Ohh Children

How I love them! My mom is a teacher and she currently has a long-term sub job for a second grade class at the elementary school I attended. A couple weeks ago, they went on a field trip to the Tide Pools. When they came back, mom had them write a 7 sentence paragraph about their trip. Clearly, that's the worst punishment ever! 7 whole sentences! BAD MRS. HALL! Lol. Anyway, She put them in a book for the parents to look at tonight at open house. Here are some of the top contenders for most hilarious.

When Mrs. Hall says 7 sentences...they'll write them... even if they don't make sense! I'm copying them exactly as they read.... full of punctuation errors and such... for effect. Second graders are the BUSINESS!

My comments will be in italics.

This is by Anna Z.
Today I would like to tell you about tidepools.
First, we saw lots of mussles.
We saw lots of mussels because the didn't want to be in the water.
Second, we had lots of fun.
We had lots of fun becasued we got to find sea animals.
Third, we found a starfish.
We saw a starfish because Mrs. Kim told us.
Fourth, we saw a crab.
We found the crab by see him walking (whiskey tango foxtrot?!)
Last, I hope you enjoy learning about tidepools.

Anna's was written more like an epic poem (please see The Odyssey)


This is Brayden's
Today I am going to tell you about the tidepools. First, there are sea anemones. Second, they look like donuts. Third, we made a list of the things we saw (including this list, Brayden?) Fourth, I enjoyed the tidepools and I hope you did, too!


By: Devon
One day at the tide pools we had a field trip. (hmm, Devon...is your sentence a little backwards?)
George and I saw a starfish, hermit crab, regular crab, sand crab, and a lot of birds. We had a lot of fun. Then we ate lunch.

Devon, you are a thrilling author....The pinnacle of the story was eating lunch.. yet it was at the end of the paragraph... I...am impressed!

Jeremy took the "compare and contrast" approach in this one
Today I would like to tell you about tidepools. First, I went on the bus. It was a long ride.
Second, we had to go down the stairs. IT took forever. Third, we finaly got down the stairs. It was fun to play in the tide pool.
Fourth we had lunch. It was delicious!
Fith, we went up the stairs. It took longer (did the stairs magically grow?!) Last, we went home. It took shorter. (shorter what?)


Ok...now... the one that made me laugh the hardest!
This is Krystal N.'s
On Tuesday I went to the beach. I saw a seagull, starfish, a dead fish and an octopus! Some people saw a jelly fish. But I didn't. (lol @ fragmented sentences) Soon we ate lunch. After lunch I went back to the rocks and found some more stuff (like ambiguity?) MY favorite one was the star fish (favorite one what? favorite ambiguous object?) It was big and orange. I had a fun. (a fun what?! Ohhh Krystal..please don't leave me in suspense any longer!!!) Then it was time to go. I took the sand out of my shoes (good to know...sandy shoes are no fun) We only have five more minutes (until what?! this kid is a regular Agatha Christie) I just looked at the others. Then it was time to go. (hahahahahahahahhaa!!! I just looked at the others? That's AMAZING!!)
The End

Oh wow... I love children!