Story+1


 * Progressive Story 1 **
 *  Your class will be writing ONE group paragraph(s) for the story (not each student). The first class will write the intro paragraph(s). Then the next class will read the paragraph(s) and decide how they want to continue the story. This will continue until the last class on the list writes the ending and gives the story a title. Your paragraph(s) will be typed onto this Wiki page. You will also need to send (email as .jpg) the 3 pictures to me. The pictures should illustrate events in the section that your class wrote. **


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 *  If you would like to share information about you email address, Skype name, iChat name, etc., please feel free to do so. Some teachers mentioned that they would like to actually "meet" some of the students that collaborate on their story. **

Here is our class contact info it any of you are interested in our classes communicating more - Mrs. Griffith's Class - JamieLynn Griffith - jgriffith@rand.wnyric.org - We are set up w/ skype and have a DLL if interested. Email me and let us know. Thanks. Skype: jgriffith4 Twitter: jgriffith2


 * = Class ||= School ||= Location ||= Due Date ||= Finished? ||
 * = Miss Gerstein ||= Mt. Zion Elementary ||= Lewisberry, PA, USA ||= October 16 ||= yes ||
 * = Cathy Bowler ||= Shelton Park Elementary ||= Virginia Beach, VA, USA ||= October 23 ||= yes ||
 * = Deanna Kehler ||= Doty Elementary ||= Green Bay, WI, USA ||= October 30 ||= yes ||
 * = Mrs. JamieLynn Griffith ||= Randolph Central School ||= Randolph, NY, USA ||= November 6 ||= yes ||
 * = Melissa Rothbard ||= Mount Vernon Presbyterian School ||= Atlanta, GA, USA ||= November 13 yes ||

**Surprise! Surprise!**

One day Stella the cat, Marvin the duck, Winny the horse, and Buddy the dog were decorating their barn for Halloween. “Hey guys!” said Marvin the duck, “How do we want to decorate the barn? Halloween is right around the corner!” “We should hang lights from the beams and we should carve jack o’lanterns!” answered Stella the cat. Buddy the dog had a great idea. “We should go down to the patch and pick some pumpkins to carve. The farmer is so busy this time of year, growing all those pumpkins for the fall harvest, he’ll never notice a few missing,” Buddy suggested. All the animals agreed this was a brilliant idea. They cheered and gave Buddy a high-five.

Later that evening, when the farmer was fast asleep, Stella, Marvin, Winny, and Buddy tip- toed out of the barn and into the field. They moved slowly and quietly, like a mouse, as they left the barn on their adventure. “Are you sure we should do this?” asked a cautious Winny. “Of course we should do this. What could possibly go wrong?” stated Buddy confidently.

First, Buddy opened the gate and led his friends down the muddy path to the pumpkin patch. Stella stopped suddenly when she saw a field mouse. Her friends didn’t see her stop and kept on going. Stella chased after the mouse and ended up in a cornfield. She heard crows, noisy crickets and croaking toads. She started to shake and shiver because she was terrified. She slowly backed up and let out a screeching, “MEOWWWW!” Stella bumped into a scary creature with a farmer’s hat, overalls with patches, and black boots. She heard a familiar voice say, “Stella, don’t worry that is just a scarecrow. Where have you been? We have been looking for you!” It was Buddy and the rest of the group. Buddy said, “We have work to do, stay with the group and let’s go!”

Stella, Marvin and Winny followed Buddy down the mushy path in the dark. “Owww! What was that?” Buddy cried. He had stumbled over something in the path. “Hold on! Stop everyone!” he hollered. Before they could stop themselves, Stella, Marvin and Winny tripped over some pumpkins. “We must have found the pumpkin patch,” Stella meowed. “Shhhh, you guys. Don’t wake the farmer!” whispered Marvin. Buddy ordered everyone to spread out and search for the biggest pumpkin they could find. Within minutes, Winny let out a whistle, “I think I’ve found it!” The others gathered around a pumpkin as big as a cow. With their eyes open wide and their mouths hanging open, they couldn’t believe what they saw. “This has to be the most perfect pumpkin for carving. How are we going to get it back to the barn before the farmer wakes up?” Buddy said. “We’re going to have to roll it back to the barn,” said Marvin as he pushed it with his beak. After taking several turns at pushing the pumpkin down the path, they finally found themselves back in the barn. Just as the barn door closed behind them, the rooster crowed, “Cock-a-doodle-do!” Farmer Sam stretched is arms, yawned and thought to himself, “I wonder if my prize pumpkin got any bigger?”

After his breakfast, Farmer Sam went out to check on the prize pumpkin. When he arrived at the pumpkin patch he realized there was a problem bigger than the pumpkin itself – it was missing! “I wonder who took the pumpkin?” he thought. So, he searched the cornfield, behind the house, and the barn including the hayloft. Farmer Sam thought he heard Winny giggle, but maybe it was just his imagination. The animals had hid the pumpkin behind the bright orange tractor, so it was camouflaged. Farmer Sam couldn’t figure out where such a large pumpkin could have gone. He didn’t know what to do since the festival was tomorrow! But, he was so exhausted he needed a nap. Meanwhile, the animals were busy making a crafty creation out of the prize pumpkin. Buddy carved a rectangle eye, Winny carved a diamond eye, Marvin carved a heart nose, and Stella carved a funny looking mouth. “Awesome work friends,” Winny neighed. “We are a fantastic team!” Marvin exclaimed. “Farmer Sam will love this surprise,” said Stella. When they were finished, they rolled it back to the patch. As nighttime fell over the farm, Farmer Sam looked out his window. Suddenly, he spotted an enormous, glowing object. What was it? As he walked closer, he noticed that it was the prize pumpkin – carved – but found! Who had done such an amazing thing?

Farmer Sam wanted to look for some clues to help him figure out who had done such a nice thing for him but it was a terribly dark evening and he could not see a thing. He decided to go back to the farm house and go to sleep for the night. He would get up bright and early to solve this mystery.  Farmer Sam was up and dressed, ready to go outside even before the first rooster crowed. It was a cool brisk fall morning, a perfect day for the Harvest Festival. As Farmer Sam was walking out to the fields, he stepped on something that made a quiet jingling sound. He looked down and saw Stella’s collar. “I wonder what this is doing out here?” he asked himself. He continued to follow the path through the fields to the pumpkin patch. When he was just about to reach the giant pumpkin, he noticed several squished smaller pumpkins. “That’s strange,” he thought. “I am always so careful not to step on my pumpkins when I am working.” He took a closer look and noticed something unusual. There was a hoof print in one of the pumpkins and some brown fur next to another one. “Hmmmm,” he mumbled. He thought about these strange clues as he walked closer to his prize pumpkin. He looked at it, and a tear came to his eye. It was the BEST jack-o-lantern that he had ever seen. Who ever had done this for him must have really loved him. He was just about to go back to the farmhouse to get ready to go to Harvest Festival when he noticed a perfectly white feather lying next to the enormous pumpkin. At that moment, a light went on in his head. “I know who did this for me!”  He rushed back to the farm to invite Stella, Marvin, Winny, and Buddy, to go to the Harvest Festival with him. They were so excited! They quickly hopped onto the big orange tractor and drove out to the field to pick up the prize pumpkin. It took all of their strength and cooperation to lift the gigantic gourd onto the tractor.  When they arrived at the festival, they all worked together again to put the pumpkin in place among the other pumpkin entries. As soon as it was in its place, Farmer Sam said, “Hey guys, I’ve forgotten something at the farmhouse. Will you stay here and take care of the pumpkin while I go back and get it?” The animals agreed happily.  Farmer Sam hurried back to the farmhouse and quickly gathered up some festive fall decorations. Then, he ran out into the field and pulled the scarecrow out to the ground and picked four perfect pumpkins. He took all of this into the barn and decorated it as fast as he could. When he was finished, he got back into the tractor and drove back to the festival.  When he arrived, Stella, Marvin, Winny, and Buddy greeted him with an excited but worried expression on their faces. Stella meowed, “You missed the contest!” Before Farmer Sam could respond, Buddy barked, “You missed the contest but your pumpkin took first place!”  “Really?” Farmer Sam replied in a surprised voice. They walked over to the prize pumpkin and looked at it with pride. They had all taken a part in its success.  They loaded the pumpkin back onto the tractor and drove back to the farm. Farmer Sam suggested that they store the jack-o-lantern in the barn until Halloween night. As they were rolling it into the barn the four animals froze. They couldn’t move. Their eyes searched the barn. It was decorated from floor to rafters with corncobs, twinkling lights, streamers, straw, the scarecrow, and the four little pumpkins. It was beautiful!  It did not take long for the animals to figure out who had decorated the barn for them. Sam and the animals celebrated their pumpkin and even more their friendship until late that evening. They danced, sang and even roasted pumpkin seeds. It was the BEST night ever!!!