Two Pieces by Alexandra Semper, Age 9

In some of my classes I assign optional homework, which are writing prompts for students who are eager to explore more ways to communicate their ideas outside of class. There's never any pressure to do the assignment, but students of all ages seem to enjoy having the extra challenge. Below are two pieces by Alexandra Semper, a busy 9 year old, who still finds time to do some writing in her free time.

Thoughts of a Homeless Girl

All I want is a nice mattress to sleep on and a home for me to live in. I wish that I could

 

have all the things I just said, but there is more I want; a phone, so I can call my

 

imaginary friends to come over and have peppermint tea and scones. I want a credit

 

card so I can get a Subway sandwich. I want a car so that I can drive to places that I

 

want to go. I want a school so I can learn multiplication, division, fractions and line

 

segments. I don’t know what a line segment is, but I will know soon. I want a TV so

that I can watch Guardians of the Galaxy and maybe even Star Trek. I want a closet so

I can have a place to store my clothes. I want furniture so I can relax.

 

Brain, I love you.

 

Alexandra Semper
Homework for 5/28/2015

 

Art

Art, art, don’t you like that sound art, art, you are probably wondering why I am

 

just saying art, notice that in earth after e A,R,T; what you  are doing is art in this

 

writing class is art, what you are wearing is art, the ring that you are wearing is art, of

 

course I don’t have a ring because I am only nine. In this classroom, all around the wall

 

is art, you are even art, you and your pet, and of course your jewelry. If you were an

 

artist, you would have similarity not all the time but they have to be similar

                                        Art!

 

Alexandra Semper
Homework
6/4/2015