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The Treasure of Ghostwood Gully: A Southwest Mystery

After sharing the story and discussing the poetic device onomatopoeia, the children had the opportunity to write their own sentence and draw an illustration. The topic for the project was a monsoon storm that included what is seen and heard before, during, and/or after an intense summer storm.

 

With a saguaro on the right and a prickly pear on the left a bright strike of lightning hits the ground in the middle.

My example for the class:
"Snap-Crack" sounded the lightning
right outside my window.

The sun is coming out and there are lots of puddles, in one is a girl splashing.

"Splat-Splat!" My sister jumped in the puddles.

Red angry looking clouds are on the top, with wind, rain, and lighning swirling throughout the picture.

I heard a sudden big "Boom!" of thunder
outside of my tiny room.

A saguaro on the left with a lightning strike hitting a house on the right.

"Snap, Crackle, Pop!" There goes the electricity.

The sun is barely showing through purple clouds with lightning and rain coming down.

"Drip-Drip" goes the rain on the winndow pane.

A big fluffy cloud with 3 different strikes coming out of it towards the ground.

"Boom-Crack!" I hear thunder and lightning
at my window as clear as night!

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