Get with tha program, Get with Oprah

Grade 7

"Today on Oprah, we have a new book in our book club. This is the best book I've ever read. Everybody will enjoy it. It is called..."

We interrupt this program for a special report. There is gunfire at an NRA meeting. Five people have been killed by a man wearing full camouflage and has a shotgun. We'll get back to this later. In other news, 9 out of 10 doctors leaves one doctor, and in addition, 2 + 2 = 4. This just in, scientists have proven that the deaths of numerous cows is not the West Nile virus, but the Big Mac. We now return to your regularly scheduled program.

"And here is the author, Lisa Collins, of this wonderful, amazing book called..."

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"Well, thank you Lisa, and please keep up your good work. That was Lisa Collins, the author of..."

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"Well, thank you for watching. Remember to read the hit seller from Lisa Collins, which is called..."

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"Get with tha program, get with Oprah! Hi, I'm Lisa Collins. I am an author, and I have just released my best book ever. It is called..."

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Old Forest

Grade 8

A thousand Leaves sway

As the Sun falls through the Trees;

A Lake's reflection

We Have Been Experienced

Grade 8

A lone man, on a stool
Fingers old, but steady
An old song, a thousand times played
Now once again ready
He sings to us, as a low, winter howl
So deep, so brain numbing
I realize now, this song has meaning;
His train will soon be coming
For here he is, a young, young man
Time forgets not his age
He sings his soul, rocks the world
Then forever leaves the stage

Rick Lime

Grade 6

Once a little boy was sick.

I'm pretty sure his name was Rick.

He had nothing to do

but play a kazoo,

so he made up a limerick.

Hit and Run

Grade 6

First Draft:

Ray was driving a car when he hit David Gregg who lived on 1279 Morningside Road. It happened on mountain road where David was riding his bicycle. He died on route to St. Joseph's Hospital. The car was light blue.

Revised:

One night, Ray, Barry, Julie, and Helen were drinking and Barry flipped a coin to see who would drive home. Ray won the toss and drove home. On the way, Ray hit a boy on a bike, who died on the way to St. Joseph's Hospital. His name was David Gregg, who was returning home from a friend's house. I don't think it was really Ray's fault because the bike didn't have reflectors or lights on it, but Ray was wrong to have been drinking and driving. Everyone in the car made a pact, not to tell that they hit David Gregg, for they would be sent to jail for it.

Three Haiku

Grade 6

"Natural Disasters"

Dreaded Hurricanes

Floods and Earthquakes are raging

Damaging Twisters

"Meadows"

Fields of grass and grain

Flowing rhythms in the plains

Peacefully growing

"Winter"

frosty covering

flurries are gently falling

cold winds are blowing

Megaman Legends: A Poem

Grade 6

This hero saved an island

from a dreadful fate.

It happens every hundred years;

that is up to this date.

First a band of pirates came

and tried to steal the loot,

but this faithful hero

gave them all the boot.

Then he went underground;

the ruins, he did explore,

found an evil robot

and had to fight some more.

This robot was a tough one

but our hero was the tougher;

The robot held in strongly

and made our hero suffer.

Our hero came through in the end

but the robot had a surprise

and deep underground, in that lair,

we will know not who dies.

. . .

Our hero emerged from the lair

and the whole island was saved

Megaman is this hero

and for this he is praised.