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Perennials is a language arts extravaganza. We have something
for all ages here. If you love to write and a have favorite book
for this week then this page was designed with you in mind. If
you would rather have someone else read to you and writing is
something you only do when you have to then this page was designed
with you in mind as well. Writing and reading have never been
so much fun! Language arts are coming to life right here and behind
your very eyes..........
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The saga continues...... story time....... writing contests......
book reading group.......
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I'm
enrolled at Garden Schools
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 Write
it right!
Do you like to write the story yourself or write new
endings to your favorite stories. Send us your best work and we
will put the top stories right here for every subscriber to read
and then give you a $25 credit for any Garden school or Mountainside
Camp related expense. This is open to all ages and family
members of Garden Schools.
Enroll now to attend school online.
Writings
for this issue's contest should include summer related stories.
What have you done this summer? What would your dream summer be
like?
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 Turning
leaves
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Want to write to
Kate?
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This is a continued
saga about growing up that never ends.....
Kate
set up and checked the time again. She hadn’t slept well
all week. All her thoughts waking and sleeping were consumed with
the move. This would be the third time in the last three years.
Every summer brought a new place to try and fit in.
It was early but not
too early to go ahead and get up. The house was empty of almost
everything. Kate sat down in front of her mirror leaning against
the wall. It was waiting for her bedding to be wrapped around
it for the move. She wondered if she should get her hair cut.
It was in here to have it long and straight. She hoped that her
mom would say she was old enough to color it this year or at least
get some highlights. She looked at her reflection and said, "
Kate, you will be fine your not too tall or fat. You can get along
with almost anybody and if you hate it you will probably move
in about 10 months!" It wasn’t hating the place that
bothered her as much as it was hoping that she wouldn’t love
it so much that when she had to move it would just ruin her life.
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It was
a beautiful summer day, not too hot or humid for the first time
in weeks. The weather was perfect for airing out the apartment
over the store. Alisa went around opening up every window and
spraying disinfectant spray as she went. She used a different
scent for each room it seemed more special that way. Alisa could
remember living in this apartment while their new house was being
built. Both her parents were downstairs right now opening the
ice-cream shop. It was sort of a coffee bar, soda fountain and
fancy sandwich shop. Everyone in the area stopped in on a regular
basis. When Mountainside Camp was packed with people they would
open the back part of the shop and set up lots of extra tables
outside. She looked around one more time and then closed the door
and went down the stairs into the smell of coffee and cookies.
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Story
time
A new series for
early reading!
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Write to
Jenny!
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Going Places and Seeing
Things
by
Rosemary Burton
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Jenny set on the bottom stair in front of her
house and opened her new notebook. Then she made little squiggles
in the corner. She looked sad and disappointed.
Mother came out and asked her if she needed any help with her
homework. Mother could tell that Jenny was not happy.
Jenny explained that she had to write about all the places she
went over summer vacation and all the interesting things she had
seen.
Now this seemed like a big problem to Jenny because she couldn’t
remember going to one interesting place or seeing anything good
enough to write about!
Most of Jenny’s friends had gone somewhere over the summer.
They went to visit family and they went to summer camp. Jenny
told Mother that they had not gone anywhere and she didn’t
know what to write.
Mother smiled and asked Jenny if she had a good summer vacation.
She asked Jenny what she did while her friends were away and could
not play.
Then Jenny smiled. She knew just what to write.
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My Summer Vacation
by
Jenny Matthew’s
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A+
Good
Work!
Keep writing!
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My summer vacation was the best summer vacation ever. I went
to lots of places and I saw a lot of interesting things.
My mom and I went to the zoo and the library. We went shopping
and to the beauty shop. I saw animals and fantasy lands. I saw
designer gowns and I smelled permanent solution, YUCK!
My dad bought us a computer and I explored the internet . I found
a lot of cool sites. I sent e-mail to my grandma and did an actual
live video chat with my best friend, Kate and all her camp friends
at Walla Walla Summertime Park.
THE END
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Jenny was excited that she got an A+ on her paper. Mother was
pleased too. She bought Jenny a surprise to celebrate! Jenny could
hardly wait to open it. She pulled off the bow and stuck it in
her hair. Mother kissed her and told she was a beautiful present.
Then Jenny ripped open the package. It was a book but inside there
were no words or pictures. Mother explained that Jenny would write
the words and draw the pictures to make her very own real book.
Then Mother showed Jenny her treasure box. It smelled funny but
in a good, sort of special way. It was like peaking at secrets
that you could hold. Mother had a stack of books a lot like Jenny’s
new book. They were all different. They were covered in fabric
and some were bright and others were plain. It reminded Jenny
of the quilt that she had gotten for Christmas. Mother said that
the stories inside were just as different. Then she said that
Jenny could read the first one she had written. Jenny held the
book close to her and smiled. She could almost feel the surprises
inside.
It had been a very good summer and Jenny went upstairs to put
as much of it as she could remember in her very own surprise book.
Maybe her little girl would want to read it someday.
All Rights Reserved on art
work and stories.
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Book
Discussion Group
The
group will meet in the coffee shop
at the virtual school campus to discuss the latest selection
in a chat room setting on a given day and time. You can also join
in on a bulletin board setting through out the reading of
the book. You will see great lines from these discussions printed
here in the following issues. You can also send you review from
here to be included in the discussions and the next issue.
What book would you like to see reviewed? Pick one of these or
send us your suggestion.
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