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Darlene September 20, 2005

I Am…

I am A Harry Potter lover, book reader

I wonder If all death is slow

I hear Tears fall to the ground

I see a sad fairy cry as she sits on a mushroom

I want World peace

I am A Harry Potter lover, book reader

I pretend To be a fairy

I feel Like I can take flight

I touch The sadness so it will leave me

I worry About death

I cry When I’m hurt inside

I am A Harry Potter lover, book reader

I understand LOVE AND SADNESS

I say Fairies and magic are real

I dream About What Might Happen Tomorrow

I try Hard to finish a book in a week’s time

I hope For world peace

I am a Harry Potter lover, book reader

Katie September 20, 2005

I Am…

I am a fabulous singer and an excellent dancer

I wonder if I can make it on Broadway

I hear a song ringing in my head

I see flashing lights and colorful pictures everywhere

I want to be famous when I’m older

I am a fabulous singer and an excellent dancer

I make-believe I’m a rich and famous cheerleader with my friends

I feel excited about the holidays coming up

I touch the cool metal of my trophies

I worry something will happen to my friend in Iraq

I cry when someone or something I love dies

I am a fabulous singer and an excellent dancer

I believe that some things happen for the best

I say things will get better

I dream my most wonderful feelings

I try to be the greatest I can be

I hope that my fabulous wishes come true

I am a fabulous singer and an excellent dancer

MaggieSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am nice and caring.

I wonder if witches are really real.

I hear the fireplace crackle in the winter night.

I see the television show Charmed weeknights at 6:00 on T.N.T.

I want the Yankees to win the World Series and the Giants to win the Super Bowl.

I am nice and caring.

I pretend that witches, ghosts, and banshees are real.

I feel that my brother will never be nice. (I hope it’s imaginary!)

I touch a white and pink, puffy, cloud as the sun is setting in the sky.

I worry about my family every time I’m away from them.

I cry when someone I know gets hurt.

I am nice and caring.

I understand that I have to go to school. (But I don’t want to.)

I say that Rosa Parks shouldn’t have gone to jail.

I dream to be a singer.

I try to sing, draw, and do everything the best I can.

I hope that I will be a singer and an artist.

I am nice and caring.

As we continue our poetry exploration, we wrote 3-stanza poems focusing on our own characteristics. We continue to be introspective, creative, and insightful! Enjoy our poems!

This writing project aligned with the following Pennsylvania Academic Standards:

1.2.5 Reading Critically in All Content Areas

1.3.5 Reading, Analyzing and Interpreting Literature

1.4.5 Types of Writing

1.5.5 Quality of Writing

3.7.5 Technological Devices

NeilSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am awesome at football.

I wonder who invented football.

I hear the buses when they pull in and make a loud screech sound.

I see myself when I look in the mirror.

I want to be a professional football player when I grow up.

I am awesome at football.

I pretend to be a soldier, or some kind of army man when I play army with my friends,

or with my niece, or somebody.

I feel the wind when it blows at me.

I touch the air but I can’t feel it.

I worry if I get a bad really grade.

I cry if I break a bone.

I am awesome at football.

I understand when Mrs. Dingman tells a joke or does something funny.

I say that cats are really cool.

I dream about football a lot.

I try to do my best in school all the time.

I hope I will be a pro football player when I grow up.

I am awesome at football.

DanielSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am humorous and forgiving.

I wonder if there are animals 500,000,000 feet below sea level?

I hear monkeys chattering loudly.

I see a 50 feet high chocolate sundae!

I want to be rich and still generous.

I am humorous and forgiving

I pretend to not hear my brother.

I feel like I’m hovering on a cloud.

I touch chocolate apples.

I worry if my friends from New Jersey remember me?

I cry when people I know die.

I am humorous and forgiving.

I understand that talking coconuts don’t exist.

I say frogs can soar instead of hopping.

I sometimes dream of flying in the clouds.

I try to get along with family.

I hope I get what I want for my birthday.

I am humorous and forgiving.

Kory-Ann September 20, 2005

I Am…

I am very unique and funny.

I wonder who came up with words.

I hear someone landing on top of my house with a Parachute.

I see me being an elderly lady in a Nursing Home, which I won’t be until I’m 60 years old.

I want to be a quadrillionaire.

I am very unique and funny.

I pretend to be a judge sometimes

I feel like being dramatic.

I touch a table and it magically turns into a secret agent’s office.

I worry about different types of spiders.

I cry when someone passes away.

I am very unique and funny.

I understand I have to go in Heaven sometime.

I say that I can do anything.

I dream of a place I can call my own.

I try to do my best in math.

I hope my parents get to see me get my own apartment.

I am very unique and funny.

NicolleSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am very fashionable and flexible

I wonder if I will ever be the ELEVATION 5’7

I hear yellow ducks LOUDLY barking

I see a striped cat swimming under water with the HUGE sharks

I want to do a sport that is NOT on Sunday

I am very fashionable and flexible

I pretend cry sometimes

I feel broken-hearted when my imaginary friend broke her lip

I touch my imaginary friend's eye

I worry if I am going to get a scholarship

I cry when I watch an upsetting movie

I am very fashionable and flexible

I understand when my friends have problems that I had or used to have

I say to always and I mean always do your best

I dream to be a MEGA MOVIE STAR

I try to NOT stay awake at night to think ... “what can I do to make Mrs. Dingman happy

til the end of eternity”

I hope to became an actress when I get older

I am very fashionable and flexible

NickSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am an expert gamer and like to read

I wonder how easy it is to be a pro football player

I hear burning and sizzling and I don’t smell bacon!!!

I see an alien disintegrating people… RUN!!!!!!!!!!

I want to stay up to 2 AM every night and P-A-R-T-Y

I am an expert gamer and like to read

I pretend to jump off a bridge

I feel funny like a bunny on Halloween … chocolate bunny that is

I touch brains… not mine

I worry when I lose at video games

I cried when my cat died

I am an expert gamer and like to read

I understand that someone is a better Halo player than me

I say that wrestling is fake

I dream about me being alive a long time ago

I try to be good at math

I hope that Halo 3 is on X-BOX please!!!!!! If it isn’t there will be a revolt you know

I am an expert gamer and like to read

DanielleSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am a cheerleader and swimmer

I wonder if I’ll get an A on a test or Fail it

I hear someone knocking at the door

I see the mailman standing at the door

I want the mailman to go away before my guard dog and cat comes

I am a cheerleader and swimmer

I pretended to be a cat when I was little

I feel something crawling on my back

I touch it but it moves away quickly

I worry if it’s a tarantula

I’ll cry if it is because they’re hairy and gross

I am a cheerleader and swimmer

I understand that two + two is four

I say I believe in ghosts

I dream about a ghost scaring me away

I try to not wake up and scream because then I’ll wake up my mom

I hope I’m not screaming or yelling

I am a cheerleader and swimmer

TomeSeptember 20, 2005

I Am…

I am athletic and I am dramatic

I wonder if animals are pathetic

I hear very freaky voices at night

I see a really big fight

I want to see an amazing acrobatic

I am athletic and dramatic

I pretend I am a super hero called Sub Zero

I feel like I want a huge sub hero

I touch something funny

I worry it’s not a vicious and scary bunny

I cry when I think of my dog

I am athletic and dramatic

I understand that dogs could be hyper mutts

I say squirrels really love huge nuts

I dream I am in an awesome huge pool

I try to act really cool

I hope I will become the best soccer player

I am athletic and dramatic

Mike M.September 20, 2005

I Am...

I am great at sports and I get favorable grades in school

I wonder if I will ever see my best friend Tyler again

I hear the sound "beep beep" that my uncle used to say to me

I see my uncle parading down the street

I want to go to Disney

I am great at sports and I get favorable grades in school

I pretend to be a knight in shining armor when I am alone

I feel good when I pretend to be a knight

I touch the sword of the knight

I worry about Mrs. Dingman's son Clarence

I cry sometimes when I think about my uncle

I am great at sports and I get favorable grades in school

I understand that school is for education

I say my parents are the best

I dream about seeing my uncle again

I try to be good at sports

I hope the war is over quick

I am great at sports and I get favorable grades in school