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Good Manners by Ciara Li

Good Manners by Ciara Li

Good Manners don’t act rudely.

Eat with a fork.

Don’t be a dork

change your clothing.

do your homework.

Do not act dumb.

say, “Thank you.”

say, “Please.”

Say, “I’m sorry.”

It’s never better to tease.

You remember

To do what I say,

You’ll have friends

When you call them to play with you!

Why I Want to Be a Pilot by Anthony Law

Why I Want to Be a Pilot by Anthony Law

I want to be a pilot,

Because I love to fly.

I once went to a flight simulator

at an amusement park.

It had lots of decimals and numbers

and buttons all over the place.

I took a simulated flight from Peru to France,

and it was just five or six minutes in the simulator,

because a real flight would take HOURS

and it projected the sky,

blue and yellowish.

To become a pilot,

learn to steer

very complicated

Use the lever,

power the engines.

Turn off the brakes,

Move the plane.

Taxiing.

Use the pedal

Use the column.

Push it downwards,

pull it upwards.

Use the Rudder

left or right

engage the Ailerons,

tilt the plane.

Flying is like…

Rushing through the clouds,

Gliding merrily like a bird,

Like lying on a platform that’s rushing through the air,

You feel like you’re dreaming

Fluffy clouds are like cars making way before you

like you’re driving an Ambulance.

The sun shines in your face, the sun’s so bright.

The birds chirping and flying is a wonderful sight.

Dear Tea Party by Renee Wu

Dear Tea Party by Renee Wu

Sweet candy on your plate,

Drinking your tea, with

The slightly bitter taste

My imaginary friends

And my real friends, looking

At me slightly pitifully

Because of the incident

That happened when I was six.

The time I had dinner

With my family and got thirsty

I looked at a very fancy teacup

It was like heaven, but

It turned out to have a very

Bitter taste, but not so bitter

Anymore.

Sweet candy on your plate,

Drinking your tea, with

The slightly bitter taste

Hiccups by Emma Shen

Hiccups by Emma Shen

Water, water, water, water

Someone give me a scare

Hic, hic, hic

It is so not fair

One night, two night, three nights

Is it even going to stop?

Hic, hic, hic

My eyes are going to pop!

Never Give Up by Desmond Li

Never Give Up by Desmond Li

On Sunday

I went to my friend’s birthday party at Clip and Climb.

I was so scared I couldn't do at least one of them!

Clip and Climb looks like a huge box

with different climbs on one side and another.

When we got there I saw my friends and classmates.

I was really nervous about which one to start with.

The Skyscraper was really colorful because at night

you can see people still working

with the lights on.

On the wall you can see led lights on the wall

so there were different colors everywhere.

On the Cheese

there were holes like cheese

and they had different vibrant colors.

I tried starting with a medium level one

it was called dots and stripes.

I hooked my harness in and started climbing.

It was a bit hard because

my legs couldn’t stretch to the other ledge.

I decided to do a different one.

I chose to do an easy one.

It looked like a pole

and it had footsteps in the middle and ledges on the side.

I was a bit confused about how to do it,

then one of the helpers gave me a tip,

he said to put your hands on the side

while climbing up with your feet.

I followed his steps

and I tried

and I did it !!:)

Thank You Family by Elisa Sui

Thank You Family by Elisa Sui

Thank you

dad for helping me

learn math

for jogging behind my bike

in case I

fall off

and helping our family

earn money

Thank you

mom for taking care of me

when I’m hurt

cooking food for us

helping me

with my

mandarin homework

Thank you

sister for playing LEGO with me

when I’m bored

telling jokes

and riddles to me

telling me

when my friends

are betraying me

Thank you

myself for letting me

use my gift

of art

use my gift

of communicating to animals

use my gift

of reading.

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