Harris Burdick, Inquiry project, Narrative, Published Work, The House on Maple Street, Writing

House on Maple Street

 

There was this 81 year old man named Jerry he lived in an old house on Maple Street in Brazil.  He wanted to make a rocket house because he wanted to go space. And live there all of his life but he couldn’t because he did not have all of the parts and tools.

The tools were all over the world he looked on the internet. The rocket engine was in New York and the Big Bertha kit was in Japan.  So he packed his food and headed too New York. He missed his flight so he went to the terminal and he had to spend the night there until morning.

Everybody was awake the workers were busy and there wasn’t   anyone in the office where the plane tickets so Jerry sneaked in to office and grabbed a ticket to New York. When the planes were called he headed over to the plane to go get the Rocket engine. When he got there New York was raining he took out his Computer and searched again it gave him directions to where to go and find it, it was at Pratt and Whitney.  Pratt and Whitney is an engine company from Hartford, CT that was founded in 1925 then he drove his car to Pratt and Whitney

And bought the part it cost 200$ then he got the engine. The he headed to another terminal to take off to Japan. He caught the ticket in time the fly to Japan.When they were in the air he took out his computer and searched what

Engine store it can be found at but it was not searchable so he rented an apart to stay in for the night. When it was morning a festival was going on so he had to get through the parade then he saw an engine store he went in and asked for the big

Bertha Kit he paid the cash register the money he had to pay then he headed back to Brazil and made his rocket Jerry lived for 7more years then died of old age.

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Archie Smith, Boy Wonder, Harris Burdick, Narrative, Writing

Nina Girl Wonder

harris lightsNina was on her way to her school. She got a cab ride to new school in Seoul Korea. When Nina got there she went to the school campus. She bumped into Shuo, Joy and Jade.

“Sorry.” Nina said also running to Anubis’s house.

“Great an English new girl.” Jade said not happy.

Everyone was in class, Nina went to the house of Anubis, where she was living for the next few year.

Nina was about to open the door but the door opened by itself She walked in. The door slammed on its own. She turned back to see a guy with a brown jacket and a black tie on.

“Didn’t you use the doorbell? “  Victor said.

“Umm the door was open” Nina said.

“I hope that you’re being nice to the new girl. “ Minnie said.

“Welcome to Anubis house.” Minnie said.

“Nina Martin you are two weeks late.” Victor said.

“Yea I know my family and I just found out that got in to this school.” Nina said.

They went upstairs to show Nina her room. When they got to the room there was a picture of the two girls that she bump into earlier at school.

“Who is this? “ Nina ask.

“Oh that Joy. “Minnie said.

“She will not be here anymore.” Victor said as throwing the picture in the trash.

At class……

“Are you sure my new shoes are not going to be here today?” Amber said on the phone

“Amber off the phone now!” the teacher said

Amber got off the phone Just as Mrs. Sweetie came in.

“Joy you’re needed in the office.” Mrs. Sweetie said.

Joy went with him.

After class…….

“Have you seen Joy? “ Jade said.

“No, might be in the house.” Ashley said.

Jade went to the Anubis house looking for joy but she didn’t find Joy. She found the new girl that she bumped in this morning

“HI I’m Nina.” Nina said.

“WHERE’S JOY.” jade said yelling

“I don’t know when I came here she was gone.” Nina said

Just then victor came.

“Joy left.” Victor said

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN JOY LEFT.” Jade said

“Joy checked out this morning and left.” Victor said.

“JOY WOULD NEVER LEAVE WITH OUT SAYING BYE.” Jade said then left the room.

” Dinner will be ready in ten minutes.” Victor said to Nina as he walked out.

Jade and everyone one else who lived in Anubis house where in the living room thinking where Joy could be. Nina walked in everyone went quite.

“Anyoghaseyo (mean hello in Korean) I’m Nina.” Nina said.

“Anyoghaseyo you can speak Korean. “ Shuo said.

“Yea a little not a lot. “ Nina said.

Everyone went to the dinner room

After dinner……

Jade goes to Victor’s office for Joy’s number, but Victor said no jade left victor lit joys stuff on fire. It everyone rushed to their room because Victor had a rule about bedtime Jade was in the bathroom see’s words on the window that said help me! – Joy. That night Nina was sleeping when she heard voice in her sleep that are saying are you the choice in one?

 

Fantasy, Harris Burdick, Just Desert, Narrative, Published Work, Writing

Just Desert

There was a CRAZY man. His house was really CREEPY and HAUNTED.  He went to the pumpkin patch in the next town and he bought a pumpkin and took it home. The pumpkin was large, tall, and bright orange.  He got home and brought the pumpkin into the house.  He ate his dinner of pizza and chicken.  He was planning on having pumpkin pie for dessert.

He heard a noise coming from the kitchen.  It sounded like someone harris pumpkinwas destroying the kitchen.  He ran into the kitchen.  The pumpkin was GLOWING.  He picks up a large KNIFE from the counter.   Every time he moved the knife closer the pumpkin glows BRIGHTER.  He cuts it!

 

It BLOWS up in his face and covers the floor with pumpkin pieces and pumpkin guts.  A seed from the pumpkin grew right away on the kitchen floor.  The man looked at the pumpkin. He ran at the pumpkin with his knife. He CUT the pumpkin.  The pumpkin grew back and grew bigger.  The man was AMAZED!

 

The man walked closer, the pumpkin grew ARMS. The man walked closer, the pumpkin grew LEGS and got taller. The pumpkin now had scary and evil face like a pumpkin on Halloween.  The man walked closer and the pumpkin scratched him! He was bleeding from his face. He hit the pumpkin 3 times in a row with the knife! The pumpkin was very angry. The pumpkin bit him hard.

 

“OUCH!” he screams.

 

The man hit the pumpkin. Seeds came out of the pumpkin and the seeds grew into evil pumpkins just like the one he just cut with the knife. Now there are 2 new pumpkins to fight. The man was shocked and FREAKED out!

 

He ran through the kitchen and kicked down the door.  He looked back and saw that the pumpkins were following him.  He ran to his driveway and jumped into his car.  He looked around and didn’t see the pumpkins.  The man drove to Rangely, Colorado and was never seen again!

Harris Burdick, Writing

Mr. Linden’s Library

Monday April 10 2015   12:00pm

One night in a blue house there was a 13 year old girl named Wonder. Wonder was called that because people wondered about her.

Wonder was very weird, sometimes people wondered why she never seemed to be like the other kids.

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One afternoon Wonder decided to go to the library to find an interesting book   to read but when she got their sheharris book plant saw a secret path. The secret path lead her to a golden book called The Magic Ending. Wonder thought before she took it but that was her only choice. She wanted to find out what the book was about. She took it and ran as fast as she could. Finally, when she made it home she opened the door with her keys. She ran upstairs to her room, locked the door, opened the book, and began to read. As she read she started she was so addicted to the book that she fell asleep not noticing that there were plants growing out the book.

Her father and mother came home, right after she fell asleep. When she woke up she saw four golden keys left for her keys on her bed.

She got dressed in her room she brushed her teeth and washed her face. She ran down to the library. When she arrived at the library she walked in and walked to the secret door. She twisted the lock with one of the keys and it opened the door. She found the note. The note said ‘’Dear, wonder we want you to do us a favor. The favor is we want you to read the book everyday then go to the woods and look for a purple ring.

Wonder took the note and ran back home and went into the woods behind her house. She ran and ran until she found a stand. The stand had another note it said ‘’Dear wonder, you have made your destination. The plants sent you here to get the purple ring, wonder took the ring and put it on her finger, the ring said a message the message said the spring and fall is your only time find the door that says a rhyme. What rhyme said’’ wonder. Wonder ran home because her mom called her for dinner, wonder come for dinner said’’ wonders mom,

Monday, April 10, 2015   6:30pm

After dinner Wonder went to her room to go to bed. When wonder went to sleep she vanished!  You saw nothing but the book and empty sheets.

 

 

By: Bryanna

Harris Burdick, Just Desert, Writing

Just Desert

Once there was a family who lived in an old town. The mom was named Kathrin she really loved to cook and clean.

One day everybody was hungry.

Kathrin said “Wait till lunch time”

The sister Katy went to her boyfriend Zayn’s house. When Katy came home lunch was ready. She was really hungry. When she was done she went to her bedroom. Everybody else took a nap.

Kathrin was the only one that didn’t go to bed she started cleaning. She was thinking of what dessert she should harris pumpkinmake for dinner. She kept cleaning and she got the idea of pumpkin pie.

It was dinner time and Kathrin was making pumpkin pie. When she lowered the knife and it grew even brighter. She had a surprised face the entire night. Everybody ate the pumpkin pie and when they were done they didn’t feel good. They fell asleep.

The next morning they woke up Katy went to the bathroom and looked at the mirror and she screamed and said “I’m a fat pumpkin”. Everybody looked at themselves. Her dad Billy screamed like a girl. All of them screamed “AHHH!!!

Harris Burdick, The House on Maple Street, Writing

The House on Maple Street

It was a dark neighborhood in Los Angeles, CA. Scientists were trying to build a house that could get up into space.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1…. BLAST OFF! It was a perfect lift-off.

Once the 1st house got up into to space bill came out his house.

And said’ can I eat cupcakes mom? Mom I won’t get fat if I eat a lot because in space I don’t weight anything.”

Mom said,” Bill, what did I say I said no what part of no do you not get.

Mom said, “Bill, who are you talking too? I am not one of your friends at school.”harris rocket house

Bill said’ mom did u forget that I don’t have no friends at school because I don’t even go to school then”

Mom said’ bill what did I tell. Bill told his mom to shut up then,

Then mom said’ excuse me do not tell me to shut up okay bill.

Dad said,” Bill I am tired of you keep getting smart with your mother.

Bill said dad but but what did I do!!

Bill dad said,” you know marry we have to take bill back home. They got into their house and push the button and they land it back to their house and when they got back home they turn off their lights. When the 1st house turn off their lights the 2nd house turn on their lights and they went up into space.

When they got into space they got out of their house and

Lara said,” Dad can I have cupcakes!

Lara’s dad said’ no Lara u will not get cupcakes’’

Lara’s mom said’ what do u want Lara’’

Lara said,” mom dada said I can’t have cupcakes”

Mom said,” Lara u can’t always get your way Hun!!”

Dad said,” sandy let’s go back into the house”

They went back into to the house they push the button and their house went back to Maple Street. When they got back Molly and Lara’s dad went over to Bill’s house, Lara and Bill played together and then they had dinner at bill’s house, and they had a sleep over

The next morning Lara went back to her house and they moved to Bill’s house and they now live with bill.

Bill and Lara now go the same school.

Daija Ciara

Fantasy, Harris Burdick, The Seven Chairs, Writing

The Seven Chairs

harris flying chair“Oh my!” said a lady when she saw a flying chair.

That evening on the news the reporter said, “4 chairs flew from a church. The first one to Egypt, second to Africa, third one to Antarctica and the fourth was amazing no one could even explain… Baltimore. Can you believe it?”

Everyone gasped.

“Oh my glob!” A little girl said.

The church was looking at every single chair and wondering how this was happening a woman asked, “May I sit here?”

“No!” They all yelled

She almost dropped her book as she looked all around the church for somewhere to sit.  Finally there was a chair that two men were in front. She was too tired to ask if she could sit there, so she didn’t. She sat there for a little while and WHOOSH! There she was floating in the air.

She was about to scream, but she decided to be quiet because she knew it was going to disturb all of the men. Then the doors of the church magically opened.

She was going so fast she was about to fall off the chair. Once she saw the Atlantic Ocean she screamed.

Not long after that she finally landed. She looked around for a while.

“Am I in…..”

Everyone interrupted her and asked the same question….

“Comment auez-vous ici?” She had a confused look on her face.

“What are you saying?” she said to all of them.

Then they had a confused look on their faces as well.

She finally realized she was in France. They were speaking French. The fifth chair ended up in France.

That day she was on the news. 2 months later she became extremely rich and famous she thanked that chair for her famousness and kept it in her family forever.

 

 

BY: Tyfani

 

Fantasy, Harris Burdick, The Third Floor Bedroom, Writing

The Third Floor Bedroom

Leon wanted to move into a house with three floors. When he was walking across the street he saw people moving out of a house.

 Leon ran up to them and said “Are you guys moving in or moving out?” 

They were dead silent. They just put their bags in their car and drove across the street and out of Crystal Street.  

Leon saw the house that they moved out of.  He noticed that it had three floors.   

Leon was happy but he wondered.  Why the family moved out of the house immediately. But he harris birdsdidn’t care. He ran home and told his Mom and Dad.

“Why do you want to move out of our house and move into the other one?’’ said mom. 

Dad said “Ok.”  

But it was in 5 more days. Leon couldn’t wait to move but he waited until it was moving day.

Moving day came and Leon was going miss his old house but it was time for his family to upgrade from two floors to three floors. Mom went to the office to see if her family could move into the house on Crystal Street. The manager gave her the keys and they went to Crystal Street.  

Leon was still wondering about the reason the people moved out?

 Leon was worried about the house. He wanted to move in but he wanted to find out why the people moved out but they left so it was too late for that.  Mom put the key in the slot and twisted it and Leon went in to explore the house. He started from the bottom floor and went to the top. At the top was a bedroom with bird wallpaper. Leon asked his parents if he can have the bedroom with Claire. Claire is a Newfoundland. Mom got Claire a doggy bed and Leon put his stuff into the bedroom.

 Leon realized the birds on the wall were doves. The bird he was researching for his school project. Leon went to go in the backyard to go see the items that were out there. Leon thought his family could grow flowers in the yard.                                                                     

Sunset was almost here.  Leon got ready for bed.  He opened the window to see the sunset. Leon fell asleep and left the window open.

 It all began when he left the window open. The doves suddenly started to get off the wall and flew out of the window and coming back every 5 minutes.  

Leon was getting ready for school at 7:30 am. When Leon went to school he realized that he left the window open.  He had to wait until the end of the day to close the window.

At 2:02 pm Leon ended his day and went home and met a girl named Rebecca.

When he went home he saw a dove on his shelf. He was glad that he was new to Hollywood. But not glad about the dove in his room

Leon wondered. How a dove got into his room? Leon caught the dove.  He realized a dove on his wall was missing.  He realized that the dove in his hand was the one missing on his wall. Leon freaked! He put the dove back on the wall and closed the window.

“Now I know why the people moved out of this house.” said Leon in a scared voice. 

Leon was so frightened that he fell asleep around 3:18 am. He wanted to change the color of his wallpaper to blue his favorite color. 

“Sure why not.” said Mom and Dad.  

They got painting supplies and got to work. After a few hours the room looked better than it looked before. Leon was happy. Now without the doves around he could get some rest. Leon saw a dove out on his window sill. He opened the window and let him in. Claire started barking and Leon told her to be quiet and gave her a doggy treat. She calmed down. Leon let the dove free and put the dove is out where it belongs: outside not in some room on a wallpaper.

When Leon went to school it was the last day of school. Leon really couldn’t wait until summer vacation. But Leon saw a dove on his desk. Leon thought that he would get in trouble so he put it in his desk. Then he pecked his beak on Leon’s arm. Leon went unconscious. He woke up and he was at his house. He forgot what had happened. Leon was trying to remember what happened. But he couldn’t. He thought that he had lost his memory.  In a few hours he remembered what happened. The dove hurt him but how? He found the dove and researched it. Claire barked at the dove. Leon gave her a doggy snack and she calmed down.

 Leon didn’t found out what kind of dove it was.

 Leon went to school the next day and went to the library to get some books about doves. Leon finally found out what kind of dove it was. It was the North American Dove. Leon wanted to see one in person, even though he had already saw one.

 Leon learned an important lesson to never open the third floor window again.

 

 By: Carlos Pineda

 

 

  

 

 

Harris Burdick, Narrative, The House on Maple Street, Writing

The House on Maple Street

harris rocket houseLong ago there was a house on Maple Street. This is the story of our first living there.

Today we just move in. We were new to the neighborhood my mom and dad got called to a party because we were new. The party was at 6:00 it was already 5:30 they went to get ready.

Billy was sad because he could not go. Billy said, “Why can’t I go?”

Mom and dad said it is for ground ups.

Mom and dad said, ‘’We have to go!

Billy said ‘’Bye, mom and dad they got in the car and left.’’

Mom and dad got there. They walked in.

‘’We are going to have fun.’’

While mom and dad where having fun. Billy was bored at home Billy was walking around. He found a new room in the house. Billy walk into the room looked around, and he pressed a button. The house blasted off after 33 seconds. It was a perfect lift-off.

Billy said,’’ I am in a rocket house!’’

He flew to the moon.

He said, ‘’I am the first man on the moon.’’

‘’He took pictures he flew back home.

He got home mom and dad were waiting for him. Mom and dad got out of the car their eyes turned red.  They yelled at Billy and said he was grounded.

Fantasy, Harris Burdick, Narrative, The Harp, Writing

The Harp

There was a boy named Lewis. He lives with both of his parents. His mom had blond hair, the dad had  hair that was dark as night. Lewis had golden blond hair. Lewis was 10 years old. the family had a collie named is Toby. They lived in a small town in Texas.  Lewis had blue eyes the mom has brown eyes the dad has blue eyes two the moms name was Marry the dads names was Jeff the last of the family’s name is Harrison. They live in Dallas, Texas.

One day Lewis was bored so he went outside to play with Toby. They went to the woods and they played. When heharris harp was playing he heard strange noises so he went to investigate.

They see what looks like the figure of a boy. They follow him and find a harp. Lewis picked it up and a notebook with songs.

He played the song called “Clear Land” but it had a warning. Lewis ignored it and played the harp.

Lewis ran home to show his mom and dad but the house and town were gone. So it’s true he thought, it’s really true. He rushed through the notebook to find out how to reverse the warning. The notebook said to play the song backwards so Lewis played it backwards. His house, mom, and dad come back.

He put the harp and notebook back in the forest.

He went back home. Before he went inside he saw a boy coming out the woods. It looked like he had the exact same harp and notebook with him.

Daly's 5th Graders solving the mysteries left behind by Harris Burdick.