Great

							Great                             Small
By Aliyah, Carl, and Elijah       By Kelli, Mia, and Kayla S.

Great had a long life. He had a   We are gathered here today to
great life. Why’d he have to      announce that small has gone
go? I mean, he was so great,      to rest. It was a good word for
but he just had to go. But then   a little while but it got old and
one day, he got really old and    died. In memories of small
he soon died. This was a very     from second grade and under,
sad moment for him and us. I      we wanted to say thanks for
just don’t know why he had to     being such a good word.
go. Why, oh why? We used          Small was a good word and it
great in many wonderful           was used in many books. But
sentences. Great was a word       today small has come to an
in many ways. Great had           end. There are a lot of small
many great children. Their        things in the world, but it got
names were excellent,             very boring and it was said too
important, remarkable, noble,     much. Even though small was
and last but not least            a good word, we got a few
outstanding. They all will        words to replace it like little,
carry on for great and help us    miniature, and tiny. We all
remember about great!             loved small. Small was a
                                  fantastic and loyal friend.
                                  From this day and forever on,
                                  small will be remembered.
                                  Small shall rest in peace.
                                  Small was very nice, but he
                                  just had to go. Small was
                                  good, but he had to end.

                                  Small Synonyms – little,
                                  miniature, minute, tiny, puny,
                                  wee, petite, compact
Said                              Big
By Kayla H. and Suzette           By Armina and Kelly

Said was a great word. Why        Our dear friend big has gone
did he have to go away? He        to a better place now. We will
was a great word indeed. I        never use our best friend
remember the old days when        again. We loved using our
we gave said a bath. Said was     companion big in most of our
a great friend. Said passed       sentences. Big will always be
away but said left a few          in our soul. We will never let
friends in his place. Said, why   big go in our lives. Big was
did you have to in the sky?       really respectful to us. We will
After said passed away, his       care about big forever. We are
last word was bye. Said,          sorry that big has passed
why? I don’t understand why       away. Big’s friends and family
you went away. There are          will be replacing big, our
words like said, told,            friend, with other words. We
announced, and asked.             will remember big forever in
                                  our lives. Colossal, enormous,
                                  and immense will take big’s
                                  place.
Pretty
By Jonathan and Cole
                                 Fun
Pretty was a good buddy. She     By Kayla L., Christopher, and
was very loyal to us. But, she   Kevin
had to go to the big alphabet
in the sky. Why did she have     Fun was a good word. But,
to go?! Thank you (cry, cry).    everyone has its time to go to
She was only 100 years old.      a better place. We had
She had a husband named          millions of good times. Fun
Ugly. He was only 105 years      was a very popular word. I bet
old. Her sibling, good-          everyone will miss him. He
looking, was left behind.        was great for his love and
Thank you very much!             care. We used him so many
                                 times in first grade! He was
Got                              always looking for fun. When
By Melwin, Sarah, and            we see his grave, we will cry.
Andrew                           We had millions of laughs
                                 together. We will always
Got was a wonderful word.        follow his lead, enjoyable,
Sadly, we must let it go. Got    incredible, and awesome.
was a favorite word. I wish
this day had never come. Got     Nice
was used throughout the U.S.     By Brian and Kamran
Got was friendly and happy.
We helped complete               Nice has lived too long. We
sentences. We’ve all known       appreciated him for 4 years.
got. We will all miss got. It    He is in a better place. On his
had a good life. We all said     behalf, let’s say a prayer. His
good-bye. Got left us own,       family and friends will take
received, and get.               his spot, like his mom, good
and his dad, pleasing. He died
at the young age of 4. Why
did he have to die? He had a
great life. His synonyms are
kind, pleasant, and polite.



Very
By Jimmy and Kelsey

Very lived a happy life. Very
had 5 kids. Their names were
Abby, Jimmy, Kelsey, Cole,
and Kayla. He had a beautiful
wife, Nicole. He collected
bottle caps from all around the
world. He was a world
champion checker player. He
was unique in many ways. He
collected food for the needy.
He was the president in 1988.
Before he was president, he
was a hockey player. He was
100 years old when he died.
He lived a long, happy life.

Synonyms – greatly,
extremely, especially