Creatures from The Deep

For our second class, the students studied photos from Claire Nouvain's book The Deep, and wrote poems describing the amazing creatures they saw. I also had some photos of more conventional sea creatures, like seahorses, sea urchins, whales, octopi, and sharks. Click on the link above, and then "Image Gallery" to see images, and be amazed!

4th Grade

The Green Thing
by Martitha A.

It looks like a green planet at
the bottom of the sea.

It’s a green ball.

It looks like a new planet
with little aliens’ lips and teeth.

It is like a volleyball
that we play with.

It looks like a green thing
that is going to destroy
the world.

The Great Plant Dragon
by Ataib S.

There is a large seadragon
that has plant DNA and
that seadragon is called
The Great Plant Dragon.
It has been living
for thousands of years, it
can even eat one thousand
sharks in one day! It is a great
mystery. It looks like a
horse with plant hair.

The Thing that Lives in the Deep
by Brandon R.

The thing looks like a banana
but with fire, shiny as the
wide sun being shined each
and every day. The top looks like
the top of a candle.
The end is blazing more
than a match set on fire
in the forest.

Ping-Pong Tree Sponge
by Henry L.

A plant that lives in the dark
depths of Despair. Like bubbles
stuck on a tree. An unusual spider
crawling on the ground.

It captures fish inside of
the bubbles. A scientist is
working on a project.
The project burst. Like a
bird, if flew into the ocean,
never seen again.

Glowing in the dark water.
Finding its way back to the ocean top.
It could not find its way. So scared.
Make a root and stick it in the
soil. No one ever sees it again.

2nd Grade

The Seahorse
by Erica N.

It is like a skeleton, this sea horse
living under water. It is blue or yellow or red
or grey or black. It has a little fin.
It floats really small. It has
a small mouth and it swims.

The Seahorse
by Eric C.

It looks like a house without legs
and it is bright orange.
It blends with the plants.
If something tries to eat it,
it swims away very fast.

Like a Ship
by Nelvin P.

It is orange and small, like a ship.
It is like a dish.
It lives in the ocean.
It eats little rocks that are the color brown
and it has no bones.

3rd Grade

A Monster
by Eric P.

It is red like fire in a
building. It looks like
a plant floating in the
water. It has no eyes.

The Crazy Thing
by Prue M.

A human eye bulging out so
bad. A small balloon exploded. An orange
foot. I also see four feet. A number 8.
A pink polka dot. A nose sticking
out like Pinocchio’s. A fish tail
stuck on its body.

The Red Thing
by Coleen Q.

It is a red star. It has
little red juicy raspberries.
A decoration for a Christmas
tree. It is a fire star in the
ocean that doesn’t last. A red,
beautiful star. A red pom-pom
starfish. It moves softly
through the coral reef.

From the Deep Ocean
by Ulisess M.

It’s a hammer, a
boomerang tail, a gilled
beast, a mad
fish, a fin pointed
cold blooded marine
animal. It’s blue.
It’s going to
eat you, it is
in it’s territory
warning others
to stay out.
It’s a hammer
head shark!