Thursday, November 15, 2012

There was a...

Today we read a book about about turkey's racing to be dinner and then finding out they didn't want to be eaten. The kids had the following writing prompt.

A tricky tom turkey didn't want to be dinner. This is how he got away.

Here are are the kids' ideas...

Harrison
The human put him in the oven. Then he catches on fire and he busted out of the oven and out the door. 

Kate
Because it didn't want to get eaten up.

Evan
Because they did not want to be cooked.

Aurora
He ran away.

Gage
He wanted to get out of the oven.

Kylie
They jumped over the fence.

Ronan
The turkeys jumped over the fence to get away.

Andrew
The turkeys ran and ran and ran and ran fast.

Aidan
The turkeys jumped to a fence.

Jana
He ran away from the farm and into the meadow away from everything except flowers, bugs, trees and grass.

Andres
He ran to Mexico.

Gavin
The turkeys ran away because they didn't want to be eaten.

Rory
He ran away over a fence.

Roman
My turkey ran out the door when it was all the way open. I laughed a lot.

Sarah
My turkey ran away to another farm that did not cook turkeys.

Nicole
It ran and ran and ran.

Ethan
He took an airplane.

Hailey
He ran away.

Grayson
He jumped over the fence.

Susan
He got away fast. He got away huffing and puffing.  He ran into the shed. There was a bag of turkey food in the shed. 

Riley
Cuz they jumped over the fence.

Skylar
The turkey away for doing a race and many medals.

Kelson
They got away over a fence.

Raul
At the night, the turkey covered the farmer's face with a scarf.In the morning he runs away. The farmer couldn't see. Now I won't be cooked.

Mia
So Tom had a plan to make an airplane out of sticks and leaves and fly away.

Mason
The turkey would be in the oven.It got out. It went out of my house and ran over the fence and it went across the bridge to the farm.