Exerpts from practice writing papers...

Prompt: Write about something special you've received.
-- Then it was St. Patrick's day and we had a small get together with friend and family the at 7pm my mom broke her water so we had to herry up and go to the hospital. My mom said that she has to have a sea sektion to get my brother out. So my dad had to wear this weird suit. so about 1 hour of waiting my dad finally got out and said, "He is out of the world."

Prompt: Write about a time you made a new friend.
-- We talk on the phone with each other. We stay on the phone for like 3 minutes.

Prompt: Write about a time you helped someone.
-- If I wake my mom up for a whole week, I get $10 every week. When I hit 10 weeks I'll be so excited I'll want to pee on myself but then my mom would whoop me.

Prompt: Write about a time you learned something new.
-- The time I learned something new is about my teacher! I found out sooooo many things about her. Her name is Ms. L. She's very, very, very cool. I found out that Ms. L. likes the longhorns, kids, and most of all being a teacher....
Ms. L made a class store for the class and she made a game where you put your tickets in a bag and she pulls out your name and you pick a prize. (also known as a raffle where I sucker them into giving me all their tickets for a prize so they can't spend them on other things)
Another thing I learned is that the reason she likes teaching is because she took a class about teaching and she likes kids.
(She did get extra points for writing about me of course!)

-- The intruder's aroma was the weirdest one I'd ever smelled. It smelled like a pit hole of wine. I thought, "Why'd I ever smell wine in the middle of the night?"
(I thought that too...especially a 4th grader! And what is a pit hole of wine?)

--Something new I have learned is how to make new friends. My mom would always say never be mean, give them alone time, tell them nice things. I always yelled "ok" and I always do that she told me to do. But sometimes I get to carried away here and I am too nice to a lot of people. Then they think since I'm so nice I'll give them whatever they want, but that doesn't happen. The easiest part to me of making friends is not getting mad very often. The hardest part is giving them compliments, especially if I have to. But to me, making friends is a piece of cake. Also, it's good to have good friends because if you lose some you can still have some, but it is so good to be nice to your friends so you won't have to lose them. But I will not ever lose my friends because I already have all their phone numbers and I bet if they get it changed, they'll call me and tell. Also, it's not good to lie to your best friends cause if you lie, they can't trust you anymore.
(Some wise advise!)