"Take My Word For It!" - creative writing for kids

After-School Student Writing: Chabot Elementary

Interested in seeing what our students at Chabot have been up to this Fall?

Take a look at some of these excerpts!

Anna-

Writing about an Imaginary Walk in the Forest

When I was walking in an imaginary forest I saw a giant tree. I have 40 people in my class and everybody couldn’t even fit around it! Wow! Then I went on a path – it was spooky and dark. I was frightened. After I was walking for a while I saw a shiny gold  jeweled key. I picked it up and put it in my pocket...

 

Anna & Molly

Connor

Free-write: “A Day in the Life of a Window Washer”

To-do list

1. Eat breakfast of corn and syrup

2. Go to Chrysler Building

3. Clean bird poop of Miss Salmon’s window

4. At least get to the 5^th floor without acting scared of heights

5. Be sure to check safety band at every step.

6. Make that every half-step...

 

Sara-

Write about a dream or a nightmare of an ordinary object: TV remote

I gasped as I was shoved into the corner of the couch. I was pushed down into it for a very long time. It didn’t matter because my boyfriend, Seri, was shoved next to me. We had a quick kiss before I was yanked up. I groaned as my owner, Jhon, jabbed hi grubby fingers onto my buttons.

 

Sara

 

Justice

Write about a dream or a nightmare of an ordinary object: fork

To-do list

1. Go and get a cookie and milk

2. Go to the gym so I can fit into Uncle Spoon’s house to eat all of the good food on Thanksgiving

3. Go home and take a  nap

4. Call Uncle Spoon up to make Thanksgiving dinner at his house is still on. No? he said it wasn’t? No! My workout going to waste!

5. Wake up and tell myself it was only a dream

 

Justice

 

Molly

Writing about an Imaginary Walk in the Forest

The fence is at the same time shiny and new. It’s just short enough for me to jump over. Over the fence there was field full of fresh baked eclairs. I picked one up and ate it.

 

Sophia

Tony

Sara & Tony

After-School Student Writing: Thornhill Elementary 4th and 5th Grade

Our students at Thornhill this Fall have had the pleasure of working with published Bay Area author Michael David Lukas. And, in honor of National Novel Writing Month, the class is following the NaNoWriMo Young Writer's curriculum and composing their very own novels!

See what some of our story ideas are!

Gabby

My novel is about a girl who has horrible parents, her dream has been to travel the world and she accomplishes it.

 

 

Makaylah & Kaitlyn

Our story is about two elves who go on a journey because they notice that not all kids have dreams and they want to give them some.

 

Aaron

[My novel] is about a kid named Robert and his try to stop a cow named Harry from killing hamsters by creating a Hamster Recreation Center to save them.

 

 

Benji

Bob is a person with a happy life. He lives in a mansion his cousins gave him. He hears a noise in his garage and wants to go see what it is. He sees his bike and starts to ride. He falls off, fractures his finder and then...

 

Hannah

My novel is about a penguin named Paris who wants to travel and it's about his adventures.

 

What Are "Take My Word For It!" Students Grateful For?

In honor of Thanksgiving, we've been hard at work making Gratitude Chains in class.

Here is some of what we came up with at Chabot Elementary:

• Food
• Water
• A roof over my head
• Air
• Family
• Books
• Pencil and paper
• Health

Check Out These Creative Writing Samples from Our Chabot Class!

Students in our after-school and community classes are exploring all the different ways writers generate ideas, and put captivating words on the page.

Here are some writing excerpts from our young authors (and some of their parents!) at Chabot Elementary's Spring reading:

 

By Helen

Prompt: This I Believe...

 

By Tess

Prompt: You are home by yourself. The postman comes to the door to deliver a package. It's a large box wrapped in brown paper and says in big black letters, Caution: Content Dangerous.

 

By Grace

Prompt: You are home by yourself. The postman comes to the door to deliver a package. It's a large box wrapped in brown paper and says in big black letters, Caution: Content Dangerous.

 

Then, both the kids AND their parents were asked to form a story starting with "Just then..." and using the characters George, Charlie, Greg, Obama, and Dr. Bob Shishkabob.

See what they came up with!