Examples - Boston College

noun	Walrus
2 adjectives	Strong, Brown
3 -ed or -ing words	Fishing, Eating, Digging
4 nouns related to the first noun	Tusks, Whiskers, Flippers, Muzzle
3 -ed or -ing words	Swimming, Splashing, Diving
2 adjectives	Huge, Fat
noun	Fish-eater
	David Schofield, Grade 2

Salt Cubes Through a Microscope
1 word title or topic	Crystals
2 words describing topic	Odd-looking cubes
3 words expressing action	Beautiful swirly lines
4 words expressing feeling	Enormous patterned blocks; a new
1 word synonym for topic	Vision
	Jonas Cohen, Grade 6

ACROSTIC	HAIKU
[Initial letters down form word(s)]	[3 lines/5 syllables-7 syllables-5 syllables]
Snakes	Ocean by the marsh
Some are poisonous	The marsh fills with water, dark
Not all of them will harm you	A storm is coming.
A snake slithers	Kara Culgin, Grade 3
Kills its prey
Eats many different foods
Snakes are reptiles
Mrs. LaTorre¡¦s P.M. Kindergarten

LIMERICK		RHYME
Magnets		The Cycle of a Chick
There once was a magnet from Spain		A chick as an embryo
Who fell in love with a beautiful chain.		In his white shell,
He said to the chain,		Blood vessels flowing
"I'm attracted to you.		Into his pumping heart cell
Let's take a walk down Lover's Lane"		He wants to get out of that old white egg,
Laura Hardin, Grade 4		But on the 21st day he sticks out a leg.
		And after a few hours he's dry as a peg.
		Brian McCormick, Grade 3

The Scientific Method
The question comes first in the scientific method,	They were the first ones here on this land
Like why is it big or why is it red?	Dolphins in water and starfish in sand.
	Gorillas and monkeys were hanging from trees,
Research comes next, when you get information	While caterpillars and other bugs sat on the leaves.
About what is involved in your experimentation.	They were all sitting peacefully and alive.
	Then we came and lessened their chance to survive.
Make a hypothesis, an educated guess,	We came here and decided to build factories.
About how your experiment is going to progress.	We took their beautiful furs for coats.
	The oil that spoiled their water came from our boats.
Now plan your experiment, do it with care!	We went into the forest and chopped down their trees.
So your experiment won't be a nightmare!	It's all our fault that we ruined their home.
	And once they're all gone we'll be here alone.
Observe and record all significant data,	Kelsey Person & Erica Ficcardi, Grade 6
But keep it handy, you'll be using it later.

Review your results and draw a conclusion,
But make sure your data doesn't cause your confusion.

You're finally done! Now look over your work,
And for future experiments, use it as groundwork.

Now that you know this method so well,
In science and knowledge you will excel!
Alison Becker, Grade 7

Foodchain		Tornado
Some tiny, some bigger		I would feel strong, fast moving and big.
big, bigger, biggest		I will tear apart houses as I go by.
the biggest on top		I will blow strong winds.
Mrs. O'Neil's Class, Grade 1		I will twirl and twist.
		I will be invincible.
Water Cycle . . . . round and round		I will blow hard
And round,		I will destroy.
Just like a ferris wheel . . .		whirling
round and round and round		tornado
Cara Cook & Nikki Crosby, Kindergarten		Sam Zaplosky, Grade 2

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