Hi there! Thanks so much for inviting on your blog. What a great idea to have a blog for young writers. When I was growing up we didn't have blogs – we didn't even have computers! Can you imagine that? Yep, that was the olden days, where I rode around in a horse and cart (no, not really – we had cars by then) and everything I wrote was by hand. Sometimes I still prefer to write my stories by hand. I always carry a notebook with me because you never know when a good idea is going to come to you. My notebooks are full of ideas: things I remember from my childhood, drawings, snippets of conversations I may have heard, even cuttings from newspapers and magazines that interest me. Sometimes I might even begin a story in my notebook, then when I feel it begin to take shape, I'll begin to type it out on my computer. A notebook is a great place to practice your writing. Because, like everything, if you want to be good at something, what do you have to do? Yep, that's right – practice! Imagine if you were a runner and you turned up on race day to run your 100 metre sprint without having done any practice. You wouldn't do your best run, would you? Well, writing is just the same. The more you practice in your notebook, the more likely it is that when you do finally sit down at the computer, the ideas will flow. The more you write, the better you get at writing. Good luck! And have fun.

Best wishes,

Sally Rippin

www.sallyrippin.com

Wednesday, 27 March 2013

The Haunted House

In the heart of the haunted forest there lived a spooky skeleton zombie vampire house. When I went inside the ugly old broken house I saw bats flying around the rooms as fast as Seagull. So I thought I shall get out of here. But when I turned around to get out of there, I saw a vampire and I shouted out, “AAAARRRRGGGGHHH.”After I scream, they lead me outside into the dark evening and took me to a cellar. In the dark cellar I saw billions and billions of skeletons and zombies. One of them had a knife so I thought they were going to take out my insides and finally take my skin. They were going to turn me into a skeleton.
 

Tuesday, 19 March 2013

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North Melbourne Pools

It the boiling pools there were hundreds of people in the water.  There had fun.  It was amazing.  I loved it.  It was at the North Melbourne Pools.  I couldn't touch the bottom at the deep end of pool and I didn't drown.  I am not allowed to go I the deep end by myself.  It was realxing.

The Ballerina

Leap the graceful ballerina leapt up.  Everyone was grazing at the graceful ballerina.  she was very good.  Everyone was so surprised that she arched her back.  Everyone was clapping but...her annoying brother didn't clap at all.  She was so furious all of a sudden everynoe screamed and screamed.  The pretty ballerina cheered "Oh thank you."   Her brother replied "I am so sorry.  I am so sorry that I said you were ugly.

Friday, 15 March 2013

The beautaful giraffe

In the morning there was a tired giraffe and he had a really long tail. He smelt beautiful.  Minutes later the giraffe decided to have some scrumptious leaves.

The Mermaid

Woooooooooooooooooosh! The sound of the waves filled the air. The beatiful mermaid was mscreeching for help on the rough rock. Her tail scales would shimer and her hair would blow with the wind. People started to surtound her.

The wolf

A wolf was watching me inside a igloo because he was trying to kill me so I could go up to god. I did not want him to kill me. His teeth were sharp as fangs. He stared at me and made me shiver. The wolfs fur was white as snow. He crept closer and closer. I got horrified. I thought he had magical powers. He was really mean but I still kept away from him.

wolf

GROWL! A fierce  wolf growled at me .by the way am in the freezing cold Antarctic . it showed its teeth as sharp as daggers. He kind of looked a vampire .he saw a snow dog .The scruffy snow dog ran for its life. But the wolf caught the fluffy snow dog .He ate it very slowly .It tasted like chocolate.

Spy vs spy

Deep in rainforest there lived a monkey called Twitch.  He was a spy for bananas up and there was all so another spy called Pick but he was evil.  Pick worked for evil trees.  One day Twitch put a gun in his pocket.  It had a golden missile that had silver had jules on it.  BAM!  Twitch shot Pick and Twitch won in the end.

One smelly day

One smelly day, I was sleeping in my comfy bed, until I smelt a rancid smell. It was the putrid dog next door. He never took BATH’S!  The person next door started to chase me in-to the creepy dark forest…I got lost

Snarling Wolf

The snarling wolf growled as the white snow fell. His teeth were as sharp as dagers.Blood was all around his mouth. He had just atacted another wild animal. Yellow eys glared at me, it made me shiver. 

Miss McKay


This is my fantastic descriptive paragraph

The horse

In a deep dark lived a horse. She was so adorabole.She could amazing tricks,she do gicantic leaps.EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!  But noone cared for her.

stink bomb

Once there skunk named stink bomb .He wan't a normal skunk he was a ninga skunk that had all the things that a skunk would have POOOOOR !stinkbobm did a fart it smelt rancid .I fanted. where am I. your in the Amazon jungle. Or I forgot to tell that I have boomarangs that are super strong.

Grey Hippo

The grey scined hippo was slowly submerging down under the murky waters of Africa. His giant feet wouldtouch  the ground, and the dirt would ixploed. As he was ubuv the water taking a breath is ears were  wagging around in circils. 

Spooky house

There was an unusual spooky house planted in the heart of a haunted forest. The spooky house had cracked windows and doors. No one ever dared to go in.

Thursday, 14 March 2013

The tiger and the guinea pig

Once upon a time there lived a tiger and a guinea pig.  They were asleep.  The guinea pig woke up in the morning.  The tiger woke up and saw the guinea pig in the tree.  "You can't save me" Yes I can." Thank you.  The animals came home.  The tiger got a hot chocolate.  The tiger and the guinea pig both got some because she helped tiger and the tiger tried to let her have all of the chocolate.

Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Hanuted House

The haunted house was a very scary house.  At the haunted house there lived a witch and a wizard.  It was very scary.  I'm telling the truth! At the haunted house there were scary trees and they did not have cars.


Crocodile

On a boiling hot say in the Northern Territory a crocodile was swooping through the dusty, green water which his tummy dragged across the sandy river bed.  The crocodile had scaly skin and a super long tail.  The sand rose as he scattered across the river bottom.

Hippos

In the murky water there was s fussy hippo.  It didn't listen to any of the animals.  He was super mean.  He just gazed at the shining sun.  He was very sneaky.

Fairy house

The house next door to my house was like a rainbow whenever I walked past it on my way to school.  I dreamt that fairies surrounded the shiny flowers and the glorious glitter was on the bricks on the ground.  The house was superb.  I wondered who loved there.

Hippos

A pack of dirty hippos were wading int he murky water.

Spooky house

Once upon  a time a spooky house was right in the middle of the huge forest.  There were lots of ghosts.  There were scary trees where red back spiders lived.
There was a beautiful colourful house in Sydney  There was a bearded gnome too.  It was right next to my house.  There was a beautiful woman in the house.  She had blonde hair and a beautiful home with a stony footpath.  She had a fluffy cat who was nice and soft.

Hippos

In the murky water there lived a fast hippo that could swim in the dirty and sandy water.

Crocodile

In the sandy warm river there lived a scratching crocodile that could swim.  He slowly moved across the warm murky water in America.


Friday, 8 March 2013

The crocodile


In the warm water there was a green crocodile. He had lots of sharp teeth and tough claws. The crocodile was jumping on the sandy rocky ground.

Crocodile


Deep in the  bubbly shimmering water lived a scaly crocodile. He loved to swim in the bumpy rocky sand. When he swims he swims slowly like a turtle.

The Fierce Crocodile

In the dusty river a fierce crocodile was hunting for fish.  He looked near the spooky rock but he couldn't find any tasty fish.  Next he looked in a giant cave and finally found fish.  They were delicious.  Before he knew it, it was night time and he drited off to sleep.  It was bright and early in the morning and the fiece crocodle explored the cave.

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Zebrafish to the rescue


One day at the oozy riverbank a meerkat was drinking at exactly eight am like normal.  Seconds later he fell in.  He didn’t know how to swim.  Luckily, zebrafish came to rescue him. He was only a baby but he could easily carry him to shore.  Meerkat fainted because he bit him on the bottom so, so hard.  Zebrafish was the happiest he had ever been because he rescued the meerkat.

An ordinary day at the zoo


It was just another ordinary day at the zoo where they dog and the butterfly lived.  The butterfly’s name was Twinkle and the dog’s name was Samuel.  They were not friends.

Samuel was bored of living in the zoo.  He wanted to live somewhere else.  So one day he decided to be a pet.  So in the middle of the night the butterfly opened the dog’s cage.  Then they sneaked out of the zoo.  They journeyed all the way to a busy pet shop.

The monkey and the cheetah


ZOOM a cheetah ran past. Mmmm a deer. WHOOSH the cheetah ran for it’s life. It caught the deer and hung it on a tree.  “YUM,” said the cheetah.  “I see another deer,” the cheetah whispered.  AWWWWW the cheetahs leg broke.  He had tripped over a branch.  A baby monkey saw him and asked, “Are you okay?” “No,” the cheetah replied. “Do you want me to help you?” “Ha, you can’t help a fast cheetah like me” “Or maybe I can.”

The monkey frolicked in the forest.  The cheetah was crying for help.  A snake came by.  The cheetah asked the snake for help.  The snake said “NO! I am too busy.”  The monkey lived in a tree nearby.  The monkey came to have a look at the cheetah.  “Are you sure you don’t want me to help you?” “Yes.” “Okay see ya,” said the monkey.  A little lion came by and the cheetah said, “Can you help me?” “No I am too busy hunting.”  “Hey squirrel can you help me?” “NO WAY. I am too busy eating my nuts.”  “Oh come on….”

The monkey came again. “Are you sure you don’t want me to help you?” The monkey said, “STOP help me okay.  I need a stick and some sap” “What sap?” asked the cheetah.  “Tree blood” “Okay,” said the cheetah.  “I will spread it on your leg.  It’ll take a while.”  The next day his leg was better.  The money and the cheetah were best friends forever.

The giraffe and the frog


“Mmmmmm,” said the frog.  I love flies.  The giraffe was eating some leaves.  Just then the frog said, “Hi,” Jo peered at the frog and said “Hi” and went back to eating her leaves and the frog went away.  The giraffe went to go to bed but she could get out of the branches.  She was stuck she called and called but no one came. Just as she strated to cry the frog came and said, “I can help,” Jo said. “Okay but you have to start now.”  The frog said to Jo, “Bend down”  Jo freed her. “Thank you frog.”  “It is okay” and they became friends.

The Bossy Panda and the Helpful Chimp


Deep in the Chinese jungle there lived a bossy panda and a friendly, helpful chimp.  The panda absolutely hated the chimp but the chimp didn’t care.  He was still friendly anyway.

Panda was sleeping and snoring happily.  “What’s that annoying sound?” said Chimp.  “I better wake them up” “Well that’s not a surprise,” groaned Chimp.  BOO! Yelled Chimp”  Do not disturb me when I’m sleeping,” shouted Panda as Chimp climbed back up to his tree.

One windy day Panda decided to go on a walk in the jungle.  He went further and further until he was LOST Help! Help! Help! He yelled but there was no one there.  The next day Chimp heard a sound.” Whoever that is I better help them” and off he went.

Chimp ran and ran and he saw Panda.  Chimp was very surprised.  “Are you okay?” asked Chimp  “NO,” yelled Panda. “I can help you if you want,” answered Chimp “Ok! But only if you get me out of here” said Panda.

So Chimp lead Panda out of the forest and Panda started to like Chimp so they were best friends.

The Shark and the Fish


In a deep ocean there was a shark and a fish.  One day the fish was frolicking.  Then a big shark was mean to the little fish.  The big fish said “Hey shark”

To be continued…

The Parrot and the Dog


Outside in a house there lived a parrot and a dog in a backyard.  They always played with each other.  The next day Dog tried to jump over the tree but he got stuck.  So Parrot flew up and grabbed Dog’s ear and got out of the tree.  They started to get out of there and played together again.  One Day Parrot decided to play something so Parrot went inside and asked Dog if he wanted to something.  NO!, replied Dog as soon as Parrot flew out of the door there was a dangerous trap.  Parrot flew straight into it.
 To be continued…


The penguin and the whale


One ordinary day in the bitterly frozen Antarctic a whale and a penguin were playing together.  But Penguin was hungry so whale waited in the water.  Soon whale had to wait and wait and wait.  But he never knew there was a wave bigger than him.  Soon the wave was about to SPLASH.

Whale had been knocked onto the ice and Penguin heard a noise.  Helllllllllllllllllp, shouted Whale.  Penguin followed the noise until Whale said, “What are you doing on the ice?” “Just get off me okay.”

So Penguin picked and picked and picked until the ice cracked.  Under the ice was water, so whale thanked Penguin for helping him.  So that the story of two best friends.

The giraffe and the bird


Deep in the heart of the African jungle there lived a sweet loving bird and a mean old giraffe.  The giraffe and the bird were enemies.  They hated each other.  Never talked or played together.

One day the giraffe was just frolicking around, playing in the trees, munching on leaves.  Suddenly as the giraffe was playing in the tree, his neck got stuck.  Bernie, the giraffe cried out “HELP ME” No one came.  It was a DISASTER.

The sweet loving bird heard the annoying scream.  She knew whose scream it was, it was Bernie’s.  Ha! I’m not helping that selfish giraffe she thought to herself but then she thought to again “Maybe I should help him” Fluffy the bird, flew over to Bernie and asked him, “Do you want me to help you?” “Okay” So Fluffy pecked all of the leaves away and Bernie was free.

“Thank you” gulped Bernie. “Well you’re welcome.” “Do you want to be friends?”  They asked each other.  “Okay” So they happily walked away, best friends.

Lucas' Birthday


I am waking up early to open my presents.  I opened all my presents and then Tyson woke up.  I told Tyson I already opened up all of my presents.  I went to Science works.  I liked the part when we were at the bricks.  I got in the car and I went home.

The bear and the ant


Deep in the great jungle there lived a bear and an ant.  The bear was named Seamus.  He was a greedy, smelly and mean.  Mia the ant was a friendly and cute ant.  They both absolutely hated each other.

Later on in the day two men went hunting for a bear.  They were planning to dig an enormous, gigantic wonderful pit. Then they would cover the pit with leaves and grass and the bear would fall in. 

As Seamus was wandering in the forest BOOM he fell in the pit. Mia heard the sound and said I'll go and get help. Seamus roared with laughter and bellowed, "a little ant like you, can't help a big bear like me". Mia quickly gathered all the ants from her colony and built an enormous ladder made out of sticks. They gave the ladder to the bear so the bear could get out. As Seamus got out of the pit, he said thank-you to the ants and they became friends. Now Seamus was as kind as Mia.

By Jena Osman


The Dog and the Cat go to the Vet


In the middle of the day at the vet the dog and cat went for a check up.  But the cat was up next.  The cat was okay but Billy still was terribly frightened.  Then it was the dogs turn.  Julie, the dog, was brave.  Then it was done.

The butterfly and the cat


On a very summery day a girl bought her cat to the meadow.  Flying around there was a beautiful butterfly.  The cat got annoyed so the cat caught the butterfly.  The butterfly tickled the cat’s paw.  “Please let me go, I might help you one day.” “Ha Ha Ha,” the cat giggled.  “A little butterfly like you couldn’t help a big cat like me.”  The butterfly flew off into the distance.  The cat was walking finely with her eyes closed.  The cat got stuck on the branch of a tree.  The butterfly saw the cat stuck in the tree.  The butterfly flew as fast as she could until finally she reached the cat.  “Stop,” said the cat.  “You can’t help me,” said the cat. “Yes I can, with my antenna.  See a little butterfly like me can help a big can like you.”  And they became friends forever.

Flame and Fang


In a blackened, scary castle there lived a dragon named Flame.  Flame was annoyed at the bat named Fang.  One annoying day Flame woke up and he whispered to himself, “Maybe I should visit the queen?  “Hmmm,  if I can get past the knights.”  So Flame stormed to the castle.  SLAM, BOOM, BAM Flame was so loud he woke up Fang.  Fang bellowed “STOP!” I’m trying to sleep.  So Flame tiptoed to the castle.

To be continued…

The Rhinoceros and the Monkey


On boiling day there lived a rhino and a monkey.  They lived happily ever after until there were playing cards.  The monkey was going to put the card down when he accidently hit the rhino and he leapt away.  Willie, the monkey, was fast and he was angry and he made up a trap and he fell into it.  The rhino kept the monkey in the trap for one week and then he took him out but he wasn’t happy.  The monkey wasn’t happy.  The monkey said sorry and the rhino said sorry and they lived happily ever after.  They were playing.

The eagle and the sabre toothed tiger


It was just another ordinary day in the jungle.  There was an eagle and there was a sabre toothed tiger.  They never became friends.  But after all they became friends.  They lived happily ever after and had lots of fun together.

The monkey and the koala


In the jungle there was a fury monkey and there was a koala.  There were good all the time.  So they were looking after each other all the time. Also they did that to the other animals.  It was very good for all of the animals.

 

The elephant and the giraffe


It was just another ordinary day at the zoo when the elephant got put with the giraffe.  The elephant and the giraffe never helped each other, not even once.  The following day the giraffe got stuck in a tall tree and he could not get out.  He wished someone would help him.  Charlotte, the elephant was across the river from Alex, the giraffe.  Charlotte heard a full noise coming from Alex.  She decided to help him. Charlotte grabbed the branch with her trunk and pulled.  The branch snapped and fell off the tree.  Charlotte sucked up the leaves and Alex was free.  For the rest of the their days they lived happily.

Bruce and Sam


In the bitterly cold Antarctic ocean lived a whale and a pup.  The whale was named Brue and the pup was named Sam.

On day Bruce was swimming along until he got stuck in the seaweed.  “Help, Help, Help!” screamed Bruce.  Same came to the rescue.  “I will help,” said Sam.  So quickly Sam untangled Bruce.  Thanks said Bruce.  “You’re welcome,” said Sam

To be continued…

The lava dragon and the princess


The dragon was powerful and the knight was brave.  The knight’s name was called Alex.  The brave knight wanted the princess.  The princess’ name was Daisy.  Alex was a knight with a sharp, sharp sword.  He was going to kill the dragon with his sword but he had another sharper sword and he looked to see if it was shiny.  Off he went to the dragon world.  There was a lot of dragons to get his friends.  The he showed his friends.  WOW! The dragon will see us.  Let’s sneak in the dragon castle.  The king’s dragon was there.  “Daisy what are you doing here?  Come on,” said Alex.  He was impressed that she could come.

The Lion and the Giraffe


It was just another ordinary day because the lion and the giraffe always plays together.  The next day the giraffe got stuck in a net.  The lion heard the most annoying noise ever.  The lion went to investigate it and he saw his friends stuck in the net.

 
To be continued..

Friday, 1 March 2013

The Turtle and the Tortoise


Deep in the ocean there lived a turtle he was friends with the tortoise but the tortoise did did not like the turtle.  They didn’t play with each other. Then one night in the deep ocean there was a net. The tortoise got caught in the net.  The turtle freed the tortoise.

The Two Cows


In the deep dark jungle lay two beautiful cows. Pinkie and Daisy. Daisy was the big one Pinkie was the small one

 One day Daisy was carving wood and something poked her it poked her the first then the second then the third then the fourth then the fifth and then she bellowed. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

 Pinkie came running towards Daisy. Daisy told her all the things that happened to her. Pinkie wanted to get the splinter out but Daisy laughed. You can’t get my splinter out. Daisy wandered and then the splinter got worse. So she let Pinkie take it out. See what a little cow  can do. I guess a little cow can help me. And they became friends again.