A Single Seed

Lexi, this is beautiful! I love your descriptive language and the way that you bring each season to life with distinct images. I think the opening line is my favorite: "From under the cold, life makes haste." So poetic! What a wonderful way of conveying the message to slow down and take notice of the simple miracles.

Lexi
Wow! That was a great story! I loved your originality. You had a very strong vocabulary, and I really enjoyed reading that. You are truly right about humans not taking enough notcie of the beautiful world around them. Im still in awe. Lexi, you should really think of a writing career. If anything, you could have edited a little more, but other than that, great job! Hope I can read more stories by you in the future.

Ryan

Lexi,

I loved your story. I can tell you love writing and that you put a lot of work into it. I love the way you write a story, not a poem, but you use beautiful words that are amazingly descriptive. I wouldn't expect this story to come from a sixth-grader. I especially loved your last sentences. They are some of the truest I have ever encountered and I love how you put them; it was awesome!!
Hannah

Amazing story Lexi! Great describtions about nature and all the trees it also pantied pictures in my head besides looking at the pictures on the page. Amazing!!!!!!!!

nice discription!

Lexi I love how you discribe how the plant felt. Maybe you should put in a little more about the plant. Any way you have a strong vocabulary
Nice job

hey lexi,
your writing is great and has been since 2nd grade! I've always been jealous and I still wish I have your AMAZING skill at writing! keep writing; fiction and non-fiction stories and someday you'll be an author =)! just remember there's one thing you need to remember..... HAVE FUN!!!

I loved your story. I like how you discribed the colors of the trees during fall. You are a great writer. By

Hey Lexi,
I loved your story. You did a very good job describing everything. You also used very big words. GOOD JOB!!!
-darby\

Lexi
that was so cool i love the big words you used and was an awesome story

Tom the bomb

That was really good!
I like all the description!!!!
I wish I was good at writing.
Samie

I really liked it. It was like a long poem. I wish I could write like that and it was very desciptive.
-Braden

I like you discription

Lexi,
This is the best writing in the world and im serios!
Blair

I wish i could write that long of a poem (if it is a poem)!!!!!
-Griffin

lexi

this story is inspiering

carson

Lexi,
That was great! Your detail was amazing. The way you describe things really put a great picture into my head. I would of never thought of writing about a seed. That was really really good!
Eliza

Amazing story Lexi, you had great description. When I was reading the story it was like a book it painted a great picture in my mind, and the flow was amazing.
Nice
Jack

Wow Lexi that was amazing. I felt like i was there watching the seed grow. now i want to e more green. It was so convicting you got you point over very well. It was so one of a kind. you also used a big vocab. in the start you could have done a better job editing but other wise it was really good.
Your friend, Garrett

You painted pictures in my head. Great discription keep up the good work.

Max

Lexi,
Lexi that was so good, it painted a picture in my head like Leonardo da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa.
That was detailed and I liked how you said " The animals prepare themselves for the long cold winter,
storing up as much as they can.The ground is frozen with the branching hands on the flakes of frost.
That got me into it so much I thought it was great! You are a great writer and you should sare more in class
Another thing I thought was detailed was when you said "The gems of the trees have long since fallen,
leaving branches spindly and finger like." That was great and got s great picture into my head. It was really
good and beuituful!!!! Keep up the GREAT work this year!
Your friend, Keegan

Lexi,
WOW!!! That was a great story! I love your discription! Nice choice of a title too!!! This story really fits you! i thought you might something about nature. AWESOME STORY LEXI!!!!!!

Wow Lexi, that has to be the best story I have ever heard. It was so descriptive. I loved the punch line. I love it because its not really a story as much as a scene what I think you could expand on is the motion of the river.

great job, Nighthawk

Lexi-
Wow! that is beautiful. When I say it's beautiful I mean that the story is beautiful and also the pictures you painted in my head as I read. I love all of the descriptive words that you used. The title is awesome! you used it so well. Thanks for sharing it with use. You really have a talent for writing.
Lilly

This was so awesome you used really big words! I thought it was so good and descriptive, it really did paint a picture in my head. I thought it was amazing and I could tell you put alot of work into it, it was cool!
Wave

Lexi,
I thought your story was so good. It was cool how you wrote about a seed, and how it just sits there all alone thrue winter and all the other seasons, but then suddenly mericals happen we can not even notice them. Great job Lexi.

Lexi, you had an amazing story. I liked the language that you used in each sentence and paragraph. The pics that you showed were great and showed a lot of stuff about each season.
I could tell you put a lot of hard work into you story.
good job Lexi.

Good job, Boo. It was a fun, colorful read and you conveyed what you wanted to say well.

NICE JOB, BOO!! Like everyone else said, you painted a beautiful picture for us. I think I'm with Naomi in that your opening line is my favorite, but I loved the imagery in this part: "allowing its roots to spread and embroider the bland dirt around it." That's powerful imagery! Embroidering the dirt...that's what it looks like in the fall when I pull my plants out of their pots! I also liked the line that Keegan mentioned. "The ground is frozen with the branching hands on the flakes of frost." At any rate, it's good stuff, kiddo! ;) Mom

OMG! Amazing how did you come up with an idea like this. I'm at a loss for words. You had very good vocabulary and you were very descriptive. I liked your finishing line. WOW!! great job

Lexi,
that was crazy good your vocabulary was off the charts and your story had great flow. I think you may be the best writer in the class and should keep writing.
P.S. Awesome true ending

it had great vocablary and great ditails

That. Was. not. great. It was AWESOME!!!! Like Wave, Lily, and everyone else said, you really painted a picture in my head. All i can say is WOW! Unlike the other 3 blog posts i commented on, i dont have any suggestions or questions about this piece!

From,
Evan (who still rocks even when he is stunned!)

Dear Lexi,
All I can say is wow. That was Amazing!!! Your descriptions were the best I have ever heard. Lexi, for a moment I thought I was reading a book by a famous author your story was so good. I got such a clear picture in my head it was like I was actually watching all these things happen right before my eyes. You are an amazing author and don't be afraid to show your work. The entire story was amazing and descriptive and wonderful! Your vocabulary was fantastic and the entire flow of the story was wonderful. Lexi, if you wrote a book I think you could get it published. I can't wait to see more of your writing in the future. If you ever need an editor on something you can always come to me and I would be happy to help. Keep up the Amazing Writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your Friend,
Olivia

Oh my god that is like soooo good that was very descriptive and very creative. I liked how you said "Thick quilts of snow lies over the land making everything look barren, but surprisingly gorgeous." it was very well done.

Dear Alexandra,
I was unable to read your piece until today - we were having computer issues. Your writing is just wonderful - and so full of hope. I was left with the feeling that no matter how cold and bleak today might be, you cannot be discouraged for tomorrow's changes will happen and hopefully make the world a happier place - whether in nature or in each of our lives. My dad (your mom's Gramps) would be SO proud of you, as he was an english teacher and he too loved to write - and actually had a short story published many years ago. I too loved to write when I was in school - it was so much easier for me than math or science! Also, your mom used to love to write too. The next time you are in Stowe, I will get out the collection of poems she wrote in high school and college. Keep up the good work, sweetie.

Love you to pieces
Gram :)