Red Cedar Elementary, East Lansing MI
Ms. Medler’s First Grade Class
February 18, 2004

Students were asked to write a 7 minute poem after reading some poems to them and then explaining to them the topic “Onions” to the students.

I don’t like them They are yuky. Onions make my eye wattre And crying and some onion Not my tip of foot To eat.

--Twan
Onion makes you cry because I thin it is not and some times the onion goes in your eyes. Sometimes it is too smelly when my mom tried it first time my mom was crying
--Sang A.
Onion Powaim – I do not luk onions becos they mak me cry. I bont evinlia
--Allison
The onion was making everyone eyes blind because onion are too smelling.
--Gontse
The onion was playing on the clad and he felt down.
--Mateo
Unyins make me cry yucky, I hat cring crying crying. Why do you OAA the nyings some is in my I, Oh Oh how sad All help you.
--Linda
I don’t like onions, they make me cry
--Kamryn
Once upon a time I ate a onion. And it make me cry and shy. And I made a onion soup and my family can’t talk. Because it was hot and onion was made of peper so every one said oh that’s why it was to hot and everyone laughed.
--Han-Sol
Onion is basing with the grill onion and the boy, they went to the movie
--Aiman
Onion, poem onions are gree, green isn’t my faverrie coler, my favorite Thing bverrity isn’t my foverfit thing
--Kendi
Onions sting your e And make you cry For good on how said Don said they should They taste good On my burger.
--Liam
A onion is niet my feivrat cilar onions are niet my faverate food, onions maek you cry. They are hit, are hit.
--Gabriel
Onion mak you cry. You pat them on hmbrgr, they tase good.
--Zack
Onions they smell and they have layeirs and if you got it in your eye they will burn or eye.
--Marshall
This is onion. He was a seed and he was crying. Because he was spicy. Then he gro up really fast. Then he was stuck. So he got a scissor in his pocket so he cut it. Then he try to get up the window and the onion was so, so so big!
--Youn-Ji
Onions are blue let mtell you. Onions make cry let me tell you why. Onions are small and thay are tall. Onions make me dance can I have 1 chance. Fadzai The onion made me cry. I am not sad. I like onions on hotdogs.
--Ted
Theonions make me cry. Iam not sad. I like onions on hotdogs.
--Amber
The onions make me cry. I am not sad. Onions are hot! Ohh it feels good on A hat dog.
--Alia
Onions make you cry. And ti’s a bad smell. Onions are really really hot.
--Anika
Onions make you cry and ti’s a bad smell onion are really really hot.
--Ben