Being Invisible

Fourth graders read Maureen Tolman Flannery's "Shape-Shifter," writing wonderful poems using the simile, one setting, and in the meantime, hiding.

Park
by Eduardo G.

I can hide in the grass
It is impossible to see me
I can be the sky
Nobody knows
Only my family
For example my granny
I can be as bright as the sun
But nobody knows
But sometimes I'm sad
and my dad gets me glad
Somebody calls my dad mister
and that is my sister

My shadow is me
by Loren S.

I am invisible in my shadows
my shadows suck me into a mirror
and my shadow pretends to be me and
I am locked forever in a box I get out
of the box I get into my shadow
when I walk by I have no more shadows

by Geissel

I have a friend and sometimes
we meet and greet each
other without a word.

We walk through a field
and stalk a bird and chew
a blade of pungent grass.

Invisible
by Kevin-Conrad D.

Being invisible stinks
No one can see you
I love being seen
It's like you're free
Everyone can see you when you're
not invisible
It's like going to a new class
It's like you're different from
everyone
They think you're a monster
But when you get to
know that a friend's at
my side
You don't feel invisible

When my sister was gone
by Matthew A.

I was playing hide-and-seek. My sister was
bleak as a ghost. She hid in a closet and
was invisible as an iguana. I looked everywhere
except the closet and I was puzzled like
a monkey. I was giving up and was ready
to surrender like a knight squished by
a dragon. I was bored like a turtle and
watched TV. My sister showed up and
was angry as a lion.

Halloween Poems

Fifth grade students read David Trinidad's "The Munsters" and Rachel Zucker's "My Beautiful Wickedness." We talked about scary movies and books that may inspire a stanza or two.

Report Card
by Shahzeb C.

Zombies, Frankenstein, Mummies
are not scary but something
that changes people mentally,
(the Report Card)
the worst thing it can
do to you is a papercut
but it can kill people from
the inside. Example (1) Mary
was scared of everything
but her worst fear is not the
Report Card its her mom
after it.

by Haithanh T.

I was in a room
telling scary stories
it was very dark
then suddenly I heard a noise
it sounds like someone crying for help
the voice was raspy
the sound grew louder and louder
I then heard footsteps
we were all so scared
it finally came and………
boo! it was my friend!

Chucky
by Lauren B.

He haunts you in the middle of the
night. Throw him in the fire and
he stays alive. Be careful, he's smarter
than you think. Once he turned a
child into a doll and it became his
bride. And they became an evil couple.
Will he ever be defeated?

Halloween Nightmare Poem
by Qasim A.

I'm walking through the alley
thinking what was that song last
night. I hear it again. I walk
through the alley I run
through the alley. Then I
see Frankenstein he was the
one singing.