SEPTEMBER
2015
Volume 2, Issue 1
MONROE TEENS MONTHLY
WE’RE ONE YEAR OLD!!!
JOKE OF THE
MONTH:
Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
Dewey.
Dewey who?
Dewey have to
go to school
today?
("A Few Back to School
Jokes." Surfnetkids. Feldman
Publishing. 20 Oct. 2010.
Web. 25 Aug. 2015)
AND WE’RE CELEBRATING WITH YOUR
ORIGINAL WRITING!!
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WINNTERS
OF THIS YEAR’S
TEEN SUMMER READING
PROGRAM!!
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Quote
of the month!
MONROE
TEENS
MONTHLY
Fun fact of the
month
“The
Puritans were
the first in this
country to point
out the need for
some kind of public
education. They established schools
to teach not just
the essentialsreading, writing
and math- but also
to reinforce their
core values
We’re ONE YEAR OLD!!!
WOW! It’s been an entire year since we first started printing
monthlies. I’m happy to say that it has been a great learning experience guessing exactly what you guys want, or better yet, need,
to read each month. From school advice, to how to deal with anxiety, and your favorite Youtubers, I think I’ve covered a wide variety of topics. Hopefully you’ve enjoyed them.
To celebrate our one year anniversary, however, you are not going to hear a peep out of me (except for this short blurb of course).
You, my friends, have the very distinct pleasure of indulging in the
voices of your peers. Yes, you heard me right. This month, teens
just like you have submitted their original creative poetry, including the runner up entry for the EVERY HERO HAS A STORY Contest. If, after reading these incredible poetic pieces, you are inspired to submit your work to next month’s issue, please email me
at [email protected]. We’d love to have your words on our
pages.
So you Wanna Know Who Won the Summer
Reading Baskets!?
I know you guys are dying to know!!! Just a reminder, this year we had
various prizes up for grabs. Of course we had the three grand prize baskets: Ultimate DIY Basket, Graphic Novel Basket, and YA Fiction Basket.
In addition we also had the EVERY HERO HAS A STORY writing contest
prize of a leather bound journal, a feather quill pen and an ink well. So
without further ado, here are the winners:
OVERALL SUMMER READING PROGRAM:
Lilianna L. 720 total points
Ultimate DIY Basket
William L. 380 total points Graphic Novel Basket
Emily F. 370 total points Young Adult Fiction Basket
EVERY HERO HAS A STORY WRITING CONTEST:
First Place: Emily F.
Feather Quill Pen, Journal and Ink well
Runner up: Anonymous
$10 Amazon Gift Card
Third Place: Aurora G.
Grab box prize
Thanks again to everyone who participated in this year’s Monroe Teens
Summer Reading Program. I hope you all had a great summer and I
hope you all have a safe and amazing school year. Remember I’m always here if you need help with anything. I hope you enjoy our one year
anniversary issue.
Best,
(http://people.howstuffworks.
DaVonne
com/public-schools1.htm).”
Teen Librarian
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Contradistionction
[kon-truh-di-stingkshuhn] (n.) distinction
by opposition or contrast: plants and animals in contradistinction to humans.
Words and Phrases!
Creative writing from your peers!
Weather
Leave
Word of the
month
POETRY IS
THE
REFRESHING DRINK
by Emily Franzen
me alone!
Wind, wind swirls.
Tornado, no tornado.
Tears. Rain. Fall.
AFTER A LONG
JOURNEY THROUGH
Hurricane, no hurricane.
LIFE’S DESERTS AND
DOWNFALLS!
Literary term of
the month
Meiosis [my-oh-sis]
the Greek term for
understatement or
‘belittling’: a rhetorical figure by which
something is referred
to in terms less important than it really deserves, as when
Mercutio in Romeo
and Juliet calls his
mortal wound a
‘scratch’. (The Concise
Oxford Dictionary of
Literary Terms)
Anger. Sparks. Screaming.
Thunder and lightning.
Make this be a dream.
Dream? No reality.
I'm a reckless storm.
Why didn't you just leave me alone?
“Who is your hero?” My kindergarten teacher asks.
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“Batman! He is tough and likes Karate like
me!”
“What about Snow White Or Cinderella? They are beautiful princesses!”
“OK.” I nodded”
“Who is your hero? My 4th grade teacher asks
“Ash Ketchum, he is the pokemon master!”
She Laughed “ Thats a boys game. Why not Hannah
Montana? She is better.”
“OK.” I nodded”
“Who is your hero?” My CCD Teacher asks.
“Elton John, he is not afraid to be himself!”
My teacher grows pale. “Mary is better she is the mother
of christ.” He said sternly
“OK.” I nodded”
“Who is your hero?”My friend asks
Andy Sixx he is a good singer, nice, plus he is hot.
“Ewww that emo guy You aren't a cutter are you?”
RUNNER-UP:
EVERY HERO
HAS A STORY
WRITING
CONTEST!
“NO!”
“You should like Zayn Malik then. He is sexy and not a gross punk.”
“OK.” I nodded”
“Who is your hero?” My mom asks
“I Like Markiplier, He….”
“Is one of your internet losers. Why can't you be normal and pick Taylor Swift?”
“OK.” I nodded”
I like Batman but, he was too tough for a 5 year
old girl.
I like Ash but, he was a guys videogame character.
I like Elton John but, the church is conservative
and bigoted.
I like Andy Sixx but, i'm labeled as an emo.
I like Markiplier but, he „isn't a real person’.
So my question is
WHO IS MY HERO SUPOSED TO BE??
Untitled by Anonymous
Batgirl of Burnside by Brenden Flecher
“odds are” by Alyssa Sileo
this is a declaration
of a promise
to explain
what motion is like.
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this is an attempt
of a mission
to recover
time as we’ve known it.
keep this and recount this
as your recant of
past progressions, mindless occurrences,
because i want to gain some clarity,
create some new honesty,
because, odds are,
sleepless, in-your-face awareness
isn’t your resting-state-of-mind.
breaking brains is a fun practice that can remind us of our sensors.
perhaps wording materializes the continuum,
but it probably looks really cool.
perhaps poetizing voids it all,
but i’ve seen the fall,
there’s always the part when you land,
i’m not doubting that now, so
how about, some behemoth’s thought,
we ignore (1) the placing of places and (2) the times of making things, let’s go inside, outside, to a new place where
words that define degree of stature aren’t there
because i’m starting to think, maybe this whole thing is set up that we will be evaded of self-awareness,
but, like, heck to that, dude.
let’s
break
time!
let’s
see
now.
so………
huh.
i can’t seem to find where i was going.
Art is Melting Clocks by Salvador Dali
Ink and Ashes
Games
by Valynne E. Maetani
Junior Library guild Selection and
New Vision Award Winner
Claire Takata has never known
much about her father, who
passed away when she was a
little girl. But on the anniversary
of his death, not long before her
seventeenth birthday, she finds a
mysterious letter from her deceased father, addressed to her
stepfather. Claire never even
knew that they had met.
Claire knows she should let it go,
but she can‟t shake the feeling
that something‟s been kept from
her. In search of answers, Claire
combs through anything that will
give her information about her
father . . . until she discovers he
was a member of the yakuza, the
Japanese mafia. The discovery
opens a door that should have
been left closed.
So begins the race to outrun his
legacy as the secrets of her father‟s past threaten Claire‟s
friends and family, newfound
love, and ultimately her life. Ink
and Ashes, winner of Tu Books‟
New Visions Award, is a heartstopping debut mystery that will
keep readers on the edge of their
seats until the very last page
(goodreads.com)
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