Thanks to the TWT Blog for hosting Tuesday's Slice of Life
Yesterday was loaded with creativity! I was doing the usual twitter troll (something fun I love doing on my days off-with yesterday being a snow day). And I saw this tweet posted by Kevin or @dogtrax as most know...
Talking to the tree for the #ds106 Daily Create. http://t.co/jT9QLenRCP
— KevinHodgson (@dogtrax) January 6, 2014
His tweet inspired me to go to the "Daily Create" and write a post about our encounter with the stink bug that started buzzing around the room from the time Nattie woke up! Here's my post-a dialogue about a task you've neglected. I sort of went in a different direction and didn't write exactly to the prompt but here is the result:
The Stink-eye from the Stink Bug
January 6, 2014
The Stink-eye from the Stink Bug
As Nattie and I woke early this morning, 4:14a.m. to be exact, we heard you buzzin’ ’round, Stink Bug! You have delayed your demise long enough…
As Nattie and I woke early this morning, 4:14a.m. to be exact, we heard you buzzin’ ’round, Stink Bug! You have delayed your demise long enough…
Please move to a lower altitude so that you may be captured and released into the frozen tundra!
5:26a.m. And you’re still cruising above catching altitude! Come down immediately! If you don’t come down, I’ll be forced to get the fly-swatter and your foul stench will haunt for hours! Maintaining a holding pattern, are we?
6:02a.m. Ahh, plate and cup in hand, you’ve moved to a capture altitude now and I’ll be setting you free into the elements!
Oh, no, the screen door is frozen shut-when plan A fails, plan B begins!
Your demise will come with the watery swirl!
Your demise will come with the watery swirl!
FLUSH!
Stop giving me the “stink-eye” Stink Bug!
Do you have any stink bug stories?
I saw this too and thought it would be so much fun for my students when we really focus on dialogue. Love your story!
ReplyDeleteThere's a great stink bug poem in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Nasty-Bugs-Lee-Bennett-Hopkins/dp/0803737165.
ReplyDeleteAs for stink bugs, I hate 'em. I can't even bear to share any stories about them. They're such a nuisance!
ha ha - love that you told your Slice in that way - adds a whole element of humor! I don't know what a stink bug is, I'll have to take a peek at your link!
ReplyDeleteOnly in the last 10 years have we had "stink bugs" - those horrid pine borers that release that smell when they are threatened or killed. AND they are ugly. I want them gone. It's funny that I was just thinking about them yesterday and this morning - when it warmed up for a day. Figured I'd see one trying to escape the winter outside, coming back to life from somewhere in some crevice. Yuck. But haven't seen one this winter yet.
ReplyDeleteA stink bug story set - love it!
ReplyDeleteSo much fun! I had no idea what a stink bug was before reading this. Education comes our way even on a snow day!
ReplyDeleteI tried out the create site. Extremely cool stuff. Went to Cubomania and did as cubist pic of my cat! file://localhost/Users/harmatz/Downloads/Cubomania!%20chubby.html So fun AND now I know about stink bugs. Thanks for the fun and informative slice.
ReplyDeleteI love the language you chose while chasing this stink bug around. What a fun way to capture the self talk that gets us through many situations in life.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS GREAT STUFF! I LOVE THE IDEA and your creativity and imagination continue to amaze me!
ReplyDeleteNo stories but they did torture me last year. So glad they are gone. Ugh!
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