a sample written during one of Northern Nevada's TWIST Camps
Saves the day!
by RJ, kindergarten writer
Captain Rex is a robot, a super hero.
Emporer Palptene steals the money from the bank. Come on! Get Emporer Palptene. Go! Go! Go!
Captain Rex fights Emporer Palptene. Hurray! Captain Rex saves the day!
a sample written during one of Northern Nevada's TWIST Camps
Miya's Recital
by Carrie, first grade writer
Miya came to dance every Tuesday. Her dance recital was in a week. She practiced until it was time to go. Then she got ready to dance.
The spotlight was out. Go! She twirled onto the stage. Everyone went wild. “Go! Go!” said the crowd.
“Hurray! Go!” I yelled to Miya, “Go! Go!” She danced and skipped. “Hurray!”
She pranced all around the stage. She looked beautiful. “Hurray!” I said to Miya, “Almost there!”
She was tired. I could tell. I said, “You can do it! Go! Go! Go!” She danced until it was over. “Hurray!”
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a sample written during one of Northern Nevada's TWIST Camps
Baseball Royale
by Marley, second grade writer
We run to the baseball field at 4:00 p.m., and we are right on time. As The Hot Dog team, we are first to bat, and Marley is batting. He hits the ball! Whack!
The crowd stands up, but Marley goes the wrong way. Everyone cries, “No, Marley, no!” and Marley was out and all the other baseball team players were mad.
It was then time for the hot dog team to go on the field, but Marley fell asleep out there. Everyone said, “No way!” The loud noise woke Marley up and he stood and got hit by the ball.
Marley was knocked out, and everyone said, “No! No! No!”
He woke up in the middle of the last inning and he got to be a pitcher. He started throwing badly, and the other team went around and around the bases. When the game was over, The hot Dog Team had lost by one point. “Oh no!”
a sample from Mrs. Snow's second-grade classroom
Stop, Rosie, Stop!
by Kassidy, second grade writer
I am tired of telling Rosie she's doing the wrong thing at her cousin's birthday party. Rosie is trying to lick the cake. Stop it, Rosie!
Rosie is pouring Kool-Aid back and forth into cups. I said stop it, Rosie!
Rosie is opening her cousin's gifts. Stop! Stop! Stop!
Rosie is running all over the place. Please stop it, Rosie!
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a sample written during one of Northern Nevada's TWIST Camps
The Monster
by Brandon (B.C.), third grade writer
I’m out on Pyramid Lake, rocking in my small fishing boat with the wind in my face. I’m waiting patiently for a bite. Next thing I know I have a bite. My pole bent down like crazy.
Everyone said, "Yeah, B.C., yeah!"
So, I picked up my pole and I’m fighting this fish and it’s fighting me back. I reel the monster fish in. It’s hard because it is heavy. I found out later it weighed 50 pounds.
Everyone on the boat said, "Oh yeah, B.C.”
We ate the fish for dinner that night. Everyone said, "This is tasty and this is juicy. Oh yeah!" Ten people ate off the fish, and they scraped their plates clean. There were still leftovers.
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a sample from Mrs. Bronk's fourth-grade classroom