Copyright © 2014 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Division 3, Ms. Gelson’s grade 2/3/4 class, at Admiral Seymour Elementary in the winter of 2014. The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for inner-city kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects like this chapbook. All Writers' Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of generous donors, including Megan Abbott, Marily Mearns, the Vancouver Foundation, Nancy and Ted Maitland, Bernard MacLeod, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, TELUS, the Central City Foundation, Lindsay Mearns, Claudia Casper and James Griffin, The Home Depot Canada Foundation and the Hamber Foundation. Thank you. And thank you to the amazing volunteer mentors who work with the kids in all Writers’ Exchange programs so that each child can succeed to the best of his or her ability.
881 East Hastings Vancouver, BC V6A 1R8 To read more great student writing, visit vancouverWE.com. Support from Admiral Seymour Elementary: Carrie Gelson, Miriam Tratt, Diane Sheperd-Dynes, Erich Menses, Stephanie Chung Writers’ Exchange mentors: Chloe, Connie, Jennifer, Joe, Stacey Editorial Support: Andie, Mira Design and layout: Claire Balderston, clairebalderston.com
Writers’ Exchange in-school projects are made possible by the Vancouver Foundation and Coast Capital Savings Credit Union. project of
Printing for this chapbook was generously donated by Hemlock.
This isn’t the end. To be continued. . .
introduction The title of this book is The Other Side of Me: Stories by Students in Division 3 at Seymour Elementary. The stories are about amazing kids and the kids all have different kinds of stories. A lot of them are action stories. Some are scary stories. All of them are magical. They are all courageous. There are 23 stories in it. We worked really hard on them and they are all fabulous!
Table of contents 2 The Hungry Witch of the Woods, by Grace 3 The Day Ice Boy Saved the World, by Steven 4 Lava Girl, by Shereese 5 Shark Boy, by Brian 6 The Evils, by Kala 7 Game On, by Heman 8 The Doctors, by Vicky 9 Legendary Phoenix, by Phoenix 10 The Breed Penguin Cow, by Jerry 11 Super Stomp Girl, by Sara 12 The Doctors, by Soleen 13 The Aliens, by Joeli 14 Revenge, by Ava 15 Frozen World, by Kassidy 16 Revenge of Lord Business, by Andrew 17 The Forest, by Jorja 18 Spike, by Giovanni 19 The Magical Unicorn Saves the Day, by Hyo Min 20 The Best Soccer Player, by Kevin 21 Magical Kingdom, by Arianne 22 Magical Powers, by Ibtihal 23 The Amazing Story, by Ethan 24 The Evil Clown, by Calvin
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h u n g ry w i t c h o E f TH the woods By Grace
Once up on a time, I was walking to school. It was pretty windy out. It was about to rain. OK, it was raining. Woosh. Hey, my umbrella! Oh, come on, I was cold. My cat, Ginger, and my toad—sorry, my magic toad—were walking with me. I turned my back and I went the other way. My magic toad and Ginger pulled along. I didn’t want to go to school. The wind grew stronger. I spun and spun and spun. No, no, no, I couldn’t transform now or everyone would know my big, huge secret: I’m a witch! I ran and ran as fast as I could. Oh, right, I had a broom. Swoosh, my broom came. I looked up. I saw a face in the wind. I heard a big, evil laugh, “Moo ha ha! Moo ha ha!” Oh, it was the wind god. There was not a cloud in the sky. I wished there were. Wow! He came down from the sky. Yeah, it would be so hard to fight wind. “You’re wind. It’ll be easy,” I said. “You can make jokes all you want, but I’ll beat you.” We got closer. We started to fight. Punch, crunch, kapow! He was dead. “That’s right. I beat you.” His last word was “Why?” 2
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ay ice boy sav d e ed the world th By Steven
I’m Ice Boy. I’m learning to write. I am with my friends. It’s a cloudy day and it’s raining and thundering. Aliens come to Earth to destroy it. I want to help. I eat ice cream and I start to transform. My head turns to ice. Then my neck and body turn into ice. Things around me also turn into ice. I’m beautiful. I talk to the aliens first, but they don’t leave. They want to take the people. I use my freezing powers and my hands freeze the aliens. They are all statues. My powers are a secret. I change back to me. The aliens are all frozen statues and I’m happy. I saved the people. The End. 3
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Lava girl By Shereese
One day I was with my friends eating vanilla ice cream with raspberry. It was nighttime and it was warm outside in the dark. That night, Dream Stealer came. He tried eating me. Dream Stealer made me mad. I started to transform. I got warm. I had raspberrycolour hair. My clothes were raspberry colour. Little cracks of lava appeared on my shirt and my raspberry shoes. Everything melted around me because I was made out of lava. I shot lava at Dream Stealer. He slowed down when I shot lava at him. The lava stopped him forever. Hooray! We did it. We went to the gelato shop to celebrate. Hooray, hooray, hooray! I ate vanilla ice cream with raspberries and it was mixed, and it was tasty. I turned back into a regular girl and talked with my friend. It was a happy ending to “Lava Girl.� 4
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Shark boy By Brian
I am watching TV with my friends at school. It is the news. All of my friends die. When I get angry my teeth get really big—as long as sharks’ teeth. When this happens, I eat hundreds of rotten fish. I use my powers to swim really fast and I use my really sharp teeth. Only Lava Girl and Mr. Electric know that I have super strength in my teeth when I am Shark Boy. Shark Boy gets hungry and eats all the people that killed my friends. Happily ever after.
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The Evils By Kala
I am at home in bed sleeping. It is storming and it is the middle of the night. I have a bad dream that I am Mrs. Evil, and then I wake up and I am Mrs. Evil. The room is the same but I have red and black hair. Now, I am in Mr. Evil’s house. I sleep in the basement. I hear a terrible noise. I have a suit of armour. Out in the world, I freeze the things making the noise. They stop making noise. I am me again. I am happy. 6
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Game On By Heman
Once upon a time, I am playing videogames. It is dark, cold and windy outside. Suddenly a villain from the videogame comes to life. I transform into my other form. I turn invisible and fight the villain, but the villain can still hear and smell me. So I breed my dragons to protect me. The dragons don’t protect me for long, so I use all my powers to beat the villain. After I beat the villain, I change back to my normal form. I choose to play soccer instead of playing videogames and everything goes back to normal. The End. 7
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The
Doctors By Vicky
My name is Vicky and I’m reading a book with Soleen. It is a sunny day in Vancouver. My sister gets cut on the finger while she’s cooking. My book turns me into a doctor. The change takes 24 hours. I start to help people. I open my book and start to use my special powers. I first help my sister with the cut finger and then I fly to get Doctor Soleen. Whenever I open the book I turn into a doctor. I see Doctor Soleen and we both change back into a person and go back to Vancouver. Being Doctor Vicky makes me feel happy and proud. We live happily ever after. The End. 8
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In the world of No School, Phoenix, Andrew and Simon are playing a multiplayer videogame in Phoenix’s room. Everyone gets sucked into the Pokémon game. There is only one exit that can get everyone out. There is an automatic transformation and Phoenix becomes Legendary Phoenix. Simon and Andrew aren’t surprised because only one person can transform. Legendary Phoenix has mostly straight brown hair and no hat. To capture all the Pokémon, Simon and Andrew say, “It’s time to capture Pokémon!” But all the legendary and mythical ones have been taken. Being the best Pokémon capturer, Legendary Phoenix captures half of them. He uses his special powers on Pokémon that want to capture him. His powers are not a secret. Not all the trainers know about his powers, but everyone else does. Legendary Phoenix takes all the Pokémon he captured and goes to the tree to wait for Simon and Andrew to come with the other half of the Pokémon. When they arrive, the tree grows all the way to the top. Then they exit the game and return to the real world. They start playing their videogames again. The End. 9
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Once there was a penguin and a cow. They were playing videogames at home. They were having fun together and the videogame came to life and the penguin and cow transformed into a super penguin cow. They transformed again. They turned into a penguin bird. They could fly really fast in the sky. They were really, really fast and they could turn invisible, too. . . and they could grow feathers that were long. The penguin had a big fat tail and the cow had three bellies. They had a jetpack to save the world. Together as a team, they had superpowers to save the world. The End. 10
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S
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Stomp Gi rl By Sara
Once upon a time there is a girl named Sara. She is singing. She is with Miriam and Ms. Gelson at a concert. It’s a nice concert hall. It’s sunny. It’s daytime. It starts to get gloomy suddenly. An evil wizard appears and makes everything dirty. But then they look up. Is it a bird? Is it a kitten? It’s. . . it’s. . . Super Stomp Girl! Sara draws a heart and does her special stomp and transforms in a minute. Her clothes and her hair change. There are fireworks and rainbow colours. She looks amazing. She has long, curly hair; black, shiny boots; a pink dress; and a black belt and jacket. She does her special stomp and uses her special powers. Her powers are not a secret. People around her feel happy because she helps people. The messy world goes bye-bye. Her powers are amazing and cool and she’s the only girl that has them in the whole world. Everything is back to normal and Sara is back to singing and helping the world and everything is happily ever after. 11
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The
Doctors By Soleen
My name is Soleen. I’m reading with Vicky. It is sunny in Vancouver. Vicky is not with me anymore. It is raining and I am at the hospital. I am holding a stethoscope. My book turned me into a doctor! It took me one hour to change into a doctor. I start to use my special powers. I start to stitch people’s cuts. Then I see Dr. Vicky, and whenever we open the book we turn into doctors and we quickly change back. We live happily ever after.
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The Aliens By Joeli
My name is Joeli. I am walking with my friend Maleth. She is a girl. We are in the park in the afternoon. There is an alien spaceship, but they are friendly. They just want to go back to their planet, but they are out of gasoline, so I snap my fingers and then I get powers—super speed. I get gasoline and then give it to the aliens. Then I snap my fingers again and I’m normal. Then they go to their planet. The End.
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Revenge By Ava
Once upon a time there is me and my friend at MacLean Park on the monkey bars. But then a portal to another world opens. I step through the portal. I transform into a pony with wings and a horn. I think my name is Twilight Sparkle? I don’t know. We’re being attacked by an evil monster, I defeat him with a spell. The End.
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zen World o r F By Kassidy
I am a girl. My name is Kassidy. I am shopping at the mall with my best friend, Jorja. It is really cold. I run from the town to the mountain. Her people are scared for her. I close my eyes. It takes two seconds. Nothing happens. It is getting cold. I have white hair, purple lipstick and purple eye shadow. I live in a blue castle. Sparkles come down around me. My sister, Elsa, comes to help me. She freezes the ground and some people slip. I don’t use my powers. It is a happy ending. Elsa goes back home. The End.
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I’m Andrew. I’m reading with my best bud, Heman, in my classroom. It is a sunny day. Cloud Cuckoo Land is getting attacked by Lord Business. I say, “Go alicorn power!” and in three seconds, I evolve. Black particles come out everywhere. I have pink fur, a purple horn, blue hair and golden hooves. I have rainbow hair along my back and a rainbow tail. I fly to Cloud Cuckoo Land. Cloud Cuckoo Land is in the biggest cloud on Earth. I throw Lord Business into the ocean, freeze him, and throw him into the dungeon. I’m done my mission. My partner, Twilight Sparkle, knows my secret powers. Now, I’m back in my classroom reading like nothing happened. Kaboom! The End. 16
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The Forest By Jorja
I am a girl named Jorja. It is still and quiet in the green forest. I came to the forest for quiet to read my book. It starts raining and storming. Lightning comes. I get struck by lightning. I close my eyes really hard. I stand perfectly still. Five minutes later I become Onna, the princess of the forest. The forest becomes my castle. Now my hair is orange. My dress is green and I have black shoes. I start to run away because a bad guy comes to steal my castle. I use my wand. I twirl it and zap the bad guy. Now he is frozen. I saved the castle. I stay being Onna. I return to the castle. Everything is peaceful. The End. 17
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Spike By Giovanni
I was asleep in my bed in the cave that I live in. I was sleeping with my pet bats and they were sleeping upside down. The bats woke up and squeaked. They woke me up and I saw a skull. I put it on my head and turned into Spike. I saw a mouse stealing cookies. I ran after the mouse. I tripped him. I asked the mouse if I could have a cookie and he gave the cookie back. 18
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Magical Unicor e Th aves the Day n S By Hyo Min
There was a girl named Hyo Min walking in the forest with her unicorn. She was in a magical forest with bright-coloured flowers, trees and a magical sun. There was a problem. A goblin tried to take a little jewel. By believing in herself, she transformed in twenty seconds with some magical dust. The goblin had a magic ball. It was very powerful and strong and it made the forest very dark and spooky. Hyo Min thought to give him a jewel. She used her magical horn to get a red jewel and he liked it. She did not tell her friends about her magical powers because it was a secret. She said, “I wish to be myself,� and she did! She was happy because it was happy! Kaboom! 19
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t Soccer Pl ay e By Kevin
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Once upon a time, I am playing soccer with my friend in the soccer field on a sunny day. I transform when I wear my jersey to be the best soccer player in the world. Brazil is losing and I put on my magical number 10 jersey in the changeroom. I run the fastest, have new moves and kick really hard. I start beating the other player. The other player is number 15. He is good. He can do special moves. He can beat the other players. Number 15 is so good but not as good as number 10. I score more goals. I score tons of goals and come back to play defence. My players try to get player 15 tired and I score even more goals. My teammates are really happy and they cheer for me. I go into the changeroom and take off my jersey and transform back. I am happy because we won! 20
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cal Kingdo i g m Ma By Arianne
Once upon a time Arianne is eating macaroni. Arianne is by herself. Arianne decides to eat at the park. It is sunny. The park is big. At the park there are a lot of butterflies. Arianne finds pixie dust in the macaroni. Suddenly, the pixie dust makes her change. Arianne changes into a fairy. In twenty minutes, her wand appears. Next, the other fairies come with her to save the people. In order to save the people, she uses her wand and her invisibility powers. Her powers are a secret. After she saves the people, she changes back into Arianne. She is happy. The End.
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gic a M
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Once upon a time, there was a princess named Ibtihal. She always liked to sing and dance and was very powerful. She was with Mother Witch. She took her when she was a baby. They were at a ball that they were throwing. They invited their friends and the world monarchy. Ibitihal and a pop star went into her room and switched into each other. Then something terrible happened. The pop star was locked in her room but Ibtihal didn’t know she was. Ibtihal was waiting for her. Ibtihal was too scared to go on but she did. She ran backstage to get her guitar. Ibtihal went to sing in her place but it was hard for her. Everybody liked her and the girl who was with her had fun, too. So she sang a little bit, and then saw the trees and the flowers die. So she stopped singing and went outside. She saw two bad guys that had a magical flower. She started to chase them. They went to the kingdom. The pop star was in front of the door. They caught them and then the prince said, “Who I love is the princess,” pointed at the pop star, and went back to the stage and the fireworks blasted. Then they lived happily ever after. 22
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mazing Sto A e ry By Ethan Th
I am sitting in school in class with my friends. It is stormy. We get electrocuted and it makes the storm bigger until the bad guys are gone. I have green skin and really big muscles. I can stick to things, smash things, slice things and throw lightning anywhere. My powers are sometimes, but not always, a secret. In the end we go home and change back and watch the Olympics on TV. The good guys win the battle.
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e Evil Clown h T By Calvin
My name is Calvin. I remember it was a stormy afternoon. I was drawing at my house while my Mom, Dad and brother, Devin, were sleeping. I got tired from drawing so I turned on the TV. That’s when I saw the clown chasing a regular guy. The clown was evil because he was laughing hysterically as he was holding a teddy bear. Next I heard the clown shouting, “Stay off my yard!” and then he jumped out of the television. I quickly transformed into the other me, Death C. I chased the clown out of my house and followed him with my Mustang. The clown tripped and I used the lasers to shoot his foot. The police came just in time to arrest the clown. People are still scared of clowns, so I might have to go back in time and fight all of them. Dun, dun, dun . . . The End. 24
Copyright © 2014 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Division 3, Ms. Gelson’s grade 2/3/4 class, at Admiral Seymour Elementary in the winter of 2014. The Writers’ Exchange makes literacy exciting and accessible for inner-city kids through free mentoring and creative writing projects like this chapbook. All Writers' Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of generous donors, including Megan Abbott, Marily Mearns, the Vancouver Foundation, Nancy and Ted Maitland, Bernard MacLeod, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union, TELUS, the Central City Foundation, Lindsay Mearns, Claudia Casper and James Griffin, The Home Depot Canada Foundation and the Hamber Foundation. Thank you. And thank you to the amazing volunteer mentors who work with the kids in all Writers’ Exchange programs so that each child can succeed to the best of his or her ability.
881 East Hastings Vancouver, BC V6A 1R8 To read more great student writing, visit vancouverWE.com. Support from Admiral Seymour Elementary: Carrie Gelson, Miriam Tratt, Diane Sheperd-Dynes, Erich Menses, Stephanie Chung Writers’ Exchange mentors: Chloe, Connie, Jennifer, Joe, Stacey Editorial Support: Andie, Mira Design and layout: Claire Balderston, clairebalderston.com
Writers’ Exchange in-school projects are made possible by the Vancouver Foundation and Coast Capital Savings Credit Union. project of
Printing for this chapbook was generously donated by Hemlock.
This isn’t the end. To be continued. . .