Now L, hasn't been one to always bring papers home from school in a timely manner. This morning I saw L's practice writing response and the booklet giving details about the test. Maybe if I had seen that last week.....
Anyway, I read his writing and it was quite the "proud Mother moment". I'm including his essay here. I left most of the misspellings because I wanted it be real (5th grade real) except that I only spelled Moses and Israel the way he did once.
My favorite book character would be Mosses. Moses is in the Bible in the OLD Testimate. He was a follower of God.
When Moses
was a baby he was about to be killed (because all male babies were to be
killed) and his mother wrapped him in cloth and put him in a basket. She put him in the Nile
river and let him off because she didn’t want him to be killed. He was found in a river crying, right in
front of a palace, and was taken care of.
The Bible
doesn’t really describe Moses, but he is in a few Bible stories. In one he is a baby in another he is a lot
older. I imagine him as having a white
beard and bald. I also think of him as
having a walking stick and being a good leader.
He is in a
lot more Bible stories but my favorite story is when he went and free the
people of Isreal. God told him to go to Israel
I like
Moses because he is a follower of God and a good leader. He is my favorite Bible character because he
is very courageous and fun to learn about.
Wow. I love that he so openly shared about his favorite character and that it was Moses! He included good examples and details in them. Closing it in summary was excellent for a 5th grader! That's something my 6th grader hasn't done so well, yet. I think I'll have her do this exercise. Thank you so much for sharing this and please thank L for sharing it, too!
ReplyDeleteThat's my boy! I love that the Wholy Ghost was working. come to think of it, that is some good theology! He is "wholy" Holy and all who are in him have the opportunity to change lives, just like Moses.
ReplyDeleteLevi, this is really GREAT! I love that you so freely share your faith at school. And, I love that you already have a favorite Bible character and that you know exactly why. It is funny that you sit and imagine Moses having a white beard and being bald. I always imagine him having a white beard too, but I don't imagine him being bald. :) But, I can see that your generation would. These days, as guys get older and start to lose hair, they do just shave it all bald. :) You are a great writer!
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