Incredible Stories!

Our new language arts unit is called Incredible Stories.

Here is the definition of incredible:

incredible (in kre də bəl)

adjective

1. impossible to believe

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 Dogzilla, by Dav Pilkey, is the first incredible story in the unit.

In this fantasy, a monstrous mutt emerges from an ancient volcano after the irresistible scent of barbecue from the Mousopolis Annual Cook-Off drifts his way. Like the movie character, Godzilla, Dogzilla terrorizes the town. The citizens of Mousopolis drive the colossal canine out the city is a humorous way...giving the dastardly dog a bubble bath!

The best sentence in the silly story is this one, full of word play:

The Big Cheese tried to catch up to the hot dog with all the relish he could muster.  

Dav Pilkey is a real wordsmith!

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In class, we have been making up and telling incredible stories. 

You're invited to leave an incredible story of your own in our comment section!

Try to use some:

Alliteration : repeated beginning sound  

Example: panicking pooch

Word Play : using words that have more than one meaning in an effort to be humorous

 Quotations : use punctuation correctly 

Examples: 

"What are you, man or mouse?" asked the Big Cheese. 

OR

The Big Cheese asked, "What are you, man or mouse?" 

 Three sentence stories are acceptable!

We look forward to reading your incredible story!

Lucky Hat Day!

This week, Mrs. Yollis' class read  The Lost and Found, a story

in our anthology by Mark Teague.

The story is about three friends who get lost in the Lost and Found bin! Their lucky hats brings them good luck at the end of the story.

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For fun, we wore our lucky hats today!

Lucky Hat Day 2013 on PhotoPeach

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Look at the fun silhouettes the hats made!

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During the day, Mrs. Yollis had everyone write one of her famous THREE SENTENCE STORIES!

What is a three sentence story you ask?

Here is the format for the THREE SENTENCE Lucky Hat Day STORY:

Sentence 1 ~ introduces the character, the setting, and a problem.

Sentence 2 ~ the main character find his/her lucky hat in a specific place and puts it on.

Sentence 3 ~ The lucky hat solves the problem in a fantastic way!

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Which hat was the most interesting to you?

Contribute your own THREE SENTENCE STORY!