School District of Newberry County 2019- 2020 Writing Anthology Vision for Literacy sponsored by: newberry county reading council school district of newberry office of instruction Newberry County Reading Council Officers: President Janna Richardson President Elect Ruth Ransdell Vice President Whitney Kibler Secretary Susan Dawkins Treasurer Christopher Dukes Membership Kaye Jamison Newberry County District Writing Anthology Table of Contents Boundary Street Elementary School 1 Gallman Elementary School 11 Little Mountain Elementary School 20 Newberry Elementary School 33 Pomaria-Garmany Elementary School 43 Prosperity-Rikard Elementary School 56 Reuben Elementary School 63 Mid-Carolina Middle School 66 Newberry Middle School 81 Mid-Carolina High School 96 Newberry High School 102 Whitmire Community School 114 Newberry Adult and Continuing Education 133 Boundary Street Elementary School My Cat By: Kaylin Ruff Teacher: Mrs. Springer - Kindergarten I like my cat. Is my cat playing? No! My mom is feeding my cat! Clemson Football By: Easton Dewitt Teacher: Ms. Sampson - Primary Montessori Hi! I am on the football field. I am talking about the game. The football game is starting. Second quarter, Clemson and LSU. Flag on Clemson Tigers. LSU has the ball. LSU now had the ball. Clemson caught it. Now Clemson has the ball. The End. At The Beach By: Scottlyn Hite Teacher: Ms. Kunkle - Kindergarten I am at the beach. I go with my mom and dad. I like to play in the pool. I had fun. My Dog By: Axel Vazquez-Morales Teacher: Mrs. Griffin - Kindergarten My dog is eating bones. He likes to play outside when he eats his bones. He is black and white. A Birthday Trip By Kambri Parker Teacher: Mrs. Counts - Primary Montessori I went to Carowinds. I went with my friend on her birthday. We rode rides. It started to rain and thunder and lightning. We went home. 1 Boundary Street Elementary School The Polar Express By: Rachel Bower Teacher: Ms. Doolittle - First Grade One night, we went to the… Polar Express. When we got on, I smelled hot chocolate. Next, we sat down. There were milk chocolate bars too. Then they gave the delicious hot chocolate to us. I drank the delicious hot chocolate. I said, “It was as hot as a sun.” That is hot! Later, I ate the milk chocolate bar. It was amazing. After that, I saw a paper with carols on it. I sang my favorite song, On the First Day of Christmas. I said, “It made me happy!” Finally, when we saw the lights, it was time to get off. I had a nice night. Molly and Louie By: Jaycob Osorio Aguilar Teacher: Mrs. Freeman - First Grade I am playing with my dogs. Her name is Molly and his name is Louie. Molly loves to play tag, but Louie doesn’t like to play tag. He likes to rest. Molly loves to play fetch with the ball. Molly can run fast. Louie, he likes to play tag a little bit. Molly and Louie play fight and they crash into the wall. BOOM! They crash into the shelf! They both run. They both rest. Molly took the ball. They both wag their tails. My dogs love to race. The dogs go outside and Molly runs. Louie is little and Molly is big. Molly’s birthday is next week. Louie’s birthday is next, next, next month. Shopping at Wal-Mart By: Michael Wimberley Teacher: Mrs. Lavezza - First Grade I went to Wal-Mart with my mom and my sister, Jenna. We went to buy stuff. When we got inside, we got a shopping cart and walked through the traffic stops. We forgot our shopping list but I remembered everything we needed. We got apple juice, Frappuccino’s for Mom, and pizza for Jenna. When we were done shopping, we went to the checkout center so we could pay for our stuff. We went outside to our car and put our stuff in the trunk. We got in the car and drove home. THE END! Halloween By: Destiny Jones Teacher: Mrs. Fogarile - First Grade My favorite Halloween candy is gummies. They are so good. Do you like gummies? They can be spiders or worms. I love the spiders the best but I love the worms too because they are delicious. What do you want to be for Halloween? I am going to be a pretty princess. I am already a princess but I am going to dress up like one for Halloween. My brother will dress up like Jason. He will be so scary. I won’t be scared though because I am brave. He will go up to people and say BOO!!! Happy Halloween. 2 Boundary Street Elementary School My Day at Disney By: Hudson DeWitt Teacher: Mrs. Richter - Lower Elementary Montessori Wow! The day I went to Disney World was the best, best, best day of my life. First, I went to Toy Story Land and I rode Slinky Dog Dash. It went up high. When they said “Go, Go, Go,” I thought it was over, but it was not. It went up high again. Next, I went on another ride. I was on the back of a banshee. After that I went on a ride called The Land. It talked about the land. Then I rode Soarin’. You go up high and there is a screen in front of you and it looks like you are high in a city flying in an airplane. And I rode the Rise of the Resistance and R2D2 is driving you. Finally, I rode It’s a Small World and I saw China. At the end I saw Magic Kingdom. Then I saw the fireworks. My last day was the best day and the most magical day. Brothers Going to the National Guard By: Landon Jay Berley Teacher: Marie Robinson - Second Grade My brother is going to the National Guard. I am sad. I cried so hard. My step mom cried, too. I hope Daniel does not get shot in the war. I think I am going to the National Guard when I’m grown up so I can see him. I think I am visiting him on May 22. He is coming back June 15. He is training right now. I don’t know when he is going to war. He signed up for six years. My brother is a super hero! All About Tigers By Jayce Bass Teacher: Mrs. Davenport - Second Grade Tigers are very good and really fast. You can get in big trouble if a tiger is hungry enough. It may attack a bear or a baby rhino. Tigers have longer teeth than any other predators. A tiger has stripes to blend in to its environment. The Siberian tiger is the largest of all tigers. It lives in a cold climate and has very thick fur. The life of a baby tiger is full of danger. Tigers are interesting animals. Reference: Wexo, John Bonnett (2002) Tigers. California: Wildlife Education 3 Boundary Street Elementary School The Kitten By Tyveounia Sims Teacher: Tina Wilkerson - Second Grade One weekend I was in the woods and I heard a soft meow. The sound was coming from a tree trunk. It was a kitten! It was odd because who would leave a kitten in the woods? So I picked it up and took it home with me. No one was at home which was good! I named it Sugar because the kitten was as white as sugar. I fed it really good. I had to keep Sugar because she was almost motionless. I poked her softly five times but she was sleeping. When she woke up she was so happy! Sugar jumped on me and scratched me but she wasn’t wild. In a few months she was grown. We were two peas in a pod. I took pictures with her. When she was all grown up she had kittens! It was one happy family with Sugar, the new kittens and me! Getting my iPad By: Landyn Gray Teacher: Mrs. Livingston - Third Grade When my cousin took me home on my birthday, I was very surprised. As I walked inside, my mom shouted, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” I said, “Mom my eardrums are broken. Take me to the ER.” Then I noticed that there were a lot of people that had come to celebrate my birthday with me. Then I got to open some of the gifts from people who couldn’t come. Once everyone arrived, the kids got to play hide-and-seek in the house. Then the kids went to the backyard to dance. A little bit after that, the kids played tag for about twenty minutes. Then we ate cake a little bit after we all finished. Most of us played Dead man for about an hour. Others played basketball. It was very fun. Then we played other games, such as moss, football, basketball, monkey-n-the-middle, and catch. After a little while, we ate some more cake. Then we played more games. Finally, it was time to open gifts. I got things such as clothes, shoes, cards, baseball cards, RC cars, lots of them, and best of all my iPad! I fell when I opened my iPad. After opening presents, the kids made up some more games to play. It was hard. We came up with games such as Jellybean shark, the Mouse and Cheese, and Animal War. It was very fun playing all of those games. I came up with the best idea I could think of. I called it Monkey Race. For this game, you pretend to be different types of monkeys.