!

Saint Patrick’s Day, by Ela (4th grade)

This was my luckiest day ever! You probably want to know how this happened…. 

On a hot summer day, On Saint Patrick’s Day, in a patch of shade, and in the morning, I was picking clovers to make a garland. Suddenly, I saw a FOUR LEAF clover! In great excitement, I rushed home, and placed my clover safely in the middle of my desk. I just realized I was really hungry, so I went for breakfast. I was surprised to see pancakes and a banana smoothie instead of my usual oatmeal. 

I was suspicious and very surprised at why this had happened, but I suddenly remembered that I found a four - leaf clover. Extremely hungry, I ate the delicious breakfast rapidly. It was the best breakfast ever!

Next, my mom drove me over to my best friend Pauline’s home. I played with her for 2 hours! We played on her Nintendo Switch, hide - and - seek, tag, and lots of other fantastic, fun games! We also ate snacks and drinks. Halfway through us playing, my other friend, Elizabeth, came over! I was having the best time. 

Then, my dad told me he had created a new and useful device named a Time - a - Tron! Everyone was amazed by his genius, and his boss promoted him to the highest level, and gave him 3 million dollars! We were rich!

This was just the start! After my play date, I was wishing I could see my cousin, and suddenly, free tickets to go on a plane to Arizona flew in the window of our car, and Arizona is where my cousin lives! I LOVE visiting my cousin, he’s very fun to play with and be around, and he’s kind. We had an AWESOME time there! We teased his little sister, had parties, went to arcades, and ate lots of ice cream and sweets! 

Next, very tired, we flew back, and I got to watch 3 hours of TV!! I watched my favorite show, which is anime. Then, I had a nice, cozy dinner with my parents, and we had some of my favorite foods, which were sushi, salmon with teriyaki sauce and sticky rice, pizza, boba, and to top it all off, dessert! For dessert we had some Indian desserts and sweets, cake, flan, warm, soft, sugary churros, and many more! 

Finally, tired out, I cuddled up in my warm, cozy bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, I woke up full of excitement, remembering yesterday. But, to my sadness and shock, I went to breakfast to find my usual, bland, boring oatmeal waiting for me. Suddenly, I remembered that all this had happened because of the four leaf clover. I rushed to my room to see if my four leaf clover was okay. The four leaf clover was GONE! I was stunned! 

By then, I realized my luck lasted for only one day. I was extremely sad. But, oh well, it was nice when it lasted. Though, I wish it would happen again.

 Do you think it will?

Bad Luck by Chloe (5th grade)

Everyone knows that leprechauns love pranking people, especially on St. Patrick’s Day. But this year, the leprechaun company recruited a new worker, Bob. This year a poor little girl will have to deal with Bob’s-annoying tricks and pranks. 

Anya is peacefully sleeping on March 16, but at midnight the cute little new leprechaun, Bob starts his pranking off with a big bang. When Anya wakes up she slowly makes her way to the restroom, and when she looks in the mirror she screams, “AHHH, I’m GREEN!” Anya quickly turns on the faucet and tries to rinse it off, but even with all the soap and scrubbing, it doesn't come off!

 After she puts on tons of scarves and ski masks, she starts to walk down the stairs. But the stairs had mouse traps on each step! 

When she finally gets to the kitchen, she opens the cereal and sees snakes! She screams, but quickly realizes that they are just fake and rubber. 

As Anya is walking to school, she sees a pretty little butter-yellow colored bird flying in the sky. Just a few moments later, that same pretty little bird poops and it lands on her hair! 

At school, Anya quickly runs into the locker room and tries to get the bird poop off her hair, but no matter what she did it wouldn't come off! 

It’s English class, and Anya is getting bored out of her mind! Before she falls asleep, she asks the teacher if she can use the restroom. The teacher, mrs. L, approves and as she stands up, and stands up, and stands up………. SHE IS STUCK TO THE CHAIR! The entire class stares as she tries and tries, again and again to get up. But she just couldn’t pull herself away from the chair. Eventually, Mrs. L calls the janitor, and he doesn't seem incredibly happy to pull a little girl off her chair.

When the Janitor finally pulls her off the chair with a screwdriver, Anya starts walking back home. On the way home she was SUPER paranoid. But nothing happens. At dinner, Anya is scared out of her mind! But nothing happens..

But right as she starts to make herself comfortable in bed, she hears a small noise from the floor. “Helloooooo! Down here!!” Anya looks down and sees a little green leprechaun. She is about to start screaming at the little green leprechaun, but once she sees the HUGE pot of gold behind him she becomes quiet. “Hi Anya. I am here to congratulate you for being such a good sport with a pot of gold,” says the leprechaun. Anya replies. “Thank you so much.” But the leprechaun was gone, and when Anya gets a closer look at her new fortune, she realizes it’s FAKE! 

A Day in the Life of a Leprechaun, by Sara (6th grade)

        I wake up to buttery sunlight spilling through my window, covering my small room in a feeling that seems to melt across my sheets. My alarm clock buzzes and jumps as it repeats over and over.

        "Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up!" in a voice of my annoying little sister Saoirse.

        I rub my eyes as they adjust to the blinding light. Suddenly, my younger brother Cillian comes sprinting into my room and leaps onto my shamrock decorated blankets.

        "Rowan! Get out of bed! Don't you know what day it is? It's Saint Patrick's Day!"

        My mind immediately wakes up from its sleep as I remember today is the day I have been preparing for for the past eight years! Today is the day that will make history as my first day of being a leprechaun on Saint Patrick's Day.

        "Thanks for reminding me, buddy," I say to Cillian as I scoop him off of my bed and on to the ground.

        Sorry. I may have been going too fast. First things first: I am a leprechaun. Well, almost. Each year, ten 12-year olds get chosen to be a leprechaun on this special day. Thankfully, I got chosen! Since I was four, I have been training for this day. Today I will be going through traps, pinching people, utting coins at the end of the rainbow, eating some delicious food in Ireland for dinner, and then coming home. 

        I start off my day by skipping to the kitchen, reaching into the cabinet, and pulling out... Honey Nut Cheerios! Everyone says we like Lucky Charms, but all leprechauns agree they taste like cardboard. I walk over to the fridge and grab the orange juice to put on my cereal. I know it sounds gross, but it is actually amazing.

        After finishing my breakfast, I go back to my room and put on my traditional leprechaun outfit. As I reach to get my hat, I see a piece of paper with a checklist. The first point on the list is going through traps. From my years of school, I know that the traps people make are as easy as pie.

        As I get ready to leave, I sprinkle some Lucky Charm dust on myself (even though it is gross), so I can fly. When I reach the first house, I go inside to see a tiny little cardboard box with a slide. How pathetic! After I jig through that trap, I reach my second house, which is basically teh same situation. Through the rest of the morming, I go through traps. Then, on my last one, I see a whole room filled with advanced technology. Must have been some engineer who made that one.

        Finally after practically walking through traps, I pull out my piece of paper to check off the first task. My eyes scroll down the list to see the second task: Pinch people.

        Using the dust, I fly all the way to New York City, where there are surely people not wearing green. As soon as I arrive in the huge city, I glide through the air, pinching everyone I see NOT wearing green.

        After hours of pinching people, I take out my list to check off the second task. When I look down, I see that the next job is to put gold at the end of the rainbow. From my lessons at school, I know that the best place to get gold is in New York City, so I make a quick stop at a couple places to collect some gold. Along the way, water starts drizzling from the clouds, soaking me and everyone else. Just as I'm about to go to another place to find a rainbow, the sun starts peeking through the clouds, forming a large semi-circle of colors.

        "Yaaaayy!" I exclaim, excited that the rainbow is so close.

        With my gold, I leap onto the rainbow and slide down until I fly off at the end. With my gold, I reach the bottom and gently place the sparkly, precious metal at the tip.

        "Third task done!" I say out loud, checking off the third box.

        As I look at the sky, hues of orange, pink, red, yellow, and purple come together, forming a perfect sunset.

        Next on my list reads: Eat a delicious dinner in Ireland.

        "OK!" I announce, and fly to my favorite restaurant, called "Chapter One." After gobbling down my apple tart, my stomach is full and I pull out mu list to check off task number four. Last on the list says to go back home.

        When I arrive home, the sun has already fallen asleep, and the moon has woken up.

        After getting in my shamrock pajamas on, I hope into bed thinking about the amazing day I had. After going through the events in my head, I realize I will lose my magic tonight and have to go back to school tomorrow. Awwww, man!!