and we're back

after an entire year away (we were writing the old-fashioned way... we started a NEWSPAPER!) we're back to manage both the old and the new, and all kinds of writing. let's see if we can keep it going!

inspiring writers through their own words [six words]

i (chantal) am doing lots of mentoring and one-on-one work with writers, giving personalized tips and inspiration, and then together all of us (from second grade to high school, college level, even some adults) have been writing-- sharing-- and some exciting things are coming into view.... as we're writing from the rooftops. 

anyway, after we get the next newspaper issue published, i'm looking into a way to do online writing inspiration and assistance, kind of like i used to do with haiku on twitter (if anyone is still out there from twitter) and from there we'll just keep writing and see where this takes us...

i've still been posting on my other blogs wpm and chandeliers on the floor and also there are some great pics of us kids :) etc on my flickr and we will get some up on here and post some of the writing we've done over the past year... 

*O* is now in 7th grade! Abby is now in 8th!!!! Pyper is ruling the school as a 5th grader...... And, you missed it, Raquel graduated to 6th, but not before she became our front-page article writer for the newspaper we started (not to mention the comic queen...she writes amazing comics) what a year, but that's just a quick view from above, we'll show you more live glimpses from in between the life as we're writing from the rooftops.

Just in Time

Why are you so mean? / You try so hard to hide your / Insecurity

by *O*

The one you love

The one you love
Could be right
Around the corner

The one you love
Could be right
Across the street

The one you love
Could be right
At your feet

When you find them
You may feel
Complete

by,
*O*

(another terrific poem by Olivia, she had instant inspiration grabbed a pen and a piece of paper and wrote this in approximately 2.5 minutes!!)

..but..i hate haiku

Olivia's first haiku attempt...

I eat my apple
So crunchy and sour sweet
So many colors

by,
*O*

..turned out really great!

Then Olivia decided haiku wasn't so bad
and we had some fun
(I said it was hikool, ya ya I know stupid joke)

*O* and C: a conversation in 5 haiku

*O* and C: a conversation in 5 haiku

C to *O*:
you think you don’t like
these haiku that i write, come
on give it a chance

*O*’s response:
You act like you know
What I think about haiku
You’re wrong they are fun!

C’s response
so happy to hear
you’ve changed your mind it’s clear
now let’s have some fun!

*O*’s response
I kind of feel that
Way, but I much rather go
and play all day long!

C’s response
you roll your eyes, but
really it’s true, you know it
you’re so good at this!

So much depends upon...

Olivia saw this poem somewhere:

The Red Wheel Barrow

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens.

by,
William Carlos Williams

The style and words from this poem
got stuck in her mind! She used the line
“So much depends upon”
in many of her poems.
Here are two great examples:

Red Wall

The pictures sit upon
the big red wall. The wall is
steady so they do not fall.
So much depends upon
the big red wall
for if it
was not there the pictures
would fall.

{a poem literally written in 3 minutes}
by,
*O*


A Poem in Two Minutes

So much depends upon
the wind blowing through the
trees. It moves through the
air blowing through the leaves.
Blowing scraps of trash
through the air. Sometimes
if you're not lucky it
will mess up your hair.

by,
*O*

10 Reasons why I Think Vocab Words are Horrible (a Hypercritical Hyperbole)

a poem dedicated to the ridiculous vocab words on Olivia’s vocab test tomorrow (and an attempt to define them)

1. Hyperthyroidism, Hyperglycemia these are words
I will never use in my life

2. Hypersensitive, Hypertension they’re too hard to spell

3. It’s Horrible to Hyperextend but at least I know what it means, it means when one of your joints bends and then pops out the other side....Horrible

4. Hypercritical people are no fun to be around they’re judgmental, they’re mean and snooty

5. Once I saw a man going up to the bus stop he must have had Hypertension because his arm looked like it was going to explode (isn’t this what happens when you have high blood pressure?)

6. Hyperthermia is when you turn...is when..uh...is....
when your temperature is really high and you probably
turn all bright red too

7. Hyperactive is when my little brother runs around
the restaurant and is Hyperactive and it’s so embarrassing

8. Ok Hyperextend, Hypersensitive those are words I might use (but they are still horrible)

9. Hyper Hyper Hyper I’m Hyperventilating because all these words are Hyper

10. And finally, I never use Hyperbole they’re so lame, only for people who write poems

Hyper Hyper Hyper these are words too hard to spell Horrible no fun to be around going to explode you probably turn all bright red so embarrassing still horrible, they’re so lame, only for Hypersensitive, Hypercritical people who write poems!

by
*O* & c

Books

Books

You never know
What a book holds
Until you open up the pages
That sometimes fold
And they look
All crumpled and old
And when you read
The pages that behold
The Miraculous
Adventures
Of the untold
And sometimes
If you’re not lucky
The pages will never unfold
And they will always look
All crumpled and old
And you will not be able
To read the pages that behold
The Miraculous
Adventures
Of the untold

by
*O*

Finally! The Return of Super Brick!!

Super Brick #4

When we last saw our hero he was on a building thanking Jonny Cinderblock for saving his life. So they took off into the air and Super Brick anciently hit a telephone pole, causing it to crash into a brick building. Again Super Brick said words he thought he would never have to say “@35#%*8!” After he was done with his fowl language they went to pick up the mess. When Super Brick was looking through some bricks he met a very pretty nice smelling brick. Her name was Lady so he called her Lady Brick. They quickly fell in love. And had little baby bricks of their own. They decided to live on mars, were it was red just like them. As for The Sleg he went back to Alcatraz for the rest of his life. Jonny Cinder Block met a Lady Cinder Block and they had little cinder blocks of their own. And everyone lived happily ever after. NOT REALLY! KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE!

by
*O*

Quotes I (Olivia!) love from the amazing book Star Girl

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

Quotes I (Olivia!) love from the amazing book Stargirl (I’m reading it right now...)

“So she would stop and point out that the front door of the house we were passing was blue. And that the last time we had passed it, someone who lived in that house painted the front door a different color several times a year.”

“And the last remaining space between our lips was gone and I was falling headlong into her eyes, right there on Palo Verde after dinner. And I can tell you, that was no saint kissing me.”


More to come...

*O*
(Olivia)

The Adventures of Super Brick and ? #3

When we last saw our hero Super Brick he was in a dark alley stuck in wet cement listening to the dark laugh from someone or something on the roof top above. The someone or something jumped down from the roof and walked into the light so Super Brick could see it. It was a tall man with black hair, and a black cape with a picture of a big hammer on the back. The tall man also carried a sledge hammer and called himself “The Sledge Hammer” but for short let’s just call him The Sleg. So The Sleg was getting ready to whack Super Brick with his sledge hammer… Let’s go to one of the other super heroes Jonny Cinderblock. Jonny Cinderblock was one of Super Bricks pals. He was on top of the tallest building in the city looking for people in trouble or crime. He looked to his left, he saw nothing. He looked to his right, there he saw Super Brick, in an alley stuck in wet cement. Jonny Cinderblock thought “Oh no I must go help Super Brick.” So he swooped down into the alley where Super Brick was and pulled him out of the wet cement and put him on the same rooftop that he was on before. He said to Super Brick “Are you ok?” Super Brick replied “Yes thanks to you, thank you.”

To be continued...

By, Olivia

The Adventures of Super Brick #2

Now that Super Brick had riches from the people of the city of Keensvile he had a mansion. So Super Brick was hanging out at his mansion. He was enjoying himself in his solid gold hot tub, when he thought he heard something. He did hear something; it was the screams of children. He jumped out of his hot tub without drying off and flew to their rescue. He had to fly a long way before he could find them. He was so distracted by all the thoughts racing through his mind that he landed on someone’s car windshield, by accident. He was so mad about the windshield that he said words he thought he would never have to say #*#*$$#*!!! After he was done with the foul language he went to find the little children. He flew away from the car and found the children in the next alley. He went to save the children when he stepped in wet cement, his one weakness. He was stuck there unable to save the poor children. He heard a dark laugh coming from the rooftop above him. It sounded like this, “Ha ha ha Super Brick I’ve got you now!”

To be continued…

Super Brick ☺

Austin came up with idea but did not want it so he gave it to me☺!

Once upon a time there was a boy named Bob. Bob was in the junk yard looking for something to play with. Bob found a brick. He thought of a funny joke, he could put the brick in a tree, and it could fall out and land on someone’s head. So he did just that.

At a bank next to the tree there was a robbery in process. The robbers name was Albert; he had just escaped from Alcatraz upon a floating piece of drift wood. Albert the robber ran under the tree and the brick fell out on to the robbers head. The police rushed to the concussioned robber and took him back to Alcatraz.

Everybody was so happy. The people of the city of Keensville gave the brick riches and named him caption of the police station!! If you are wondering what Super Brick’s powers are and how he got them well I will tell you. Super Brick was made in a factory like any other brick. When he was on the conveyer belt he fell into a bat of radioactive toxic waste. He began to come to life he could talk, and he could fly! He swore that he would pretend to be a regular brick in till he was needed. That is how Super Brick got his powers.

The End

By, Olivia