Eagle Think Page
Grade 7 2006-2007
Grade seven imagined eagles and wrote about the images, light, sounds, questions, feelings. Then we turned our partially poetic language into poetic language.
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| eagle bald on a ragged branch spots a fish | on a ragged branch spots a fish | ||
| at my house laying on my roof a bald eagle swooped down from the sky maybe 10 yards above me | bald eagle swooped down from the sky maybe 10 yards | ||
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golden eagle soaring ocean blue skies circling like a planet orbiting the sun diving 100 miles an hour
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| zooming through the sky; swoop ! snatched the fish and soared off into the sun | zooming through the clouded sky; swoop ! snatched the slippery salmon and soared off into the silver sunset | ||
| eagle in a glistening tree glancing over the tree with platinum eyes scouting the place around | eagle in a glistening tree glancing over the tree with platinum eyes scouting | scouting the hidden hares in high grasslands | |
| watching an eagle from tree diving at a rabbit to feed | eagle from tree diving at a rabbit | ||
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eagle at the top of the tree its wings spread out as far as can be screeching an elegant scream at the blue sky |
its wings spread out
screeching an elegant scream at the blue sky |
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bright day outside sky blue as the ocean sun shining in the eyes suddenly a night black panther figure flew into the sun |
sky blue as the ocean
night black panther figure |
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| striking sun cut through scenery shining off the snow | striking sun cut through scenery shining off the snow | ||
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hot evening sunset eagle above the creek tree branch hangs over the creek sunlight beside it |
hot evening sunset eagle above the creek tree branch hangs over the creek sunlight |
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bright as the sun orange and yellow put together in summer afternoon on top of the tree in the hot dry day |
bright as the sun orange and yellow
summer afternoon
top of the tree in the hot dry day |
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| i | n the crystal blue sky the sun shined like heaven's gate has opened in the jet-puff clouds | ||
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wind whistling in the trees eagle gives a mighty shriek |
wind whistling
shriek |
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chirping the blue sky
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chirping the blue sky | ||
| alone in the scorching days of summer I could hear winds and bangs of hammers by the shop down below | |||
| slight whistle blew straight through the thistle | slight whistle blew straight through the thistle | ||
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frogs ribbit ribbit ribbit eagle chowing down his fish hoot hoot from the owls trees whistling |
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| soft whistling breeze blows in the steady bristled trees as he swoops down under the gigantic nest of chirping hungry eaglets | |||
| Is he giving me a sign | |||
| What made the birds move out of the eagles way | |||
| How does the sky stay its ocean blue color | |||
| is the eagle trying to get my attention? | |||
| Does the eagle want me to follow him? | |||
| How do other eagles talk to other eagles? | |||
| I feel that a fish or snake get scared when hunted | |||
| I feel as if the eagle is one of my friends or family members trying to talk to me | |||
| I feel good looking at the great eagle | |||
| I feel the eagle's chirp, feeling the spirits touching me |
eagle's chirp
spirits touching me |
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| peaceful but pleasant as he sways in the empty dark sky | peaceful but pleasant as he sways in the empty dark sky |
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