Small Fish In A Big Pond

Mr. Jablonski’s 5th/ 6th Grade Class

2009-05-19T16:24:00.000-07:00

Banana bread

Hello there banana bread;
When I first saw you on the kitchen counter,
I knew I was in love!
When I tasted you
It was like heaven!
If I could,
I would love to taste you again!

-By Ashley Ballard

Salmon

I am the salmon.
I am as silver and as sleek as the moon.
I am like the survivor of millions.
I am as fast as the minnow in the creek.
I am the salmon.
I light the river like the sun lights the sky.
I can swim the earth and back again.
I am the salmon.

-By Megan Hanks

Lazy

He was so good at playing the guitar that the strings started burning into flames and his fingers too.

I didn’t do my homework because…..
I couldn’t find a pencil, I ran out of paper, my pen ran out of ink, my computer broke, I was busy playing videogames, the Governor excused me from doing it, I was helping my mom do the dishes, I was on a secret mission for the FBI, I had a sudden case of memory loss and most of all, I felt it wasn’t challenging enough!!!!

-By Deven Jacobs

The Tired Farmer

The raccoon was so fat it got stuck in the farmers cookie jar.

The fox was so mad that the raccoon got stuck. He went and asked for help from the farmer.

The farmer was so tired that he helped the raccoon out of the cookie jar and put the raccoon in bed with the farmer’s son.

When the raccoon and the son woke up, they were so scared that the raccoon pinched himself and the fox ran off with the cookie jar.

-By Jacob Ewers

My Old Town

I used to love when the sun rose from the tall Mountain View in the sky.

When I wake up in the morning I can smell the Fresh crisp sent coming from my window.

In the night sky I can see the brightness from the Gleaming stars.

When I walk by the bakery, I can just taste the Muffins cooking.

When I go see the creek above my house I can hear The running stream.

-By John Lompa

Foot Steps

I used to love sitting in the front steps on a nice summer evening, looking to the east down the gorge.

I would look at the flowers that had the hummingbirds sucking the nectar from them.

I used to love the sound of logs being dropped at the lumber mill.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
And occasionally a train would whistle.
TOOT!
TOOT!
TOOT!
Getting further in the distance.

I used to love, I used to love.

I used to love swinging in the backyard and listening to Jose’s nice steady rhythmic beat on the drums,
Tagee Ta, Tagee Ta,
Or Craig bashing away
Boom Ta, Boom Ta Ta, Boom Sh Ta.

I used to love, I used to love.

I used to love walking around acting like I was the star of a movie, making up the plot as I went along, and getting quiet as people walked by.

I used to love, I used to love.

-By Juliet Knowles

Sisters

This is what happened today…
I bit my tongue
I saw a friend in May
Man my sisters are annoying

I bit my tongue
I skated today
My sisters are annoying
They sleep all day

I skated today
I picked on them all day

-By Matt Kreiter

My House

I used to love to play tag and baseball with my family. It was always so fun. Sometimes, we do still.
When I played by myself, I would play house.

There were a lot of animals by my house, like dogs, cats and even bunnies, and boy were they mean.

Sometimes when there were flowers in the yard, you could smell them from far away.

Then my mom would make dinner and I could smell it from my room.

-By Mallory Doty

Baking cookies

At grandmas house about eight years ago is where I learned to bake cookies.
“Hey grandma can I help you bake cookies?”
“Sure you can, I will teach you.”
She sat me on the counter and gave me a bowl. She put all the ingredients in the bowl, Gave me a spoon and told me to stir. I stirred it all up and she let me eat the left over’s on the spoon. I dropped little drops of cookie dough on a cooking pan.

-By Ashley Gross

The Love Grew

It all started when I lived in Hawaii. Oh, by the way I’m Austin. I have long blonde hair, green eyes. I’m in shape and tall. So where was I? Oh ya, I was on my way to Mlama market, while I was walking there I bumped into a beautiful girl named Brenna Bowin. She was sweet and funny, I gave her my number. That night I was texting her and then I got the guts to ask her to dinner, she said yes. The next day we went to a really fancy restaurant. On the way I ran into my ex, we said hello, then she tried to kiss me. Brenna started walking away, I ran to get her and started talking to her, and she gave me a nice kiss. We actually dated for six years. We got married and had a pretty little girl named Hannah. We lived happily ever after. It was every thing I could dream for, a life well spent!

-By Austin Flemming

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One day I was in Madrid Colima, Mexico, and my cousin and I were eating some coconuts under a palm tree, but we were bored, even though the coconuts were delicious and the whole garden smelled so good that I felt like I was on a tropical island. We were a little bored, suddenly I heard a voice and it sounded like my dad’s and it was my dad. After that he got into the truck and called us and asked us if we wanted to come with him, so we did and suddenly we saw that the place we were going was where my dad’s friends were hunting iguanas.

-By Chava

That Tree

That tree in our backyard.
It swayed in the wind, but still stayed strong.
The bark felt as though someone had cut away years Of growing in some places.
The birds loved the berries on that tree.
Again and again, I looked for fairies in that nook Where the branches met.
I sat under that tree and the sun came in dappled Patches through the leaves.
Birds loved the berries on that tree
The tree in our back yard was big, huge even.
As huge as trees could seem when you were four.

-By Emily Wanner

Steak

Dear steak,
You are the juiciest babes I’ve ever seen. I like it when you wear marinade with cilantro, I like that…. One bite of you and the world slows down. Love hits me like a baseball to the face, and I feel like I can’t love you more. You look almost as spicy as baby back ribs… WHOOPS... I mean spicier. If I could I would love to have you for dinner tonight

Love Ya!

One Summer Day

One hot summer day my family was going to a lake that was behind our house. My mom and I were the last ones to go. We walked all the way there. When we got on our boat we went all the way to the middle of the lake. My mom jumped into the water. She was telling me to jump, I was too scared. Then I got the feeling that I could do it so I jumped in. There was a big splash. I felt proud of myself at that moment. After that I started swimming around the boat. It was time to go home so I got back on the boat. When we got home I fell asleep very proud of myself.

-By Jocelyn Estrada

Pizza

Hey baby,
I love your sauce and your pepperoni too.
I love your cheesy self,
And especially your stuffed crust.

-By Juan Sahagun

Double Fudge

Dear: double fudge brownie you are as yummy as yummy could be. You are the darkest brown in the world. You taste so milky and creamy and well duh you taste like …
CHOCOLATE!
I would be delighted to….
EAT YOU!

-By Mailisa Rose Macnally

Starting What You Can’t Finish

Rick was walking down the street to his Ferrari back from the market. As he got in the car he thought what should I do next? When he passed the music store he stopped and parked. When he walked into the store he saw a Gibson 1959 Les Paul on sale for $4,000 (after all he was a billionaire).
When he got back to his mansion, the first thing that he saw when he opened the front door was his girlfriend Carly sitting on the couch playing the guitar. They were in a band together. He was the lead guitar player and she was the rhythm guitar player.
That night for dinner they had Baby Back Ribs. Then, in the morning he went into his bank vault and saw that his 70 million dollars were gone. When he looked closer he found a note that said,

Dear Rick,
If you give us your girlfriend,
Your money will be returned.

“Get in the car Carly, we have some business to take care of,” said Rick in a strait voice.
“Where are we going?” she replied.
“You’ll see,” he said sternly.

-By Ford Huntington

My Ice Cream

Dear ice cream,
I would like to start by saying,
I LOVE YOU!
Your triple-fudge brownie scoops are like
Honey dipped in sugar.
Your vanilla is sweet and slow.
The sprinkles you add just for me outmatch any Rainbow.
I would love to eat you!
How about this Friday night?
And bring your whipped cream too.
-By Maks Moses

L.O.V.E.D

I used to love when me and my best friend, John Paul went to pick me up at my house.

After school I and he would go to the wedding site. We would play cars all the time.

It was so cool when I would hear the coyotes cry. I and he would play everyday.

We would be best friends forever.

-By Marcos Benitez

The New House

Where I come from is Seattle,
The sun came from the west.
I had a sucker fish,
A gold fish and other small fish.
We had a tire swing in our front yard,
It was grassy.
I don’t play with other kids that much,
I just sit alone.
But,
Sometimes play with my brother.

-By Sean W.

Mrs. Ortega’s 5th Grade Class

2009-05-18T16:52:00.000-07:00

Me

My Dad taught me how
to work on an engine, and
how to smell nitro
through my nose.
I can hear my Dad
going 212 m.p.h. down
the track.

by Riley Miller

Bend

My Dad and I were driving all the way to Bend.
For the one-millionth time I ask, “Are we there yet?”
Dad says, “No.”
Get there, set up.
I start climbing. I hear my Dad calling,
“Reach for the hold on the left.”
I climb and climb and climb.
I felt the blood rushing down my knee.
Smell the slight scent of dirt and mossy rocks.
I remember when we went shopping for a harness, I tried on lots.
For shoes, they fit just right.
Remember him teaching me to tie the safety knot.
I saw the hard rocks, slightly damp.
I taste the dirt blowing around.
I reach the top and ask how far down I am.
My Dad replies, “50 feet.” I look down and
feel sort of sick. I get levered down.
I feel wonderful.
“I climbed 50 feet!”

by Kyzlen Stein

Death

Candy lawn secrets Harry knew
Christmas forever
magic wands
chamber blood
hundred hears dead
scraped to kill
dragon dogs
to get
the
elixir of life
to be free
from the
clutches
of death
death
no
more
(but maybe)

by Skylar Barbour-Harrell

Homework Problem

Why is homework so hard?
With math problems
Can you define leotard?
NO more math problems.

With math problems
Can you define leotard?
NO more math problems.
Why is homework so hard?

Can you define leotard?
NO more math problems.
Why is homework so hard?
OH! NO! More math problems!

NO more math problems!
Oooooooh! Nooooooo! More math problems!
Why is homework so hard?
Finally! It’s done. YES!

by Douglas Franklin

The Bullet Hole
(Found in Canyons by Gary Paulsen)

A soft nudge
A command
Maybe a request
No it’s a thought
I picked up the skull again
Very old maybe as big
As a backpack
No lower jaw
Filled with dirt
And small rocks
Eye sockets
Nose holes
Upper teeth
Back of skull MISSING
But something is wrong-
Round
Hole in front
Above eyes
Size of index
Finger
A BULLET HOLE!

By Sarah Iobst

Water

Water

Is fun to play with.

It is clean and clear

And like the air.

Water

Is sometimes

Like the sky.

By Luis Romero

Listening to Wildlife

Dropping leaves disappeared, smashed.
Vigorous swamps swam with life.
I saw.
Listening to wildlife.
Animals? Crazy.
SURPRISE!
Squirrels disappeared.
Smelled.
Saw.
Listened.
Climbing animals.
I was going crazy.
No, it was beautiful.

By Maria Yaquelin Calderilla L.

Captain Field Day
(Found in Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park)

I ran fast as a rabbit.
Faster,
Faster,
Faster.
OH NO!
MY SHOE!

High in the air it went.
I run after it.

The kids shouted,
SSTTOOPP!!

Go, William, Go!
NOOOOO!!

They won!

By Yulissa Huila-Carabantes

Image
(Found in Heartbeat by Sharon Creech)

I lie back
With white paper
Thick, white, smooth paper
And draw Grandpa's face from my mind
His profile
Wide, unruly nose
Noble down-turned mouth
Brown spot on chin
I close my eyes
Grandpa's image fades into colored pencils,
charcoal pencils
Drawings.

By Maya Rockwell

The Hunting Animal

A rattling noise
came from
the forest.

Someone, something THINKING
of a COMMAND, or

A
REQUEST

Or something in
the MOONLIGHT.

All of a sudden out of nowhere

BOOOMMMM!!!
A loud noise came
From a HUGE ....

By Desiray Almaraz

Holes
(Found in Canyons by Gary Paulsen)

A rattling
Skull roughly
Fell into a gaping hole
Sand roughly
Fell into
Small eye sockets
From a bullet hole

It filled
With old dirt
From a hole
in front of the hole!

By Hayden Rogers

One Day

One day quite a while ago I decided I wanted to play trumpet, so I joined band. But the easiest part wasn't easy at all.
So I asked my Dad to show me how to hold it, and he showed me.
"Your hand goes here," he said. I could see the case's velvet, soft like silk.
"Like this?" I said.
"Almost, your thumb goes here."
"So here?"
"There. Now, pinky here."
"Like so?"
"Good."

By Matt Armstrong

The Scary Blob

Bob the scary blob
bites at your feet
one eyed freak
will kill a mouse like a hungry cat

Bites at your feet
crazy and always jumping
will kill a mouse like a hungry cat
takes many different forms

Crazy and always jumping
he'll take your dog
takes many different forms
loves tricking people

He'll deceive you in human form
one eyed freak
loves fooling fools
Bob the scary blob

By Kally Wenz

Blueberries

I could smell blueberries. A kid
named Noah and I were walking
behind the blueberries. There was
also thorns. Noah fell and got some
thorns in his gut.

By David Crowder

The Game

The game is today
we stretch and run
dribble and jog
hope to win

We stretch and run
yelling a team cheer
hope to win
run out on the field

Yelling a team cheer
I kick off the ball
run out on the field
passing and dribbling

I kick off the ball
we run in formation
passing and dribbling
it soars into the net

We run in formation
laughing joyfully
it soars into the net
we've made a goal

Laughing joyfully
dribble and jog
it soars into the net
the game is today

By Abby Dennis

Beauty
(Found in Beauty, by Bill Wallace)

“Go run her”
“Take her out”
South pasture
There’s cow trails
Flat grounds
Canyons and
Farms.
She is slow
Old,
Bad balanced,
Fun and
BIG!
Dark blonde mane flapping
In the air.
Hoof
Flipped
Dirt clod in
Pond.
Frogs
Go
Plop.
Ready to ride?

By Sarah Iobst

Homework

I am a homework sheet.

I am as boring as a not funny comedian.

I am like a shark ready to devour you as soon as you fall asleep.

I am the dreaded homework.

I make you cry at the sight of me.

I could rule the world with my boringness.

I…..am……

HOMEWORK!

By Ethan Brunton

Grease Monkey

I am a grease monkey.

I am so slippery.

I slip and slide wherever I go.

I can squeeze through any hole.

I have my one song- Grease Monkey.

I make grease roads.

I am a grease monkey.

By Felix Heredia

In the Summer

In the summer there was a huge brown and white dog that would lick me up when thistles stuck to me.

It felt like nettles poking me one at a time, while I looked, pointed and laughed.

Around my house it smelled like water only because I lived by the river. Lots of tragic things happen there.

When I got bored I put my dog in the backyard or I played catch. He ran like a speedy bullet.

Right behind the train tracks most people died! I thought it was a death trap!

I mostly hid near the house in the dead grass that was yellow and smelled like water.

By Celia Hernandez

Golden Brown Bread

Early in the morning the witch was making bread. The witch wanted to look in
to check if it was golden brown.
So the witch stuck her head in
and Gretel pushed the witch in.
The witch was burned to ashes.

By Miguel Lemmon

Crazy Cat

A crazy cat can be black.
My friend has a black cat.
The black cat gets crazy on Friday the 13th.
The black cat spilt salt on the floor.

My friend has a black cat.
The cat gets mad when night is over.
The black cat spilt some salt on the floor.
The cat is wild and mean.

The cat gets mad when night is over.
The cat comes from the dark.
The cat has 9 lives but this cat has 1.
The cat is wild and mean.
1 thing, that cat is old.

The cat can party so much.
The cat gets crazy at night.
The cat gets ran over by a car.
A crazy cat can be black.

By Jose Salguero

My First Time

My grandpa taught me how to ride a horse.
I smelled the horse drooling.
I felt fur rubbing on my hands.
I heard the horse running.
I tasted dirt every time I fell off.

By Nick Ingram

Hidden Predator

Stalking his prey
Eyes sharp as needles
Staring straight.
Locked on his target.

Eyes sharp as needles
Following his prey.
Through the bushes,
Smelling the air.

Following his prey
Fast like lightning
Smelling the air.
Creeping slow though.

Fast like lightning
With the prey not knowing
Creeping slowly though.
Following his prey.

By Austin Erwin

My Backyard

My backyard
Fenced and shaded with trees
Bike riding around the block
No bullies

My backyard
Fenced and shaded with trees
Running cats and dogs
No crazy holidays
Many birds in the sky

My backyard
Fenced and shaded with trees

By Kamryn Ruthardt

A Cold Winter’s Night

It was a cold, cold day
Many things were on my mind
All those animals out there stray
Few people being kind.

Many things were on my mind
Poor people peeling rind
Few people being kind
The wind blew cold and changed the scene.

Poor people peeling rind
Many girls, a baby whined
The wind blew cold and changed the scene
A cat scurried by looking lean.

Lots of things could happen out there
All those animals out there stray
Continuous children going out to play
It was a cold, cold day.

By Clare Burkhardt

Alaska

Dug clams by the dozen in early light
Filleted fish that we caught
I got sick on a large boat swaying back and forth
The night always light

Filleted fish that we caught
Stayed in a cabin in the town of Homer
The night always light
A fireplace so bright

Stayed in a cabin in the town of Homer
Went down to the shore of the ocean
A fireplace so bright
Sitting by a campfire at winter’s night

Went to stores by the shores
I got sick on a large boat swaying back and forth
Dug clams by the dozen in early light

By Kayla McClain

The Creature

The strange creature
Flew down from space
I think.
It was big and green
Like a reptile.
It had sharp teeth
Long and pointy
Like a leopard.
It could swim
Like a whale.
I hope it isn’t
Dangerous.

By Jabal Gilbert