NOTTINGHAM KNIGHT WRITER 5Th Grade 2012-2013
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NOTTINGHAM KNIGHT WRITER 5th Grade 2012-2013 Art by Charlotte B. and Charlotte P. Art by Maggie D. An anthology of writing and art Exemplary Project Nottingham Elementary School Arlington, Virginia 1 Advising Editor Jacqueline Jules, Exemplary Project Coordinator Junior Editors Casey Baxter Olivia Joligard Maggie Davis Kara Kovarovics Anna Goco Vittoria Tripi Special thanks to the Nottingham PTA for their generous support! PURPOSE AND VISION: Nottingham's Exemplary Writing Project was carefully designed to develop the writing skills of young authors through the power of publication. When students know their words will be shared with an audience, they are motivated to tdo their bes work. At Nottingham, Grades 2‐5 use the Being a Writer curriculum, in which students explore a wide variety of literary genres including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, and personal narrative. Students are encouraged to use sensory details and strong vocabulary in their writing. Carefully selected picture books are read aloud for inspiration. Many students enjoy using these picture books as models to create stories with similar patterns or themes. This magazine was created from writing published online at the Nottingham website throughout the 2012‐2013 school year. Each piece was formatted individually, giving students the opportunity to design their own pages. Junior Editors assisted in making decisions regarding the design of the magazine and collected artwork while serving as ambassadors for the publishing program. The Exemplary Project Coordinator, Jacqueline Jules, is an award‐winning children’s author and poet. A valuable resource, Ms. Jules worked with our Knights to revise and polish their stories for publication. As you read, remember this is student work. Please note that imperfections are part of the process and our goal is to celebrate the growth and development of young writers. In our technology dependent society, the ability to communicate thoughts and ideas through writing is an absolutely essential skill. We hope you will help us by applauding our Knights' efforts and encouraging them to reach their full potential. Mary Beth Pelosky, Principal 2 Art by Charlotte P. 3 by Casey B. Have you ever gone to the amusement park called Kings Dominion? I have. This is my story about my trip. I went to Kings Dominion on June 10, 2012, for my birthday. My birthday is on June 6, but that was on a Wednesday, and I had school, so I had my party on June 10th instead. I invited my friends Allie and Henry. My sister (Charlotte), my mom, and my dad came too. I was glad to have friends to come with me so I could share the experiences. The first ride we went on was called The Dominator which Allie, Charlotte, my dad and I went on. Henry didn’t want to go on it, so Henry waited at the end of the ride with my mom. You’re supposed to be 5’4” to be allowed to go on, and neither Allie, Charlotte, nor I are 5’4,” so we got lucky because we actually went on The Dominator. Anyway, The Dominator had a bunch of loop-de-loop and upside-down parts. It was terrifying because it made my heart jump into my throat. It was also exhilarating because afterwards I could feel my pulse going triple speed. The second ride we went on was my favorite. It’s called The Rebel Yell. The Rebel Yell is the oldest rollercoaster at Kings Dominion. The people who built The Rebel Yell made the path to get there like a spiral. I liked that about The Rebel Yell because that made it unique. On The Rebel Yell, there was this hill that was bigger than all the hills and it led into a tunnel. The tunnel was loud because the sounds of the rollercoaster echoed in the tunnel. The wood in the tunnel was painted white and so was the rest of the rollercoaster. I don’t tend to like white, but I loved every inch of The Rebel Yell. The Ricochet was, unfortunately, my least favorite rollercoaster and we went on it after we went on The Rebel Yell. The Ricochet brought you way up high and it took super sharp turns and you thought you would fall out because the rollercoaster car had absolutely no walls. If there were any sounds that were made by The Ricochet, I didn’t hear them over the sound of my own heartbeat. I was so scared. I don’t know why, but for some reason, I always pair two roller coasters together. The two roller coasters I always pair together are The Hurler and The Grizzly. I think that’s because they’re right next to each other. We went on The Hurler before The Grizzly. The Hurler was bumpy and rickety and has the effect that makes you want to throw up. That’s probably how it got its name. The Grizzly had a HUGE hill! Right after it started I didn’t want to go on The Grizzly but it was too late. Fortunately, The Grizzly was super exciting. Both The Hurler and The Grizzly were brown because of the wood and they both creaked! After we went on The Grizzly, we went to the water park on the other side of Kings Dominion. The first thing we did at the water park was go on The Tornado. My dad loved it. Then we went to the wave pool. The waves went splish splash and kept pushing me back. Eventually we had to go home, but I had a great time, and I can’t wait to go again! 4 by Anne B. The light down the hall woke me up. It was time to go to the Easter Egg Roll at the White House. I put on my long brown dress and went downstairs. We were waiting for my brother. He was always the last one down. He finally came down and we left. I rushed out into the cold air that was being blown into my face. My dad turned on the car and warmed it up. I put on my seat belt and the car started. We were halfway there when a traffic jam started. It was so boring! It lasted just about half an hour! When we arrived at the White House, we went to the front lawn and split up. My mom and I walked around and found a bean bag throwing game and played it for a while. Then we met up with my dad and brother. We went to a picture booth and took a picture with a white Easter Bunny with pink ears. After, we found a section with food and ate breakfast. I had a donut and some fruit. Soon we had to stop eating and sit. After we ate, we went to the beehive and got to taste some homemade honey made by the president’s family. Then it was about 11:00. We had been there since eight o’clock in the morning. Soon we had to talk about when we were going to leave. Before we decided to go, we listened to a band play. Then we left. On our way out, we got a purple egg with Obama’s signature. It was sad when we left but I was happy I got to go, since not many people were picked to go. We were one out of many people that got picked out of a raffle. Now the egg is on my shelf. I look at it every week and remember that exact day. 5 by Matt B. When I went to Universal Studios in Florida a year ago over summer break, it was awesome. My favorite part was the Harry Potter part. I will tell you more about that later. Well, when my mom told me I was going, I freaked out. See, at the studios they have 3 parks. I went to two of them. Simpsons’ Wonderland was awesome. The best ride was Alaska, based on the Simpsons’ movie. I like the Simpsons’ cartoon and that’s why I went there. The Harry Potter part was 3 rides. They even had the Hogwarts School where you had to go through to get to a ride. It looked exactly like the castle in the movie. They had butterbeer and chocolate frogs. It was awesome!!! We had an excellent stay at a Universal Studios hotel. They had a water park in the hotel. It had a big slide into the pool. That was my trip to Universal Studios!!! 6 by Sam B. The sandcastle exploded. The last thing I could destroy in the game that I was playing before my dad and I got into the car and drove off to the soccer game. When I got there, my team was doing a drill where everyone made a circle around the goalie who would roll the ball to someone and it would be kicked back to him. After warm ups were over, the game started, but sadly our best dribbler wasn’t there. I was still convinced we would win, given that we had beaten the opposing team last week. I started the game at my favorite possession: defense. The ball kept going back and forth. After the first half, no one had scored anything but we were still sure we would win again because last time we slaughtered them. Sadly, we were incorrect. We had barely scored anything!!! They were up about five to probably one (I forgot the real score) so by the end we had lost. I was really angry because I felt like I was the only one actually playing defense.