Partner+Writing

= Partner Writing = These stories most closely relate to the picture prompts the students were shown.


 * In the Wonderful Land of Oz **
 * Alex R. and Payton **
 * 9/1/11 **

Once upon a time, there was a happy family, Harry, a three-year-old boy, and Ralph, a dog. They woke up one morning and heard the news of a hurricane in Jacksonville, which was ten miles away from their small town. The parents had no time to prepare, and their beloved dog and son were swept away in the hurricane. Harry and Ralph hit hard ground and realized they hadn't ever seen a place like this. Harry and Ralph turned around to see an interesting looking witch. The witch said, “You are in the wonderful land of Oz.” The boy was confused and asked why. “You two must have been carried away by the hurricane,” said the witch. The boy still didn't understand and asked, “Where’s my mommy?” The witch told him and his dog to follow the yellow brick road. The boy understood what the witch was saying and did as they were told. As the day went on, Harry and Ralph continued to walk at an easy pace. Two hours later, they finally saw something. . . a red wall. They walked up to the wall, and Harry asked, “We were told by a witch that we had to follow the road to see mommy. Can you help me and my puppy?” The minion on the other side knew what to do and sent them into a big room, where they saw a man. The man was surprised to see a three-year-old and a dog in his laboratory. Harry said, “I want to see mommy,” and the wizard knew exactly what to do. ”//Ozzy Oz, send them// //back to their mommy and with a picky-pack//.” The spell was cast. Harry and Ralph blinked and they were right in front of their mom. ”Mommy!” exclaimed Harry. Harry later grew up and lived happily ever after.


 * The Tale of the Golden Bone**
 * Hunter, Ethan, and Shree**
 * 9/1/11**

One day there were two dogs named Lucky and Golds on a boat. They were part of the crew with their owners, who were famous scuba divers. Whenever the divers went scuba diving, they would come up with gold coins or a treasure of some sort, while the dogs where left on the boat in the hot sun and not given any of the wealth. “Gosh, Golds. It’s so hot out here,” said Lucky. “I know I’m so tired and I’m craving for some water right now,” said Golds. “I have an idea to help us forget about the heat,” said Lucky. “What?” Golds asked. “I’m going to tell you a story about the golden bone,” said Lucky. Sounds good,” said Golds.

“There once was a golden retriever king that was very greedy and got whatever he wanted whenever he wanted something,” said Lucky. “Sounds like a selfish dog,” said Golds. “He was a very bad dog and everybody in his kingdom hated him. One day all the people in his kingdom were sick and tired of him, so they overpowered the guards of his castle and kicked him out of the kingdom. All that he was able to bring with him was his most prized possession, the golden bone,” said Lucky. “Wow. They must of really not liked him,” said Golds. “He was forced on the worst boat in the kingdom, and they pushed the boat out to sea. After a couple of days of sailing, he became tired and weak from no food or water. There was a strong storm about to come, and the King knew it, so he put his golden bone in a chest and threw it overboard. He hoped to retrieve it after the storm started to abate,” said Lucky. “That dog must have loved his bone,” said Golds. “Yes, he did, but he never got it back because the storm flipped his boat over, and he was never seen again, and that’s the story of the golden bone,” said Lucky.

“Lucky! We should try to find the bone. Now that would be fun, and we can show our masters that we can go scuba diving with them, too,” said Golds. “I don’t know. It would be really dangerous, but it would be really fun, and there is extra scuba diving gear on the boat,” said Lucky. “Come on, Lucky. It would be so much fun, and I’m sure you know where the golden bone is,” said Golds. “You’re right. I do know where it is. It’s right below us somewhere in this ocean,” said Lucky. “Then let’s do this. I already have my scuba diving gear on, hurry up and get yours on,” said Golds. “All right. I have it on. Let’s go find the best bone in the world!” said Lucky. Both of the dogs jumped head first into the water and started searching everywhere for any sign that would lead to the golden bone. After about an hour of searching, Lucky found a small boat with the U.S.S Beagle on the side of it. “Golds. I found the king’s boat! I Found his boat!” said Lucky. “Wow! That’s so cool. It’s just how you described in the story. Wait! What’s this?” asked Golds as he swam inside the boat. Lucky followed. “Oh, my gosh. It’s the map to the golden bone. It says that the golden bone is only a little further away from here,” said Lucky. The dogs swam out of the boat and follow the map all around the place. Then they came upon a chest. “It’s the chest!” exclaimed Lucky. “Let’s get it up to the surface and show our masters,’ said Golds. The dogs swam up to the surface with the heavy chest on their backs. They saw their masters screaming their names. One of them spotted them and said, “Oh, my gosh. It’s the dogs, and they have a chest on their backs!” One scuba crew dove into the water, grabbed the chest. The other scuba diver grabbed the dogs. After they were on the boat, the scuba divers opened the chest and they saw a golden bone. They all looked at in surprise. After the crew had a good look, the captain of the scuba diving crew threw the golden bone to the two dogs. They bit on it and licked at it. It was the best bone ever. Somehow it stayed the same. The bite mark never showed up or anything. When the boat got back to land, the two dogs looked at each other and said, “We did it! We found the golden bone. . . but who is going to take it home?”


 * The Ice Cream Nabber **
 * Sahiti and Justin **
 * 9/1/11 **

“Come here, Whitey. We need to go take that ice cream from their house,” I said. My dog Whitey is five years old, and I am three years old. My name is Billy and I like to eat chocolate ice cream. I am the same height as my dog only because he is older than me. I was walking my dog around the house when I saw my neighbor eating ice cream. My mouth started watering at the sight of my neighbor eating it. I wanted to jump over the wall that was between my house and my neighbor’s house, but I was too small. Whitey started whining, and I could tell that he was hungry, too. Just then I heard my mom say, “Billy, come here.” I ran to my house and asked my mom for ice cream. When she said no, I asked her if I could have some after dinner, and she said no again. I ran out of my house, and once again I saw my neighbor eating the tasty ice cream. I was going to get the ice cream I said to myself. I went into the garage and brought the ladder outside. I used the ladder to climb the brick wall. Then I sneaked into my neighbor’s house and was about to take the ice cream when my neighbor caught me. Before she could say anything to me, I ran out of the house. //Time for plan B,// I thought. When she was not looking, I went back in my neighbor’s house and took the ice cream that was still left, climbed on the ladder, and went over the brick wall. I brought the ice cream back to my dog, and we both enjoyed the delicious toffee ice cream.