Sea Creature Stories

Sea Creature Stories By the smart kids of Division 61

Copyright © 2020 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Division 6, Mrs. Huang’s grade 1/2 class, at Seymour Elementary School in the winter of 2020.

The Writers’ Exchange gets inner-city kids excited about reading, writing and their own potential through mentoring and creative projects like this chapbook.

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About This Book

We learned about the different kinds of creatures that live in the ocean. Then we wrote stories about them, and about some of their friends too. We also drew pictures to show you what our sea creatures look like. Thanks for reading our book!

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Mary the Ocean Dolphin by Madeleine The Weird Adventure by Heath Bubblegum the Alligator by Joseph Sea Snakes by Jada The Seal Chef by Cecil Larry and Gary by King Roughtoothed by Lin The Turtle with No Name by Remas The Sharks by Khalil The Great Soccer Player by Augusto Cute Dog by Malak The Nice Wolf by Aser The Little Seal by Luna Eating All Day by Rydn Cookie Is in a Kennel and Is Trying to Get Out by Jacob Panda by Sophia Lion the Tiger by Wael Funny Dolphy by Cara Mrs. Josephina by Samantha

Mary the Ocean Dolphin

By Madeleine Mary the dolphin lives in the big blue ocean. Mary works at the aquarium. She puts on shows, and she does tricks. Mary’s best friend is a beluga whale.

Her name is Angelica. They live in the Pacific.

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The Weird Adventure

By Heath Heath the giant squid lives under the North Pole.

He cares for cats and he loves goldfish. I love cats!

I love goldfish!

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Bubblegum the Alligator

By Joseph Bubblegum the alligator eats bubblegum, and then eats bubblegum again. His job is to be a reader and he likes to clean. He eats everything. He is the goalie of the soccer team and he likes to play soccer.

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Sea Snakes!

By Jada Once upon a time there was a sea snake named Jamaica Ocean. She used to be a teacher, but then she got pregnant. She had three babies and she brought them to the park. They went to bed! She always burped them, and she always got them salmon for breakfast.

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The Seal Chef

By Cecil Once upon a time there was a seal chef named Cecil.

He did a backflip. He went underwater to eat fish.

But he was still hungry. So he tried to eat some sharks.

Cecil was a very good chef. He made everything!

Cecil chopped and tried to make some fancy shark.

Cecil the seal chef tried to be the fastest chef. He made good food. He made food for everyone, everyone in the ocean. Cecil did backflips, then he flipped pancakes.

He did more backflips and made muffins. At night, Cecil the seal chef got off work.

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Larry and Gary

By King Larry the eel lives in the sea. He is a magician. He likes doing tricks. He likes to eat spicy noodles and he likes electrocuting people. Gary the shark is Larry’s friend.

Gary lives in the sea. He is also a magician. He also likes doing tricks. He also likes to eat spicy noodles, and he likes biting people.

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Roughtoothed

By Lin Shiny Pearl is a dancer. She lives in hot water. A dancer.

Teacher. Guitar player. And... chomp.

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The Turtle with No Name!

By Remas Turtle has no name. He swims to the deep ocean.

He meets a crab. The crab punches him and he swims away. He never goes back!

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The Sharks

By Khalil The sharks live under the water. The sharks are firefighters. They eat fish.

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The Great Soccer Player

By Augusto Alfredo lives in my house. He is a soccer player.

Fish from other houses come watch him play.

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Cute Dog

By Malak Once upon a time there was a baby doggy. She was named Coco. She was so cold at night, but then a big girl named Sarah who was 28 years old came. She was so nice and she took the dog home. They lived happy ever after.

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The Nice Wolf

By Aser The nice wolf lives in the mountains. He likes to go to the forest, and he sleeps in his dark cave. He likes fish.

He likes bears. He walks to places. Then he goes back in the cave.

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The Little Seal

By Luna You’re watching this. Are you? Yes, because you’re watching Casper the seal. Casper is in danger. He needs to find his mummy. Sadly, his mummy has passed away.

He gets to his house and is safe. But, he has no father and mother now. So Casper the seal has spent his whole life alone. But then he gets the idea to become a surfer seal. So Casper the seal does what he can.

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Eating All Day

By Rydn A long day ago the crab named Rydn ate a human because he was hungry. And then he ate a monkey.

And then he ate a pig, and then a real goldfish.

And then he ate a snake. And then he ate a mouse.

And then he ate a zebra and then a turtle. And then he ate a baby because he was too hungry. And then he ate a baby house. And then he ate a puppy. And then he ate another zebra. And then he ate a cat.

After, when he was done, he did a backflip.

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Cookie Is in a Kennel and Is Trying to Get Out

By Jacob Cookie lives in a dog kennel and makes toys with Santa. Cookie likes to steal food. Cookie lives at the North Pole and is a cook. She loves goldfish.

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Panda

By Sophia Bubbles is a panda. She lives in China. Her job is to take care of flowers. She can fly with her balloon.

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Lion the Tiger

By Wael The tiger lives in Sudan. He is a doctor and he likes to play freeze tag.

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Funny Dolphy

By Cara Dolphy lives on a beach. She is a bus driver. Dolphy loves to eat goldfish fast.

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Mrs. Josephina

Draw an underwater scene!

By Samantha Mrs. Josephina lives in an underwater cave.

She does not have a job. She likes to blow bubbles and do twirling water tricks. She loves glitter, the colour green and goldfish.

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Autographs