Boydid we have fun judging the Back-to-School Create a Character contest! Who knew there was such fantastic creativity and imagination out there just waiting to be unleashed?
I am pleased to present the winning entries:
1 stPlace: “Danny Dinosaur” (Written description only)
“Danny Dinosaur is a dinosaur, a T-rex to be exact. He’s a T-rex who loves food and destruction. He’s blue and green and loves potatoes. That’s why he lives in Boise, Idaho, “Home of the Potato.” But that’s not all Danny Dinosaur eats. He also eats any thing that’s alive.
There’s a bird named Short Stalk who follows Danny Dinosaur every where he goes. Short stalk is a small, yellow, and pink beaked fella but Danny Dinosaur is a large Dinosaur with an evil smile and sharp teeth sticking out. Although they have several differences, they are still best friends. That proves what a unique but odd dinosaur Danny dinosaur is.
The game Danny Dinosaur will be in is called the Flying Dino. There will be a sentence above the dinosaur, which he will read. The sentence will have one word missing and the player needs to fill in that blank with the correct word. If it is right the bird will pick up the word with its beak, fly towards the sentence and fill in the blank. That would be 3 points. If it is wrong the bird will correct you and you will get 0 points.”
Danny Dinosaur’s creator, an 8 thgrade student in MA, wins a Flip Video camera!
2 ndPlace: “Silly Snake”
“Name of character – Silly Snake
He is green with blue eyes and a red tongue.
Silly Snake lives in a cave.
He eats various animals with words on them.
If it is a word he did not say, he spits it out.
When he eats a correct word, he gets closer to his cave.
When he eats incorrect words, he moves away from his cave.”
Silly Snake’s creator, a 4 thgrade student in RI, wins a $25 gift card from amazon.com!
3 rdPlace: “Randy de la Cruz” (lives in Miami FL)
“My character’s name is Randy de la Cruz. He lives in Miami, Florida. He has a girlfriend named Maria and he loves his family. My character has 4 arms. It has a blue shirt, orange pants, long boots that are blue, a hat that is black, yellow, and red. He wears a white belt, glasses, and a necklace. The two top arms are bigger then the lower arms. His two feet are like human feet. He has a head like an alien. On his hat he has a G for Great Man. This character has pointy hair. He is 20 years old. Randy likes eating meat and rice but, his favorite foods are fish and chicken. He works at Universal Studios in Florida as an actor. When he was 17 to 19 he used to work as a carpenter with his step father. Randy likes drawing and at night he likes to look at the stars.
Randy also likes to help the kids learn new words and he reads stories to kids on the computer. After he reads a story, Randy asks question to see if they were listening. The other thing he does to help the kids is to break hard words from the story in parts. Then the kids have to read and say it completely. For example, he reads the word “generous” and he breaks it in parts like ge ne rous and the kid hears it on a headphone. Then the kid says the word completely in a microphone. Randy is a nice man and likes helping people and making friends. He will like to be your friend too.”
Randy de la Cruz’s creator, an 8 thgrade student in MA, wins a $25 gift card from amazon.com!
The contest judges here at Scientific Learning would like to extend a big “thank you” to all of our contest entrants for entertaining us with your inspired drawings, stories, and game ideas.
And might I just say, nice showing New England!
