Magical Masks

L M A C A I SKS G A M

By the powerful magicians of Division 17

Copyright © 2018 The Writers’ Exchange This book was created by Division 17, Ms. Quon’s grade 1/2 class, at Strathcona Elementary in the spring of 2018.

The Writers’ Exchange gets inner-city kids excited about reading, writing and their own potential through mentoring and creative projects like this chapbook. All Writers’ Exchange programs are free for the children and families we serve, so we could not exist without the support of amazing donors, including Social Venture Partners Vancouver, Marily Mearns, Linda Louis, the Waterbury Foundation, Megan Abbott, the City of Vancouver, Sasamat Foundation, TELUS, British Columbia Arts Council, Richard and Suzanne Cole, Bernard MacLeod, Nancy and Ted Maitland, BPS Wealth Management at CIBC Wood Gundy, John and Nina Cassils, Judy Gale, Lynn and Gene Gerwing, the Grayross Foundation held at the Vancouver Foundation, Lindsay Mearns, the Edith Lando Charitable Foundation, Pep and Bev Lough, Mark Tindle and Leslie Cliff, the Wolrige Foundation and the Van Tel/Safeway Credit Union Legacy Fund, and CLICK (Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids Society). Thank you.

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generously donated the printing of this chapbook.

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Introduction

Contents

This is a book of masks that we made with the Writers’ Exchange. We cast spells on them with our magic wands, so each mask will give you different kinds of special powers.

Wilfy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Cut out the masks and try them on to see what they do!

Marisol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 R.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Dezstany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Calvin C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Marlena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Tyson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 William. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Dorth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Calvin B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 M.E.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Michael. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Matthias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Benito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Starla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Wilfy

You can breathe underwater and breathe fire.

You can be small, and you can fly.

3

!

Fly

Breathe und erwater!

Breat he fire !

ll! a m s Get

Marisol

You can act like a cat. You can purr, play and sleep like a cat.

5

Purr like a cat!

Sleep like

a cat !

e k i l Act

t! a c a

at! c a ke i l y a Pl

R.L.

You will get a shield. You will be fast and powerful. You can fly and have star-hair.

7

Fast!

Po we rfu l!

!

Fly

Get a shield !

! r i ha ar t s e v a H

t a s n z y e D

You will have eye lasers and you can speed run. You can fly. You will have a hammer.

9

Eye lasers!

Flying !

! n u r d ee p S ! r e m Ham

n i v C l a .

C

You can breathe fire and make lightning.

11

Makin

Breathing fir e! g ligh tning!

e l na r a M

If you wear this mask you will turn into a ladybug. You can feel small. You can fly.

You will feel excited.

13

!

Fly

Turn into a la dybug!

Feel e xcited !

ll! a m s Feel

Tyson

You can breathe underwater, fly, turn into a dragon or turn into anything. You can be a police officer and go in a video game.

15

!

Fly

Breathe underwater!

Go vid eo in a gam e!

Turn i n anyth to ing!

ce i l o p Be a er! offic

a i l m l i W

You can fly, sail, be invisible and turn into anything.

17

!

Fly

Sail!

Turn into any thing!

Be ! e l b i s invi

C.

Its superpower is sonic. You can run fast, and turn into Sonic the Hedgehog.

19

e h t c i n So o t n i g!

Turn o h e g Hed

! t s a f n u R

Dorth

You can smile, run fast, turn into Flash and fly.

If you throw a shoe, it will come back.

21

!

Fly

Run f ast!

Throw shoes and they come back!

Smile!

to n i n Tur sh!

Fla

n i v B l a .

C

You are going to be stretchy and happy.

23

y! p p Ha Stretc hy!

M.E.

You can run really fast. You can run around the world in one minute. You can climb really fast and jump really high.

25

Run really fa st!

Jump really high!

lly a e r Climb t! fas

h a el c i M

If you wear the mask you will turn into Spiderman. You can stick to walls.

You will feel happy when you wear it.

27

Turn into !

Spiderman

Stick to wall s!

!

Feel happy

h t ias t a M

This mask makes you run. You can be Captain America. You can eat McDonald’s.

You can be invisible.

29

t! s a f n Ru

Be inv isible !

Be Ca ptain Amer ica!

Eat s! ’ d l a n McDo

Benito

You will see Pikachu and Superman. You will go in a rocket ship. You will get money.

31

Go

! p i h s et k c o r in a

See Super man!

Get

mon ey!

See ! u h c a Pik

s k on c a J

You will have fire power and water power.

33

er! w o p Fire

r! e w po r e t Wa

Starla

You can fly and shoot fire.

You will have laser eyes.

35

Fire!

Fly!

Hammer!

in e e S rk! a d the

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