SCIO WRITERS CLUB December 2016 Volume 5, Issue 2 Elementary CAT — Creative Authors’ Treasury Winter Edition— Inside this issue: Winter Snow 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 ice 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 Ice cream 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 Igloo? 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 Igloos 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 icicle 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.