literary lions - Wyckoff School District

June 2016 | Issue 10
Literary Lions Members
Elina Alimi
Lorena Herrero-Martl
Audrey Naumann
Baylee Antino
Grace Hoffman
Yerim Park
Chloe Barker
Georgia Huzinec
Reese Polakowski
Anastasia Bouloukos
Jaclyn Huzinec
Kaila Romero
Harrison Bouloukos
Sebastian Jackson
Michael Santana
Peter Buchmann
Sophie Kaspar
Emma Seifert
Giovanna Carbone
Conner Layng
Brigid Simpson
Michael Carbone
Meghan Layng
Andrian Stoika
Luke D’Altilio
Justin Madigan
Mateusz Szeligowski
Enzo Ferranti
Kiera Maguire
Antoni Szeligowski
Scarlett Ferranti
Ella Mcintosh
Sophie Fox
Eliana Miller
LITERARY LIONS
THE LITERARY MAGAZINE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Wyckoff, New Jersey
Our Members
Table of Contents
Anastasia Bouloukos
Peter Buchmann
Michael Carbone
Jaclyn Huzinec
Conner Layng
Eliana Miller
Yerim Park
Giovanna Carbone
Scarlett Ferranti
Elina Alimi
Luke D’Altilio
Enzo Ferranti
Sophie Fox
Bottom Row (left to right)
Lorena Herrero-Martl, Georgia Huzinec, Kaila Romero, Kiera Maguire
Middle Row
Conner Layng, Peter Buchmann, Luke D’Altilio, Andrian Stoika, Harrison Bouloukos, Enzo Ferranti
Top Row
Sophie Kaspar, Jaclyn Huzinec, Eliana Miller, Anastasia Bouloukos,
Reese Polakowski, Scarlett Ferranti
Students Absent from the Photo
Elina Alimi, Baylee Antino, Sophie Fox, Grace Hoffman, Sebastian Jackson,
Justin Madigan, Ella Mcintosh, Audrey Naumann,Yerim Park, Michael Santana,
Emma Seifert, Brigid Simpson, Mateusz Szeligowski, Antoni Szeligowski
Lorena Herrero-Martl
Georgia Huzinec
Kiera Maguire
Kaila Romero
Emma Seifert
Andrian Stoika
Meghan Layng
Cover Art: Anastasia Bouloukos 4D
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In This Issue...
A Note From Mr. Patrick Lee
You will find limericks, acrostics, prose, and a variety of pieces about
Dear Lincoln “Literary Lions” Authors,
seasons, animals, and things that are important to our very own
I want to thank you for sharing your wonderful talents with the entire
Lincoln authors. Enjoy!
Lincoln School community! As I read through your submissions,
I am struck by the variety of what inspires you to write. Everything
Editors’ Note
We are so proud of our Literary Lions members and the wonderful
writings they produced this year. Our writing journey began with free
verse poetry and prose. Our students then moved into a journalistic
style of writing where they conducted interviews with one another.
They also explored free writing with topics that were meaningful in
their own lives. We touched upon love poems and used different
from candy to cooking, from fall to fishing, from painting to pencils…
the topics are endless! Continue to search for these sources of
inspiration in your writing, and never give up on improving your
craft. I appreciate your creativity, humor, emotion, and thoughtful
reflection as you wrote these limericks, poems, acrostics, and other
pieces on topics that are special to you. I commend you for your
hard work this year and for creating a lasting memory for Lincoln
School!
poetic devices. And we ended the year with a read aloud party
where students shared their favorite pieces with each other. Enjoy
Thank you also to our Lincoln parents, including Heather Layng,
the magazine and also take a look at the writing samples online.
Cara Huzinec, Marsha Romero, Rebecca Ferranti, and Dee Bouloukos
Write on!
for your guidance, leadership, and inspiration to our Literary Lions!
Heather Layng, Cara Huzinec, Marsha Romero, Rebecca Ferranti
Sincerely,
and Dee Bouloukos.
Mr. Lee
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An
ODE to Painting
Oh
paint oh pa
in
t oh pain
t
Colors
burst in
my mind.
Stuff that
only I
can
design.
I find the stuff
Splashes
I want to paint.
of mixes
that I create
It sometimes makes
and stuff that
people faint!
I want to make.
I can draw a
splash in the
t
ocean. Or
in
pa
h
make
t o nt
n
i
i
something
pa
pa
I love you with all my
h
h
look like
o
O
heart, so I decided
a flow in
motion.
to make you a heart ❤
Coolness
Amazing
Naughty
Dreams
Yummy
Christmas
Angels
Nice
Everlasting
Anastasia Bouloukos 4D
Peter Buchmann 4D
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Two Way
Trout Season
Where It Can Be Seen
Back, back, waaaay back...
I take the ornaments
Mike Trout crushes another monster HOME RUN!!!!
Candy canes too
I see that beautiful evergreen
I put it in a room where it can be seen
I string light and garland
Back, back, waaaay back…
All the way through
Mike Trout runs down another long fly ball!!!
But under that tree
On Christmas Day
Back, back, waaaay back…
There’s toys galore
Mike Trout brings his arm into firing position to throw out
Scattered on the floor
Josh Donaldson at home plate!!!
And anyone can see that there’s no room for more
The tree is brighter
Back, back waaaay back…
Than ever before
I cast my lure into the river and catch a giant rainbow trout!!!
I could not ask
For anything more
And that is trout season two ways!
It’s the most beautiful evergreen
That’s why I put it in a room
Where it can be seen
Michael Carbone 4K
Jaclyn Huzinec 4K
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ESE
S
A
AE ERRASE
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EERAASE E ALAL
TL METETAL
ER
E
M TA L M
FUN
Children playing with smiles on their faces.
Many crazy thrills and funny chills,
D
OOOD
D WWO
OO D
W OO
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ME ETA
M
PENCIL
OD
O LOWW
WYEL LLLOOW
wood
YEYEL LLOLOWW
s
shavings wood shaving
w
ood shavings
YEYEL
take away my breath as we go and run.
So let’s go have some
FUN!
COOL
Chillin’ out and having fun.
Chatting it up and taking risks.
We are so cool.
A
W
E
S
O
M
E
mazing
ow
xceptional
o Cool
MG
ega
xcellent
Conner Layng 4D
Eliana Miller 4K
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Naked Trees
Brown and dull
No more colors.
All the colors fell to the ground.
The poor cold tree is shivering in the cold.
The branches are shaking and shivering in the cold.
The warm leafy clothes are getting crunched and jumped on.
Fall can be a bad season for trees.
Flipping Out
I love to jump, hang, and swing
it makes me feel like a flipping machine
Handstand, cartwheel, tumble, roundoff
I always want to bound off the trampoline!
Yerim Park 4D
Giovanna Carbone 3R
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Fall…..ing
Falling leaves
This is What
Fall Means to Me.
Apple pie
Leaves
Little decorations
Halloween
Fall is when you put scarecrows out. It’s time to go back to school.
Leaves
There is frost everywhere and you can jump in piles and piles of
Pumpkin picking
red and yellow leaves.
Apple cider
Pumpkin pie
You make apple cider for your family. You have pumpkin pie that
Leaves
tastes so good. You can make yummy hot chocolate and wear
Football games
comfy clothes in front of the fire.
Thanksgiving parade
falling, falling leaves
Thanksgiving is when you have a big feast with a yummy turkey
and gravy and all of your relatives. You can wear special clothes
that represent fall and watch the Macy’s Day Parade.
Thanksgiving means to give thanks to your family and to God. I am
thankful for food and water and clothes. I am also thankful that I
have good parents, a great school, a perfect teacher, awesome
friends and a great God.
The Limerick of Leo
(involving cat Cleo)
There once was a cat named Cleo.
She traveled to Rio
To fight scary Leo.
She found out she can’t travel,
And fell to the gravel
And was never again to be seen-o.
Scarlett Ferranti 3R
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Valentines Day
Ode To Soccer
Love, hugs and kisses.
I love to play goalie,
Chocolate hearts and heart cookies.
I block the ball quickly with my hands.
Valentines Cards and family.
I hear the sound puh puh puh.
All these things make me happy.
I kick the ball with the side,
And inside of my foot.
I am happy playing soccer.
I love soccer very much,
And I love to play.
Elina Alimi 1L
Luke D’Altilio 1L
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The Rock March
Star Child
Demon
Space Man
Ode to My Cat,
Buddy Jack Ryan
Cat Man
I snuggle him,
Slashing
And he snuggles me.
I try to be his friend
But sometimes he’s so shy.
He is black and white.
We saved him from the pound.
After vacation I will see him again.
Drumming
Singing
Rocking
Cool Band
Shout It
Out Loud
KISS
STORY OF FALL
I saw lots of leaves
I saw lots of flowers
I saw lots of scarecrows
I saw lots of pumpkins
I like the Fall!
Enzo Ferranti 1N
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Creative Cooking
Christmas Jokes
Chop chop chop chop dice dice dice
How do we know that Santa has a garden?
Cut cut cut slice slice slice
Because he goes HO HO HO.
Pasta sauce, meatballs too
One two three, all for you!
What kind of music do you hear at Christmas time?
Eat it up, yummy in my tummy
Christmas wrap.
You can smell it,
It makes you hungry
Cooking all night long
Yum yum yum
What a success!
Sophie Fox 1L
Lorena Herrero-Martl 1T
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What Thanksgiving
Means to Me
I like to eat turkey.
I am thankful for my family.
I am thankful for my food.
I like to play with my cousins.
I like to go to Nana’s house and see my family and her cranky cat,
Dante.
Most of all, I like to smell the food and pies!
It is very fun.
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C
E
ance makes me strong
wesome costumes are fun to wear
ow I have new friends I meet at competitions
ompetitions are hard work but really fun to do
xcited when our group won an award
Georgia Huzinec 1N
Kiera Maguire 1N
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Ode to Art
Oh, art, Oh, art, so devine.
I wish when I draw pictures they come alive.
Cause I like to imagine…a lot!
That’s why I love art so much.
F
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T
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A
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un
reat
mportant
unning
eading
wesome
ubtraction
rawing
errific
xciting
Kaila Romero 1N
Emma Seifert 1L
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Birthday Happiness
My birthday is on May 14th.
All my friends are coming.
I am very happy.
At the end, I blow out the candles
But the wish stays in my heart.
Luck
Oh St. Patrick’s Day,
Oh St. Patrick’s Day,
I love your gold.
You are so lucky,
I wish I was that lucky.
Andrian Stoika 1L
Meghan Layng KD
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