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Things I hate- McCoy
Submitted by ggevalt on February 23, 2007 - 15:42.Fifteen Things I Hate
By Tana McCoy
Hartford High School, Grade 10
1. My brother leaving .1 cm of milk in the fridge.
2. The words, “because I said so!”
3. Having 9999 channels, but nothing good on.
YWP Week 7: The six-worders
Submitted by ggevalt on November 13, 2006 - 22:47.Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a story using only six words. His response: For sale: Baby shoes, never used. In our first ONLINE CHALLENGE, we asked students to take the same challenge. We received well over 100 entries. Here are the best, some of which were printed in the five newspapers now carrying the Young Writers Project. By the way, if you have a hankering to write a six-word story or, even, add another, feel free to include it in the comment section. And many thanks to Matthew Peterson, English Teacher at Hartford High School; this challenge was his suggestion. The best entries in no particular order:
Signed papers, desert camies, Purple Heart
-- Sabrina Rowell, Hartford High School
My heart throbbed; the door closed.
-- Emily Fisher, Champlain Valley Union High School
Maybe I'll skip lunch again today.
-- Camille Bower, Camels Hump Middle School
Came and waited. No one here.
-- Preston Palmer, Hartford High School
Potty Talk
Submitted by ywpinterns on August 22, 2007 - 13:01.
Potty Talk
By Izzy Moody
Monkton Central School, Grade 4
“Flight number 16/24 from gate 25 has been delayed.” A woman said from the intercom. I slouched down into the green bench I was sharing with my little sister Theresa. Ugh. A baby near by was wailing his little head off. I felt bad for his mom. I felt bad for me. I felt bad for flight 16/24. Theresa dug her elbow into my stomach.
“Ugh.” I groaned.
“Potty, potty, potty!” Theresa sang, removing her, sweaty, bony butt from my lap. I think my feet were asleep because when my “oh so cute little sister” landed on my toe, I felt nothing.
Theresa skipped and sang, “Goin’ to the potty, the potty, the potty!” and skipped away, dragging me after her, ugh. We finally arrived at the woman’s restrooms after a lot of zigzagging around, and sometimes through people. “Potty!” Theresa yelled and led the way into the bathroom. I thought that I might as well go myself since we were there. I heard a lady talking in the stall next to me.
Week 27; Embarrassment-Lash
Submitted by erica lash on August 22, 2007 - 11:53.The Toilet
By Erica Lash
Champlain Valley Union High School, Grade 11
week 25: Meeting Your Idol-Wood
Submitted by ywpinterns on August 22, 2007 - 11:34.Mission: Federline
By Natasha Wood
Hartford High School
“Helllloooo Washington D.C.! It’s 9 o’clock, 63 degrees and you’re listening to SM92. Are you ready to hear this weeks SM92 giveaway? This week is a special contest. Kevin Federline has volunteered one day of his busy and famous life to spend it with one lucky winner. That winner could be you! All you have to do is call in sometime this week with the correct answer to this question: Several years ago Kevin Federline refused, when asked, the lead role of what now famous movie? The number to call is …”
“Ohmygawd,” President Bush screeched, thinking, to himself, how much fun a day with Kevin Federline would be. “I have to win that contest!”
Week 17: Darrin Messier
Submitted by ggevalt on February 6, 2007 - 16:20.To do list, today
By Darrin Messier
Randolph Elementary School, Grade 3
Watch TV.
Play GameBoy.
Do Homework.
Play with kitty.
Slide down hill.
Open baseball cards.
Annoy my sister.
