The students have just finished studying personal, possessive, reflexive, interrogative, demonstrative, and indefinite pronouns. They wrote about a nightmare vacation as they applied their knowledge of pronouns in context. Below are some samples from each class:
I was on mountain top peering down at the hopeless town.
I had a lone dog of
mine sitting beside
me.
My small heart was thumping as I was trying to think of an idea. The town boiled with excitement as Christmas was coming and
their song started to drive
me out of control.
I suddenly came up with a hunch to end
my thoughts, “I’ll steal all of
their stuff and ruin Christmas.”
We started to build our sleigh to rocket down the mountain of snow.
My dog’s ears flopped and
his legs shivered in the milky flakes. Through the houses
we went stuffing toys, candy, stockings, and even cats up the chimney. All of the treasures were
ours. Up to the steepest of the mountain
we went, when guilt shocked
me in the heart. “What will the enthusiastic kids do?"
I thought.
I turned the sleigh around and there
we went down the snowy hill throwing presents and blaring a horn in praise. Christmas was here and
everyone enjoyed
it.
Wyatt
On
my family vacation
we encountered some boiling events. Our family went to our lake house in Arkansas, but unfortunately
I forgot sunscreen. So
I was now a baked potato.
I asked
my parents, “May I borrow some of your sunscreen,” but the best they had was 1 spf. Then, suddenly
my brother told
me that his hat flew off in the cool summer breeze, so
I had to let him borrow
mine! If
you think
your family vacation was sweltering, than look at
ours.
Hastings
My nightmare vacation was when
I went to the amusement park, Six Flags. First,
our flight got canceled that
I had to wake up at 4 p.m. for, so
we drove.....As result of eating chili at Burger King,
my sister Phoebe threw up on
her own leg and started crying.
Both my brothers and my iPhone ran out of battery, which was
our only source of entertainment, and
my dad was really mad at
us for no apparent reason. Then
his car got a flat tire, which delayed
our trip a couple of hours because the next gateway was 45 minutes away. When
I got to Six Flags, it was snowing its brains out. Also
we found a pleasant surprise that
our luggage was gone. That was
my nightmare vacation.
Baugh
My last family vacation to Destin was a complete nightmare. First, in
my dad’s Lexus,
my little brother, Timmy, decided to get sick on
my back.
His face was green,
mine was, too, and
my shirt . . . well, its color is still green. Next
we checked into
our Marriot hotel, but
we had the same luggage as another guest. This led to a complete disaster because
he took ours,
we took his, and the whole ordeal was terrible.
None of his clothes fit
any of
us! Lastly, on our boat trip,
someone claimed
our trip as
their family’s, and
we were accused and kicked out for trying to steal a reservation!
We were framed for attempted robbery when
we were the victims
themselves. In other words, last family vacation was a horrible experience, and
I hope it will never happen again.
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