kids' writing: part 2

instead of writing my thesis, i decided to scan some work from my kids. i am so seriously avoiding my thesis...procrastination at its best. every thursday, my students have a comprehension "test" about the story of the week. it's a mix of short answer and multiple choice. it's almost a guarantee that there will be at least one amusing response per week. a few weeks ago, we read a story about a guy who explored the arctic regions and students had to respond to the following question: "Would you like to live in the Arctic regions? Explain why or why not."

here are some of their responses.



according to the first kid, guns are necessary for survival in cold weather against wild arctic animals.

sometimes, kids will say things in class dicussions that have very little to do with what we're actually talking about. sometimes, they do that with their writing too. the second kid talks about skateboarding, magic tricks, and going down a big slide. i'm not sure what to say... i mean, i showed them pictures of glaciers, greenland, arctic regions. i'm still trying to figure out where magic tricks came from. he really is this random in real life.




both of these kids understand that the arctic is freezing cold. most of the kids say they would rather not live in the arctic because of the climate. it's always funny to see kids' reasoning. the potential of eating raw meat "grouses" one kid out. the other one has already figured out that while he certainly wouldn't choose to go to the arctic, he wouldn't mind wishing something else there.



still others would rather go to the arctic and live in freezing cold weather than come to school. the idea of sledding and building igloos is a much bigger draw than coming to class. truth be told, i'd rather go sledding and build igloos too.

there are a handful of kids have a lot of "personality" and sometimes, it shows up when they write. this particular kid aspires to be an actress. she already has the "drama queen" thing down - "i'm to young to die!"


the rest of these are just randomly amusing...




the second to last one - this kid thinks girls = disaster.