What a wonderful surprise!

What a wonderful surprise to open my District Google Docs account and see a folder from a fifth grade student.

"What was in the folder?" You ask?

Why, something incredibly special.  Writing, but not just any writing, poetry.  Poetry inspired by Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Cat.

Wow.


With his permission, I share them with you.

Wally The Cat
   By Jason
   (Inspired by Sharon Creech and Valerie Worth)

   On the heated warm lap on the couch
   My cat rests down
   Moves around
   his body,purrs,
   and licks and scratches himself
   Carefully
   as I stroke and pet him
   looks up,opens up eyes
   moves his head all around
   checking
   the fallen cushion
   closes his eyes,rests his head down
   purrs and meows
   and he sleeps,
   for the rest of
   the day
   in his furry  and warm coat.

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Wally Shaped Poem

By Jason

(Inspired by Sharon Creech and S.C. Rigg)

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The Cat’s Couch
By Jason
(Inspired by Sharon Creech and Robert Frost)

I’m going to sit on the couch with my cat
And I’ll brush and pet and rub his fur around
(And I’ll watch him move around and clothes his eyes and rest)
And I will not be gone long-just getting some kitty treats for you if you come too.

I’m going to fetch one of the small stuffed toy
Their lying by my cat’s main resting place
It’s is his favorite toy because when I throw it he catches it and licks it and plays
And I will not be gone long-just filling your bowl of food and water if you come too.

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Love My Cat

By Jason

(Inspired by Sharon Creech and Walter Dean Myers)

Love my cat,

like he loves to play with toys and chase them

I said love my cat,

like he loves to to be on people's laps and get scratched and petted and loved.

I love my cat,

like he loves to be curious and see new things

I call him in the morning

to give him his treats and to be together

and say and call,

“Kitty treats,Wally!”

He walks on his front paws

in his orange and yellow colored

fur and brown stripes

and brown eyes and a pinkish nose

and whiskers

he purrs and meows when he is happy

and closes his eyes and rests to sleep

I said he walks on his front paws

in his orange and yellow colored

fur and brown stripes

purrs and meows when he is happy

and closes his eyes and rests to sleep.

I like to hold him and make him happy and good,

and feed him his special little flavored treats

I said I like to hold him and make him happy and good,

and feed him his special little flavored treats

My sister,mom,and dad now get to be with him,

They’ll help him by and be great to him

too,

just like me.

He’s got a long road to walk down

Before his setting sun.

And before he is gone,

from my life and world and everything in it.

I said He’s got a long road to walk down

Before his setting sun.

And before he is gone,

from my life and world and everything in it.

He’s a long paw walker

and a good cat before he’s done,

for good,

and goes away.

 

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 Cat Sounds
By Jason
(Inspired by Sharon Creech and Arnold Adoff)

T h i s   h o u s e :
T h e
a l w a y s
 p u r r s
u p   f r o m   t h e
l o v e d  a n d  r e s t e d  
f r o m  b e i n g
p e t t e d  a n d  s t r o k e d  a n d  s c r a t c h e d
a n d  b e i n g  
r e s t e d  w i t h :
being played with
and using toys or mini stuffed animals
and being moved all around closing
his eyes and twitching his whiskers
and are partly sleeping.

V o c a b u l a r i e s
                              of
meowing
purring
speaking
resting cat  l a n g u a g e
c o m b i n a t i o n s:

as  I
O v e r h e a r
        s n o r e s

a n
o r c h e s t r a
of cushions moving
and blankets ruffling
flying to
                   my ears
w i t h  
t h e
a l w a y s
  n o i s e  o f
t h i s  h o u s e:

cat sounds.