A collection of writing and photos from the Flint Hills Writing Project Kids' Camp 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Oreo - Sheridan
First I would pull it apart. Then I would take out the white stuff. Then I would roll the white stuff in to a ball. Then I would eat the white stuff in one bite and then I lick it off my fingers. I would eat the brown cookie part in two bites. THE END
On the Ground ~Kelly
On the Ground
Down on the ground
I feel quite sound
With greenery all around
Church bells sound
Birds fly down
And sing all around
I may be in a town
But there’s greenery around
That’s where I’ll be found
Down, down on the ground
Down on the ground
I feel quite sound
With greenery all around
Church bells sound
Birds fly down
And sing all around
I may be in a town
But there’s greenery around
That’s where I’ll be found
Down, down on the ground
Rocks - Judah
This reminds me of blue Popsicles. The inside looks like treasure. It was bumpy and shiny.
This rock makes me happy. It felt like skipping across water. The top was smooth like ice.
This reminds me of grass and trees on mountains. It looked powerful like kryptonite.
This rock makes me happy. It felt like skipping across water. The top was smooth like ice.
This reminds me of grass and trees on mountains. It looked powerful like kryptonite.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Ella
I am the molar of a mammoth. I used to be inside the mammoths mouth I am inside a glass case in Manhattan KS on the planet Earth in the Solar System in the Milky Way in the universe. Somebody found me in North America probably buried under layers and layers of dirt. I couldn’t tell because dirt kept falling in my eyes. Now, I am here for people to look at and enjoy as the person who wrote this story did. I hope you enjoy me and aren’t too disgusted by the sort of rotting teeth. I’ll see you in about never since this story is made up and can’t see. Bye.
Sincerely,
The Molar
Sincerely,
The Molar
The Rock - Rachel
Rubies are red
Azurite is blue
Diamonds are hardest
Talc is weakest
Coal is old plant material
Gneiss is fossilized
Wood that fell to the ground
Limestone in Kansas
Can be found all around
Azurite is blue
Diamonds are hardest
Talc is weakest
Coal is old plant material
Gneiss is fossilized
Wood that fell to the ground
Limestone in Kansas
Can be found all around
Signed, geologist
Escape - Kelly
Escape
When I first got to my new home on this shelf I thought life would be swell. Boy was I wrong. Being a selenit rock I look way different than all the other rocks here. The first few days the other rocks said I looked weird in a good way. Now they say I look weird in a horridly bad way. Life isn’t worth living any more. But how am I going to get out of here?
One day the light above was unscrewed, shortly after someone yelled at someone else for being a dumbwit and forgetting to buy a new light bulb. This was my chance.
That night, after all the other rocks were asleep, I hopped from shelf to shelf and was careful not to wake anyone up. I squeezed through the opening and ended up on the roof. I slid down the drainpipe. I was free! I headed out to Chihauhau, Mexico like my nametag said I was from.
Once there I stumbled across my family and snuggled into my old home, my only home.
The End
The banded sandstone
I go light, dark, light
I can grow to great heights
I’m the banded sandstone
Was crushed down below
And that’s how I got so tight
If I could talk
If I could talk
I’d say quite a lot
‘Cause I sparkle and gleam prettily
I sit here all day
But that’s not the way
It was when I was made
Where I was found
Was down in the ground
And I was put in this old museum
When I first got to my new home on this shelf I thought life would be swell. Boy was I wrong. Being a selenit rock I look way different than all the other rocks here. The first few days the other rocks said I looked weird in a good way. Now they say I look weird in a horridly bad way. Life isn’t worth living any more. But how am I going to get out of here?
One day the light above was unscrewed, shortly after someone yelled at someone else for being a dumbwit and forgetting to buy a new light bulb. This was my chance.
That night, after all the other rocks were asleep, I hopped from shelf to shelf and was careful not to wake anyone up. I squeezed through the opening and ended up on the roof. I slid down the drainpipe. I was free! I headed out to Chihauhau, Mexico like my nametag said I was from.
Once there I stumbled across my family and snuggled into my old home, my only home.
The End
The banded sandstone
I go light, dark, light
I can grow to great heights
I’m the banded sandstone
Was crushed down below
And that’s how I got so tight
If I could talk
If I could talk
I’d say quite a lot
‘Cause I sparkle and gleam prettily
I sit here all day
But that’s not the way
It was when I was made
Where I was found
Was down in the ground
And I was put in this old museum
Demi the Tree Spirit - Jessica
Demi was a spirit. A tree spirit, to be exact. She lived in a big forest called the Mythical Forest. Her best friends were a unicorn named Diamonds and a water spirit named Harmony. She had a pale green tint to her skin and wispy silver curls cascaded down her back. She wore a robe made out of cottonwood leaves, for cottonwood trees were the group of trees she represented. The leaves in her robe were stitched together with spider silk, and she wore a ribbon in her hair made out of the silk as well. She was able to run through the forest without a sound. She was tall and slender, and all of the little woodland creatures adored her. She lived in a thick old cottonwood tree deep in the heart of Mythical Forest.
The Mythical Forest was full to the brim with endless wonders. At night, little balls of light bobbed around the forest, acting as natural nightlights. During the day, the trees would bend over you if you asked for some shade. Everything worked together to make the forest a wonderful place to be.
The Mythical Forest was full to the brim with endless wonders. At night, little balls of light bobbed around the forest, acting as natural nightlights. During the day, the trees would bend over you if you asked for some shade. Everything worked together to make the forest a wonderful place to be.
Rocks - Sheridan
I saw a rock I picked it up and touched it and it said put me down! I said what he said I said put me down. You can talk? Yes. We became friends he lived in a jar and lived in my house. THE END
Rocks and More Rocks - Jeremy
Smoky, Smoky it looks so smoky
Hey there’s smoke billowing from that rock
It’s dark, dark gray
Wait it’s as hard as rock
I wonder what type of rock it is
Wait I think its smoky quartz
Hi call me Jaws. I have green eyes, a big green mouth. I also have very, very sharp greenish white teeth. Sadly I don’t have any feet so I have to roll around.
One day Dogtooth [a piece of calcite shaped like dog teeth] was walking down the street when he spotted a wanted sign. The reward was for 1 million dollars so he went walking around town until he saw the person who was wanted then he chased him down and asked are you wanted for stealing $100? Man police these days aren’t very bright. How would you like not to go to jail if you return it they will probably let it go this time. So they went and returned it and the wanted was forgiven.
Hey there’s smoke billowing from that rock
It’s dark, dark gray
Wait it’s as hard as rock
I wonder what type of rock it is
Wait I think its smoky quartz
Hi call me Jaws. I have green eyes, a big green mouth. I also have very, very sharp greenish white teeth. Sadly I don’t have any feet so I have to roll around.
One day Dogtooth [a piece of calcite shaped like dog teeth] was walking down the street when he spotted a wanted sign. The reward was for 1 million dollars so he went walking around town until he saw the person who was wanted then he chased him down and asked are you wanted for stealing $100? Man police these days aren’t very bright. How would you like not to go to jail if you return it they will probably let it go this time. So they went and returned it and the wanted was forgiven.
THe Secret of the Geode ~ Elora
THE SECRET OF THE GEODE
A deep, sparkling hole
With quartz all around
Encased in a dull-looking rock
Open it and see
Otherworldly wonders
Inside the ordinary rock
Things are not always as they seem
So look carefully
Before you assume
That the rock
Is ordinary
A deep, sparkling hole
With quartz all around
Encased in a dull-looking rock
Open it and see
Otherworldly wonders
Inside the ordinary rock
Things are not always as they seem
So look carefully
Before you assume
That the rock
Is ordinary
I'm Not That Old ~ Paige
I’m Not That Old
Courtney entered Mrs. Roberts Rock Shop with the usual ring of the customer bell. “Hi Elise. How are you?” Court (Her nickname) said to the owner’s daughter. “Good,” Elise answered “Mother wants the place tidied up between sales,” “I did that yesterday!” Court whined. “This place gets messy to often,” First she put every rock in its place. Then she swept the floor. “Done,” she panted. The window fell. “More work she whined.
Courtney entered Mrs. Roberts Rock Shop with the usual ring of the customer bell. “Hi Elise. How are you?” Court (Her nickname) said to the owner’s daughter. “Good,” Elise answered “Mother wants the place tidied up between sales,” “I did that yesterday!” Court whined. “This place gets messy to often,” First she put every rock in its place. Then she swept the floor. “Done,” she panted. The window fell. “More work she whined.
Me and My Friend - Ellie
My friend spent the night at my house. Her name is Mackenzie. It was so fun. She was having a surprise party for her mom. So she invited all her friends. I got invited in then she came over to my house and spent the night. We had so much fun.
Farming - Ethan
Farming
I would like to be a cowboy because my dad is. My favorite thing is country also country music. Be able to drive a tractor. And my favorite singer is Ricky Skaggs. I would love taking horse riding lessons and live in Texas. I would own all kinds of cattle and have lots of farms, 20 acres of land, thousands of cattle, lots of money. Some long horned steers like my grandpa and grandma.
I would like to be a cowboy because my dad is. My favorite thing is country also country music. Be able to drive a tractor. And my favorite singer is Ricky Skaggs. I would love taking horse riding lessons and live in Texas. I would own all kinds of cattle and have lots of farms, 20 acres of land, thousands of cattle, lots of money. Some long horned steers like my grandpa and grandma.
Quartz - Isaiah
If I brought home a rock it would ask who is in your room? I would answer nobody. Then everybody would go screaming and running.
Rocks - Aaron
There was a rock that had magic it turned into bad guy rock that turned into a pirate rock that turned into a scared rock that turned into a human rock that turned into a beautiful rock that turned into a super hero rock that turned into a citizen rock that turned into a proud rock.
Untitled ~ Ryan
Once upon a time there was a rock that could fly. One day he was told to fly one time around the world! He flew half way there when he got tiered and stopped in the desert. He thought about his name, Jimmy? Yes! So he flew the other half way. Finally landed and Jimmy was the first one to ever fly around the world.
The End
The End
Show and Tell - William
I brought a Bakugan. I got it at Target. It is cool. His name is King Scorpion. It has a tail like a scorpion. It has spikes on its feet.
The Rich And Not - Luke
The rich And not
Once upon a time there was two best friends named Sanddollar and Diamond there rich and then there was the limestone he was the purest kid in rocksling. He never got invited to anything. He’s sad and then one day he turned ten and everything changed.
Once upon a time there was two best friends named Sanddollar and Diamond there rich and then there was the limestone he was the purest kid in rocksling. He never got invited to anything. He’s sad and then one day he turned ten and everything changed.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Untitled - Jeremy
One time when I was a gambler [Before I Sam Spade became an artist.] I won 3 million dollars 1mill in 20-one 1 mill in poker and 1 mill in Black Jack.
I am now an artist, millionaire and a former gambler. Though I still gamble a lot, but one day I had an idea I could make a sculpture out of cardboard. So I made 21 inch die [or dice] I also made a stand for it. The stand had winning hands for card games. Then I sold it to the Beach Museum Of Art. I can’t believe I made a sculpture out of cardboard!!
Hi I’m Shane Shick. I’ve been working all daylong. I’m taking a break now. It’s been tough for my family lately because my son has been kidnapped! Hey, be quiet, I think I hear my son screaming! I better follow him. As soon as got up I could see him running away from someone. I ran after him until I got to the river the local gangster Aaron Fritz was beating my son to a pulp. I jumped into a rowboat and rowed as hard as I could and I accidentally ran into Aaron's boat and it started sinking so I grabbed my son and for a moment and smacked Aaron in the face and pulled him up. Then I took the bandit to the sheriff’s office. Aaron got a prison sentence for 50 years. He also said that when he got out he would kill us.
I would like to be a doctor a dentist
Maybe a baker or an MLB team owner
I would like to be a chemist
Perhaps I could do it all and do it all
Then I’d be a millionaire
I am now an artist, millionaire and a former gambler. Though I still gamble a lot, but one day I had an idea I could make a sculpture out of cardboard. So I made 21 inch die [or dice] I also made a stand for it. The stand had winning hands for card games. Then I sold it to the Beach Museum Of Art. I can’t believe I made a sculpture out of cardboard!!
Hi I’m Shane Shick. I’ve been working all daylong. I’m taking a break now. It’s been tough for my family lately because my son has been kidnapped! Hey, be quiet, I think I hear my son screaming! I better follow him. As soon as got up I could see him running away from someone. I ran after him until I got to the river the local gangster Aaron Fritz was beating my son to a pulp. I jumped into a rowboat and rowed as hard as I could and I accidentally ran into Aaron's boat and it started sinking so I grabbed my son and for a moment and smacked Aaron in the face and pulled him up. Then I took the bandit to the sheriff’s office. Aaron got a prison sentence for 50 years. He also said that when he got out he would kill us.
I would like to be a doctor a dentist
Maybe a baker or an MLB team owner
I would like to be a chemist
Perhaps I could do it all and do it all
Then I’d be a millionaire
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