Thursday, August 21, 2014

Literacy Shed

The Literacy Shed is an amazing website to get inspirational ideas for writing. Click on the link to be inspired to write. http://www.literacyshed.com/.

We watched a film of a picture book Tuesday written by David Wiesner to inspire our writing. We looked carefully about how the beginning and the end connect. We are thinking about different ways we can end our writing. It is always good to leave the reader thinking- that's what great authors do.

Every Tuesday in a pond at eight pm little frogs are sleeping on their big fat lily pads. They have a big fat underbelly that is creamy creamy white with a green slimy back with brown spots that are as brown as a tree trunk. Suddenly the leader of the frogs began to rise off the filthy pond. After that the frog woke up the other frogs. They began to lift too. They were heading to town on their gigantic lily pads. First they soared past the monstrous clock in the middle of town. Tick tick tick. After that they soared past a house but the silly person that lived there left the washing on the line. Bam!!! The frogs whacked into the washing. The sheets got stuck around the frogs but they weren't frogs anymore they are super frogs. Ding ding the clock struck one am. The frogs started to tumble down from the sky. They landed softly in front of a house. Miraculously the frogs made their way home to the pond. The frogs were pondering trying to find their lily pads they had left behind. On Wednesday the police rushed to the house to investigate the lily pads. They were very surprised they were wondering what had done this. Next Tuesday in the middle of the sea great white sharks began to rise and start to float in the sky. I wonder what is going on?
Author Bella

At 8 o'clock on Sunday frogs as green as the grass. They had brick red eyes and a creamy white tummy. Then dun dun dun! They started to rise from the stinky murky swamp on boggy soaked lily pad and hovered away. Zoom went the frogs on the boggy soaked lily pad to an adventure. The frogs adventure was seeing the town. First they saw a mammoth monstrous clock and it was on 9 o'clock. After a few seconds SMASH! They went in to a giant sheet with a picture of R2D2 on it and a frog got stuck on the line. All the other frogs got through well. Over a lake were kingfishers on a wire and when the frog got close they flew away. At 6 o'clock the lily pads were falling with the frogs. Weirdly the frogs found their way home. On Monday the people discovered boggy potholes and soaked lily pads on the road. A man tried to tell them but the police did not believe him. On the next Sunday snakes started slithering on the WATER!!!
Author Zane

Once when the moonlight reflected in the flat calm lake. Something strange happened on Tuesday. The light green lily pad glided off the surface of the lake. Sitting on the  lily pad were dark green frogs with a pale white chest. The dark green frogs drifted off slowly with their froglings (baby frogs). The frogs drifted past windows. Some people dropped their coffee from laughter. The frogs woke sleeping chubby dogs by poking them. They pursued them through the town. Some frogs went through soggy washing. The washing made itself into a cape. Whenever an egg cracked they dive back into the lake. When the frog egg cracks the frogs all surround the egg which makes the lily pad sink. Frogs waited for the egg to crack to see if it was a boy or a girl. Police were inspecting lily pads in town . How are there lily pads in town only paddling pools are in town and a pond is only in a farm. The police were wondering how the lily pads got to town. The lily pads were all over TV and newspapers. Next Tuesday at night there were flying green sheep. How strange?
Author Ruby H

Weirdly at 6o'clock in the slimy swamp all the frogs and toads are asleep. They have black spots and light green and dark green mixed together. Suddenly one began to lift off the water like a hoverboard. Then he woke up and woke up the other frogs and toads. Then the other frogs and toads lifted up and glided through the air. The lily pads made the frogs and toads go upside down. The frogs and toads were going straight to town like an army plane coming in to attack. They went past Big Ben that was ticking. One soared right up to a window and said "Hi Homer". Suddenly all of them saw an ice cream truck. They broke into the truck and ate all ice cream before the owner could catch them because the alarm was going off. Suddenly Big Ben hit 6 o'clock in the morning and the frogs and toads went like 'Mayday'  and all of them collapsed straight to the ground. The made it back, some jumped back to the slimy swamp.  In the morning everyone found lily pads everywhere!! The police were investigating lily pads and puddles everywhere. They asked a human that saw them for some clues. Next Tuesday at 8:25pm in the forest...suddenly the kiwis started flying. That's weird because kiwis can't fly! The kiwis flew over the city. The kiwi didn't know how to fly and splat washing straight in the face!
Author Thomas

  Tuesday night...
In the murky swamp fallen over logs are in the water, croaking sounds echoing, the main animals are... frogs. They have warts on their backs. 
Big slurpy and fat.
''Z Z Z Z-Croak?''
The lilly pad with the frog on it starts to hover over the murky water! 
ZOOM! 
Out of the swamp one by one, they catch up to the others zooming through the neighbour hood. 
They cannon bomb into a rugby stadium. 
Then the birds that were perching on the goal posts are knocked off and killed by the frogs!
    2 hours later...
They come to a place with Vraals, ghazts, sand beasts, glus, and reeahs.
   There's the ghoul slashing and slicing and dicing
   through the monsters!
The Ghoul is a fierce fighter!
Luckily the frogs made it through safely.

Morning strikes.
They fall into the stream looking terrified!
They are soooooooooooooooooooooooooo bored with their pond.
Next Tuesday night...

FLYING PUPPIES!!!
Author Jerome

Sprinkle sprinkle the water went up. the frogs floated up on the lily pads. Soon they go off as slow as a snail. When their happy they will go faster. Next they saw sheep eating and cows going moooo. They were finally near their target to get to London! The frogs went past a man eating a fresh sandwich At last they arrived at...a 80 year old woman's house because the frogs wanted to watch TV. Tick tock the lily pads wobbled when the Big Ben hits five o'clock and the frogs go upside down and fall off the lily pads. Now the frogs tumble home and feel like they left something behind. The pond is very cold and beautiful because when the sun rises butterflies come fluttering by the pond. Fresh green grass and sparkly water. Guess what? The frogs left the lily pads behind. At 3pm the police investigated who put the lily pads on the road. "Who put these lily pads here?" the chief said with a mad face. For miles and miles lily pads have been lying on the road . For hours and hours they had been thinking.
Next Tuesday something weird happened flying dogs came flying in midair. I wonder what they will do?
Author Emma

Once upon a time on Tuesday there were three frogs that had googly eyes and puffed up chests. They live in a swamp with reeds and long long grass . The frogs were jumping on each lily pad and...suddenly the lily pad went slowly up. Slowly the lily pad glided across the land and across the busy shops and through washing that hasn't been brought in. All the frogs went into a house. The frogs were playing with the remote and changed the channel with their tongue while the lady on the chair was fast asleep. When the clock struck one am the lily pads fell down and spun around  and around and around then ...splash! Splash! Splash!!! They were back in the pond again. The people in the town were saying "This has NEVER HAPPENED!" The lily pads were all over the town and water was everywhere on the ground but one frog was stuck on the washing line. The people took the frog to the pet shop but the other frogs were safe and sound in the pond on their lily pads. They had nothing to do. The frog that got bought and taken home for a pet, the frog does not like his new until he got used to it. He was safe and sound because when he was in the swamp it was loud but in his cage it was good. I wonder what will happen next Tuesday?
Author Isabella

8 comments:

  1. Great writing Room 8 authors! You stories had me laughing out loud.I love stories that make me laugh. Those frogs are sure getting up to some adventures.Mrs R

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  2. Mum and Dad PottsFriday, August 22, 2014

    Thanks so much for the link to the writing motivation video Tracey!!! Ahhh i loved it. We love the stories room 8 kidd-li-winks. You are very clever writers. Tom we love your story. What clever sentences and descriptions. You are so excited and enthusiastic about your writing. Well done !!!

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  3. What fabulous "voice" you all use in your writing Room 8. Your excellent sentence starters and descriptions made me want to read on and on.

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  4. cool writing room 8

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  5. Really pigs fling that dose not make senses.

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  6. WOW ! room 8 I love your different kinds of creatures at the ed of your stories. Bella

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  7. I like the starting of your writing Jerome

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  8. awesome writing room8

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