EIGHTH-GRADERS BECOME AUTHORS.Byline: Staff Writer NEWHALL - Corina Corrado got a book about sharks Sharks may refer to:
The personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. books written by Placerita Junior High School students became specially created presents for new pen pals Pen Pals or penpals may refer to:
``It's all about Pokemon and all kinds of things that I like,'' Jeff said about ``Jeff's Birthday Wish,'' the book he received. ``I think it's better than a lot of other books. It's all about me.'' The book tells of Jeff getting birthday gifts, including a Pokemon video game that he gets sucked into. The story concludes with Jeff waking up from a dream. ``It's nice to have,'' Jeff said, thanking his pen pal pen pal n. A person with whom one becomes acquainted through a friendly, regular correspondence. pen pal Noun Informal same as pen friend Noun 1. , Christian Kambourov, 13, of Stevenson Ranch Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. . ``I can remember him by it.'' Christian personalized the book in hope it would be a special and memorable gift for his 9-year-old buddy. Two classroom teachers have been sponsoring the book-writing and pen-pal experience for the past four years. ``In lieu of Instead of; in place of; in substitution of. It does not mean in addition to. a book report, we talked about writing a book,'' said Connie Howard, an eighth-grade teacher at Placerita. ``I wanted the students to get a look at the author's perspective.'' Patti Hollis, a third-grade teacher at Old Orchard, said she loved the idea and has seen changes in pupils who have participated. ``They are really excited about reading and writing,'' Hollis said. ``They love having an older role model.'' As in previous years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time older kids sent questionnaires about what their pen pals like and dislike. After creating the books, the eighth-graders met with the third-graders to look over this year's original books. Many are laminated laminated /lam·i·nat·ed/ (-nat?ed) having, composed of, or arranged in layers or laminae. laminated made up of laminae or thin layers. and beautifully illustrated. One is interactive, with a cut-out paper face attached to a paper clip that can be moved throughout the book. Third-graders will keep the personalized books, and extras will be placed in the classroom library. In ``Corina's Treasure,'' eighth-grader Breanne Davis, 13, of Valencia wrote about the importance of sharing and not depending on material possessions for happiness. ``It started out that she was afraid of sharks,'' Breanne said, ``so I got the idea for an underwater setting.'' In the story, instead of being afraid, Corina makes friends with the sharks, and they lead her to sunken sunk·en v. Obsolete A past participle of sink. adj. 1. Depressed, fallen in, or hollowed: sunken cheeks. 2. treasure. ``I really hope that she remembers that people care and that happiness doesn't come from having things,'' Breanne said. ``It comes from giving things.'' At the end of the book, Corina finds her own treasure, a gold locket from Breanne, a treasure she wore for the rest of the day. ``She may not be able to carry the book with her,'' Breanne said. ``But I hope she keeps the locket and remembers me.'' The two groups will remain pen pals the rest of the school year, and each will find out what the other is doing in class. In the spring, they will meet at the junior high. After reading his book written by Randy Yale, 12, of Valencia, Max couldn't wait to take the book home and show his parents. ``This is a great book. It's about me and my friends and my dog,'' Max said. Randy put a photograph of himself as part of a little author's note in the book, ``Max's Soccer Experience.'' He cut out pictures from soccer magazines and pulled some off the Internet for his book, and he used soccer balls to illustrate page numbers. Erin Tyzbir, 13, found her first visit with her pen pal fun. ``It's cute to see all the little kids happy,'' she said as she ate pizza and cookies with her pen pal. ``I think it's neat for her to look up to us and see what it's like in the eighth grade.'' Erin created an eight-page Halloween book, ``The Haunted House A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. on Raven's Avenue,'' that will be placed in the classroom library. ``I think it turned out really good,'' she said. ``I think it's cool to show what writing is all about and how we can make our own books.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) This book, which a student wrote, illustrated and personalized for a pen pal, looks like a castle - complete with drawbridge drawbridge: see bridge. . (2 -- color) Placerita Junior High eighth-grader David Hane shows the book he created for third-graders in the community. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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