Bunnys

[bookaddict88]

We're preparing for the state writing test (next week, AHHH!), and so my fifth graders are having to do a lot of writing based strictly off of prompts. They've missed being able to write about anything they want, and so I wanted to give them a chance to do a free write. They were supposed to write an essay about a page long, on any topic they

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[song_of_truth]

Oh, wow. I love/hate getting responses like that, though, because I never know how to grade them if they go off-prompt but produce something amazing. (I mean, I know how I SHOULD, but it's so tempting to do otherwise...)

[asakiyume]

Fun!

It's interesting that your student chooses to make bunnies thin, since usually bunnies look kind of plump. The choice reminds me of these lines from the folksong "Mr. Rabbit":

Mr. Rabbit Mr. Rabbit,
Your ears are mighty thin
"Yes dear Lord, they're for splitting the wind
Every little soul's gonna shine, shine
Every little soul's gonna shine along.

(The rest of the song describes other attributes of Mr. Rabbit.)

... But of course, rabbits' ears *are* thin, whereas your poor poet, if the rabbit s/he's caught in a pot is thin, it won't make much of a meal.

[chiana606]

Hah! Awesome poem. I love it when kids come out with stuff like that. It really breaks up the chore of marking.