SCIO WRITERS CLUB

December 2016

Volume 5, Issue 2 Elementary CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Winter Edition—

Inside this issue: Winter Winter Snow 1 Winter is Coming Winter Snow

Winter Oh, so much snow Thank You 2 Who would ever know how I Like People No, no, no too much snow, why? Our river is going to over flow from snow So much depends The Winter Sorrow 3 It’s too much for our shovels to handle The Cabin We can have snow, not too much Winter Snow is falling down fast

Acrostic Poems 4 It is vast

Sled 6 By Noah Little Pigs 9 Ginger Bread Guys Winter is Coming

Brrr feel that cold wind Snowathysis 10 That means winter is coming Snow 12 With its great Christmas cheer The Winter Race So get out your coats Puzzle Page 13 Because winter is on the way.

The Snowman 14 By Lillian Cline Page 2 CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Winter

Winter is here Winter is the coldest time of year Winter is like Winter is the best time of year Snow is cold Winter is cold all around I Like By Kiara Grover I like my family I like my brothers I like my life I like my friend Thank You I like the snow Thank you! I like Christmas Thank You, for being there for me

Thank You, for loving me Thank You, for taking care of me By Cameron Halsey And most of all, thank You for keeping a smile on my face

By Alivia Thomason

People People There’s people just like you and me Short people, tall people, skinny people, fat people, bald people, hairy people, short hair people, Long haired people, fashion people, old people, young people, rich people, poor people, people with hats, people with no hats, smart people, people with a job, cool people, not cool people, mean people, nice people and so many more people like me don’t judge anyone no matter what By Emma Eck Page 3

So much depends upon The Cabin So much depends upon A Christmas present In the woods To cherish, and keep, Where it was snowing Until the end of time A cabin was lit up The best present ever With Christmas lights Oh thank you, Dad. The people were Making gingerbread men By Sophie Bolzan And drinking hot cocoa

By Eli Wade

The Winter Sorrow

The brisk morning Winter The birds had sung their song. The mourning dove’s sad song. Winter is my favorite time of the year. There was some meaning in that song The snow falling. but we went on. The kids playing in the snow and are all My dog had been ill bundled up. he had been a thrill When you see the wind whipping and we go on our day then turn around and see the warm fire. ‘Till mother and father went to check Just smell the hot chocolate in the air. and he was gone Look at the decorations all around. the sorrowful day had been all a clue Hear I go out in all of my winter gear. the day was due for the sorrow. It’s my favorite time of the year.

By Tyler Nickerson By Alexis Crossley Page 4 CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Acrostic Poems

CChristmasStudentshristmas in hatsMrs. Grabow’s CHHollylassolly areChristmas lights Christmas presents HRReindeerelpingeindeer each other Happy families IIcingcing Open their minds to Remembering Jesus SSnownow Injoying family time Oodles of TTreesrees Spending time together Learning MMakingaking cookiescookies Thinking of other people AAll ll together Making friends SSnowflakesBynowflakes Mrs. Grabow’s And sharing love By2nd Ariel grade class Super cool feast. By Michael Christ Ho, ho, ho Christmas lights Red Happy holiday Ice Rudolph the red nose reindeer Santa Tree Send letters Mrs. Claus Toy train set remote control All the lights Movies Sleigh Air plane remote control Santa’s elves and Santa’s helpers By Také and Santa’s workshop By Kalvin Have you been in a Winter wander land? Have you built an ? Have you ever visited the North Pole? Have you ever cut down a Christmas Tree? Have you ever got an Extreme gift? Have you ever seen a Reindeer?

By Austin Gowdy Page 5

Come home and play Hugs and kisses before bed Reward others with gifts and forts Snowball fights Time spent with your family Wonderland Moms and dads will be happy Irresistible Always having fun Nice Snowy days and snowy nights Terrific By Ayden Faulkner Extraordinary Radiant

Wonderful Original holiday Nice December Extraordinary

Helpful Radiant Operation Santa Lights Love Amazing Itchy sweater Nice Deck the halls Delicious Awesome Yelling carols By Nora Thompson

By Mikayla Dodson Page 6 CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Sled

By Jōb Layfield wards’ house and hit the could float out on a little slopes. My shiny blue glid- boat that he kept in his I stood at the window er sled was new and I have- garage. Mr. Edwards of my bedroom looking at n’t had a chance to ride it would not allow us to go the snow covered road in this year. Last year I was near the pond in the winter front of my house thinking riding my sled behind Mr. because it never com- to myself, “Ugh, I really Edwards’ house the day be- pletely freezes solid and it don’t want to go to school fore Christmas and hit a would be very easy to fall today”. It was a frigid Fri- tree at the bottom of the through the ice he told us. day morning of the Day hill. Long story short, no In the winter he Light Savings weekend. I more sled. I didn’t get hurt would allow us ride down was looking forward to an but my sled was broken in his enormous hill behind extra hour to play in the several pieces with part of it his house. The hill seemed snow on Sunday. As I start- stuck in the tree. Mr. Ed- to be as tall as the empire ed to get dressed my moth- wards came out to make state building. It is a blast er yelled up to me “Jacob! sure I was alright because to ride. After I crashed my Noah! School is closed to- he was watching from his sled, Mr. Edwards sur- day!” kitchen window. prised me and my brother Was I dreaming? I “Are you alright Noah Christmas morning slowly pinched myself just young man”? Asked Mr. with a new shiny blue glid- to make sure. Nope I wasn’t Edwards er sled for me and a plastic dreaming. Wow a whole “Yes, Sir” I replied red disk sled for Noah. No- unexpected day to play in still seeing stars. ah was kind of jealous, but Mr. Edward said that he the snow. I was thrilled. I “That was a gnarly could build a snowman first ride you took! My tree gave the glider sled to me or grab my wooden glider won’t be the same but I’m because he thought it was too fast for little Noah. We sled and go behind Mr. Ed- glad you didn’t get hurt”. never got to use the sleds Mr. Edwards was a last year because the kind old man that was at weather warmed up in De- least one hundred and fifty cember after Christmas years old. His wife died a and there wasn’t much few years ago and my snow to go sledding. Sled- mother looks in on him ding isn’t fun in mud. each day. He has grown to be like a grandfather to me I got dressed as and my younger brother quickly as I could, I wasn’t Noah. In the summer Mr. going to waste one minute not playing in the snow. Edwards would be kind enough to let us go swim- As I ran down the stairs in my ugly sweater that was a ming in the pond behind his house. We could fish or we gift from my great Aunt Sue. Ugly yes! But very Page 7

warm to wear outside under my eyebrows and burned my the snowman and Noah lost my snow coat. I began to face. As I looked up wiping his balance and both Noah trip on my snow pants that the snow from my eyes, I saw and the snowman fell over. mom got me new this year a giant hanging from the Noah was covered with from Kmart. I caught myself roof. It was so long it was al- snow and started crying. I from falling and cleared the most about to touch my nose. stared at my little brother last three steps of the stairs. Just then another snow ball crying in the snow and with I felt like an Olympic med- came flying my way slamming a nasty tone I yelled “just go alist as I stuck the landing. in to our front door. I heard away, you ruin everything”! “Jacob takes the Gold”! I someone laughing and I knew Noah got to his feet and said with a smile as I it was Caleb. I gathered a mumbled to himself “I’m tugged on my big old Muck handful of snow and formed it going to tell Mom”! boots and started for the into a perfect snowball. I hum Caleb and I got back door when my mom yelled chucked it right at Caleb who to work on our newly de- to me “Wait for your broth- was still laughing and the stroyed snowman. I looked er”! snowball nailed him right in over my shoulder at the “Come on Mom, he the forehead. Now we were house to see Noah heading takes forever and Caleb is even. to the garage. “What a ba- waiting for me to help build “Want to build a snow- by” I said under my breath the snowman”. man?” Caleb asked with a sil- and went back to rolling Caleb was my best ly smile. snowballs. friend who lived down the “No, I want to get my street. We started kinder- new sled and ride Mr. Ed- Continued on next page… garten together and have wards’ hill”. I replied. been best friends forever. “We have all Without waiting for my day”, Caleb stated, mom to insist I wait for my “Let’s just build a snow- slow poke brother I man then we can ride grabbed my hat, gloves sleds all afternoon”. and with a quick yell “be “Okay” I said as back later mom”! I was I started to roll a hu- gone. mungous snowball for Outside I was struck the bottom base for the by the bitter cold air. I snowman” stopped to look at all the Caleb and I snow and finish putting my worked for an hour gloves on when I was struck straight on our snow- by a snow ball to the face. I man when Noah came was trying to look to see outside begging to where the snowball came help us. I let him put from but the snow stuck to the head snowball on Page 8 CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Continued from previous page ken right through the ice. Noah stopped talking. He “NOAH” my mom just looked at me. Softly After our snowman yelled again as we ran, tum- he said, “I’m sorry Jacob was complete Caleb and I bling down the hill. Caleb but the sled kept going went back to the house to and I were sliding on our and crashed into the pond get warmed up and grab butts to go faster as mom and disappeared into the some hot cocoa. Once in- sprinted like a crazy rein- like a submarine”. side my mom asked deer on an energy drink. I just stared at my brother with a felling I couldn’t “Where’s Noah”? We all reached the Caleb and I looked side of the pond together as explain. “I was scared and hid behind the tree”, at each other confused and Mom yelled again “NOAH”! he continued. He looked I said, “He came inside “Over here Mom” a about an hour ago”. up at me with tears in his soft voice came from be- eyes. “I was afraid you “No he didn’t”! Mom hind the tree. My brother were going to be mad at stated with a look of terror was sitting behind the same me for drowning your in her eyes. tree that I wrecked my sled new sled, I just wanted to Caleb and I grabbed into the year before. be big like you. I’m real- our coats and headed to the My mom ran to him ly, really sorry Jacob”. garage to grab our wet and pulled him into her I walked over to boots when I noticed my arms. “You scared me so my younger brother and blue glider sled was miss- much”. “What happened” pulled him into a hug. ing from the hook on the she said softly? “The sled can be re- garage wall. “MOM”! I “I wanted to show placed Buddy, you can’t!” yelled with a high pitched Jacob I wasn’t a baby” he screech in my voice. She started to came running to the gar- explain, age. “My s-s-sled is gone” I “So I took stuttered and pointed to the his sled place my sled used to hang down the on the wall. big hill. I “NOAH”! My mom lost con- yelled and ran out the back trol and hit door. Caleb and I followed a rock. right close behind as we The sled cleared the hill behind Mr. bucked Edwards house. We saw a me off like sled trail going down the a bronco. I hill and the trail curved to landed in the left that led to the pond. the snow At the side of the pond but the there was a large hole bro- sled”… Page 9

Ginger Bread Guys

By Drake Irvin Pigs Mike was sitting there getting all baked up. Then the door came open, and he came out Pigs, pigs, pigs of the oven. He sat there waiting for his buddy to How wonderful they be be cooked. The door opened slowly, a dog Piggy, piggy, piggy came rushed out of the door and went to the gin- How wonderful they be gerbread house. Mike thought, why isn’t my Pigs, pigs, pigs friend came out of the magic place? So Mike went The cutest little babies home. It had been 5 days since he saw his bud- If they don’t get rabies dy. Then he heard a knock at the door. They’ll be the cutest babies Despite their dirty reputation “Hello, is Mike in the house? It’s me, They keep the cleanest station Zack, your best friend” yelled Zack. Pigs, pigs, pigs “Zack, you’re finally here! Why did it take How wonderful they be you so long to get here?” Mike asked. Piggy, piggy, piggy “Well I was already out before you and I If you think pigs are pink live over there,” Zack replied back. Mike Your pig knowledge stinks opened the door and Zack walked in. It was Their fur is really white Christmas and they were on a plate ready to be Pigs, pigs, pigs eaten. Santa came down the chimney. How wonderful they be “I wish I didn’t have to eat these cookies” Piggy, piggy, piggy, Santa said. Then he had an idea: he put the The cutest little things cookies in his sleigh. Feed from corn and grain THE END Is what they’ve always ate And when a pig grows up big He’ll be on my plate By Cole Davenport

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Snowathytis except in work. “HEY Wil- yelled, but soon realized By Derek Ketchner son how’s your cancer cure, that the patient is waiting so dummy!” Bob exclaimed, I prayed that it would be safe. The patient’s face was Chapter 1: Just Chill‘in being as obnoxious as ever and even acting like he covered in sweat from the

could do better, and I am anxiety. Reluctantly I gave Greetings, I am Doc- only one hour away from it him the pill, instantly the tor Wilson, but call me Wil- being complete. temperature went up to son ok? BEEEEEEP! I woke freezing levels his nose up barely awake, extend- turned orange his eyes be- ing my arm to my alarm Chapter 2: A Shiver Down came beady, his skin white clock to turn it off. But after my Spine before we could say or re- pressing the labeled “off” spond he was a snowman. button I remembered yes- I sat on my desk’s terday……… chair examining data for Chapter 3: Cold Hearted hours and hours on end. “It’ll be ok Amanda!” I yelled barely able to keep Around half way through a running to catch up with the gust of snow came. I was The doctor rushed to doctors dashing as if there curious as to what the find a pulse or at least a sign was a 1,000,000,000-dollar neighbor to the lab, Tom- of life but his hands got bill in the treating room. I my, was doing. I checked weaker and more — I don’t knew it was too late, but I the window to see him mak- know how to describe it be- became a scientist for a ing a snowman. I wasn’t sides goopy. Drips of snow reason! And I will try to surprised; it WAS Decem- fell off his hand, or at least cure cancer! (Key word: ber 13th.”YES!!” I shouted, that’s what I thought was TRY). I suddenly realized most likely annoying Bob, happening, but I soon fig- in order to do that I’d need so scratch that of the bucket ured out he was actually to get out of this heavenly list melting into snow. I wanted to help out but, as I knew I’d bed. Why me? I got Bucket List meet the same fate as him, I through the rush hour full of l l Annoy Bob to death “HEY GET OUT THE WAY” searched my pocket to find  and “WHY DID I ARRIVE l l Annoy Bob to death my phone. I pulled it out of ON A RED LIGHT” and COMPLETED! my back pocket and franti- many other things, but I And I cured cancer, cally dialed 911. could understand parents so win-win. I pulled out my “Hello, Hello, what is are in a rush to get kids medicine tester I made as your emergency” The oper- presents for Christmas. I my first invention; I injected ator said, as if I was faking made it to work, but then the cure into the A.I the call and was some 11 realized I’d have to get “TESTING, TESTING, year old-kid who thought It through *sigh* Bob. Re- TESTING” The small Robot would be funny to prank a member as a kid when said “Test…i...n…g” The cop there was always the class robot fried up. “I-tried-curing- bully? Well that’s Bob… “STUPID ROBOT!” I cancer-and-it-turned-this- Page 11

person-into-a-snowman- Chapter 5:Plot twist and-all-who-touch-it-turn-to Chapter 4:Cold shoulder -snow!” I said as fast as I bolted for the exit DC’s flash could run if he The door was knocked with Bob a bit behind me. I had turbo boosters on eve- down as if it were a thin slice opened the pull door only ry part of his body making of cheese. It was Bob?! to see ice blocking the exit. him go faster. “YOU’VE KILLED US I heard a laugh that sound- “I’m sorry, sir. ALL!” Bob shouted, as if he ed like it belonged to a Please speak slower—” wouldn’t fail the same way as psychopath or a cartoon The power went out. A faint me. villain. “MUAH HAH HAH music box could be heard. “Ohh noooooooooooo” HAH!!” Being the coward I Non-embodied laughs and am, I ran for cover behind I said pretending to be sad screams echoed in the halls Bob like the pig from as if there were spirits in about it…oh wait, I didn’t. That’s just what I wanted to Chicken Little. The snow- the halls or sound effects man slithered to us, corner- being played. The doctor’s say in this situation. “I’M AWARE, CAP’N OBVIOUS!” I ing us at the door. Ice rose body— or the snow that up, trapping us between was left of him— started to said as I had to choose to bolt for the exit or the office. two walls of ice. The ice move, forming 4 snow slowly closed in on us, hands that looked like they crushing us. could grab 200 tons as if it were a feather. As I looked You choose what happens next: YOU FAILED! If you choose to run for the exit, around trying to find a way ------to escape from the hands, I go to Chapter 5. Or maybe not… noticed a sentence made If you choose to run to the office, continue Chapter 4. from ice on the wall I saw human hands “LIGHTS OUT.” Luckily I holding me-the-snowman had brought my flashlight and Bob in a cage, shaking in case there was a power the cage. Snow fell every- outage. After all, in this I bolted for the office so where place it was pretty com- I could grab my tools and stop mon. I flicked it on and it in his track before anyone “Mike are you mak- looked in a 360 degree turn else could be harmed in this ing stories about that snow to see the snowman stand- mistake of mine. Bob followed globe again!” Mike’s older ing before me with its eyes as I yanked the door, hoping brother shouted. glowing like the lights on it would fly open despite it Christmas. His mouth being locked…The hands fol- The end. dripped snow, and, sadly lowed, holding me and Bob enough, the doctor’s lab by the hair as if we were toys. coat had a red X over his I felt an insane pain…I was name tag and a green smil- turned to snow . ing face that this time didn’t YOU FAILED!! seem so innocent. Go to the bottom of Chapter 5. Page 12 CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury

Snow!

Snow, Snow The Winter Race Oh How It Twirls In The Air Snow, Snow By Thomas Horming There Is So Many Do With It Winter and white cold and light. Snow, Snow Let’s go make a snowman in the night Like Snowmen, Snowball Fights, And light. Snow Angles Snow, Snow I got a new snow board, and it In The Air It Is… was in the shed, so I got it and raced SNOW! up the hill pointing towards the snow man. By Nynaeve Richardson When I came down the hill I did not know what to do, so I just went through the snowman. In the night a snowplow went on our lawn and made a hill of snow, so I jumped it and I spun around in circles. I landed in the back of a snowplow and he let salt out of the back. So I jumped out and fell down a hill and wrapped my snowboard How many words can you make from the around a tree and it snapped in half. letters in the word snowflake? S N O W F L A K E ______

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Puzzle Page

Whose sled is it? Six friends went sledding together, and each one had a different color sled. Can you figure out which sled belongs to which friend? 1. The girls’ sleds were yellow and green. 2. Carl’s sled was the color of the sky. 3. If you mixed together the colors of Carl’s and Andy’s sleds, you would get the color of Dennis’s sled. 4. Barbara does not like the color of bananas.

Red Blue Yellow Green Purple Orange Andy

Barbara How to use the chart: Carl Mark “Yes” with an O. Dennis Mark “No” with an X. Edna Each row can only have one O. Frank

Winter Word Search Can you find all of these words in the word search? Letters may be used more than once. B U S Y M Y E BOBSLED DOWN MUD SNOW O U N F U N D BUS END NEW WARM B C O L D A Z BUSY FLAKE OWL WET S L W A R M H CLOUD FUN RAW L O S K A T E COLD HEAT SAD E U N E W E A DARK MANY SKATE D D O W N W T The Snowman

Fill in the blanks to create your own story. Noun—a person place or thing Verb—an action word Adjective—a describing word

One (adjective)______winter day, (name 1) ______and (name 2)______decided to build a snowman. They wanted it to be as tall as a

(noun)______. They started rolling snow into (shapes) ______.

It was (adjective)______and (adjective)______.

They gave their snowman a (size) ______(color)______hat, and they used a (vegetable) ______for a nose. For decorations, they used tiny (nouns) ______for buttons and then wrapped a

(adjective) ______scarf around the snowman’s neck.

Suddenly, the snowman started to (verb) ______! They started to feel

(feeling) ______, but then they decided to (verb)______with the snowman. It was (adjective) ______. Then the snowman froze again.

They went inside and drank (temperature) ______cocoa with marshmallows that were shaped like (nouns) ______. They felt

(feeling) ______. It had been a (adjective) ______winter day!

The end.