Third grade students practice adding details to their writing by describing "wild things" from their imagination.

1. The beast was as tall as a bear. It was covered in
thick red fur. I was amazed that its fur was red.
Squinting, I caught the sight of a tail as sharp as a
knife. I gasped when I saw its long, sharp fangs.
They were about as long as an encyclopedia. I
took a deep breath and I smelled the most
horrible odor I’ve ever smelled. The smell could
fill up two classrooms - it was terrible! It moved
as fast as a cheetah after it just had coffee.
-Luke

2. ByLuke

3. I couldn’t believe how tiny the beast was. The thing was
as tiny as a newborn pup, and it looked like one too. It
had a pearly white halo and angel wings with fluffy
feathers covering them. I gasped at the sight of sandy
colored fur spread like peanut butter all over the
amazing thing’s body. Amazed, I stared at its rounded
and stunningly white teeth. I couldn’t believe the sight
of its eyes, they were as green as freshly polished
emeralds.
A comforting smile spread across its glorious face
and it would chirp and twitter softly. The creature’s long
and silky soft tail would flick gently against the floor. It
would stride with its chin up, and it looked
tremendously proud of its delicate figure. I couldn’t
believe how soft and gentle the enchanting beast was.
-Taylor

4. By Taylor

5. The wretched beast smelled like static electricity.
It was as big as three skyscrapers. The
humongous tail was as large as two or even three
generators. The beast’s mouth was as wide as a
pick-up truck. Its ancient black scales were made
from diamonds, gems, rubies, and crystals. Its
eyes were like large boulders and were as red as
lava. The noise coming from the creature
sounded like an earthquake.
-Brian G.

6. By Brian G.

7. I looked closely at the red beady eyes, and the
mouth dripping with lava. I could not believe how big it
was! It was the size of a rocket! I couldn’t help looking at
the red murderous look in its eyes. The monster had razor
sharp black teeth and the head had 3 eyes. The beast’s fur
was striped black and orange. The toenails were as green
as lettuce. Its fingernails were yellow as the sun.I caught
glimpses of its fangs. They could slice your hand off in one
bite! As I watched it move in a slow way it could lift you
up in a second and run away with you before you could
blink your eye! The smell of the beast’s breath almost
killed my dog. It smelled like garbage with the smell of
rotten eggs. The monster’s tail had sharp spikes pointing
straight up at the ceiling. The expression on its face was
not happy it was furious. It had 6 arms.
-Sophia

8. BySophia

9. The monster was as long as two school buses. The
beast had overlapping black scales on the body. The
scales on the head, forearms, and its back feet were
covered in red scales. I stared hard at the creature’s
razor-sharp forearm talons and its first four teeth.
The claws looked as if they could slice a suit of
armor with one strike. It’s leathery bat like wings
had huge claws on them. I shivered when I caught
sight of the snarl on the beast’s mouth. The
monster’s blood red eyes had a look of anger. When
it moved the monster half slithered – half crawled. I
caught sight of a razor-ended forked tail. The tail
was about 2 ft. in length and width.
-Joey

10. ByJoey

11. It was as big as a two-story building with
spikes on it’s back and head. Its whole
body had plated armor. He had four arms.
He had a tail that was three feet long. His
teeth were as long as a banana. His eyes
were as red as blood. Every time he roared
it almost made an earthquake. With each
step he took the ground shattered.
-Creighton

12. By
Creighton

13. The beast had bright yellow beady eyes.
Thick double layers of black fur! Super, sharp
teeth that hang down all the way to the floor. It
was as tall as the Statue of Liberty. The beast
had a high-pitched squeaky voice! If it ever
wanted to say “roar”, it would only come out as
“reek!” The monster would move as slow as a
snail! Also, if it wanted to take a step it would be
a THUD! It smelled like garbage. Its tail was soft
with a ball of spikes on the bottom of it.
-Kayla

14. By
Kayla

15. I gasped at the sight of the beast darting around like
a hyper cheetah that just drank coffee. The
creature’s eyes seemed like they were changing
colors like purple, pink, yellow and green. I thought
that it was pretty cool. It was as big as a skyscraper
and it had a HUGE smile across its face. It didn’t
have a tail! The beast made a high-pitched squeak,
just like a dolphin. The monster had fangs that were
as big as a person’s head! The beast had pink
feathers for its fur. The thing’s body was the shape
of an oval. The monster had huge feet. I looked so
close and saw the huge arms and hands.
-Shea

16. By Shea

17. I stared at the wild thing. It has dark blue ears
that were the shape of a bouncy ball. The wild
thing had eyes black as midnight. He had a tail
that looked like a platypus’ tail but it was blue.
The thing had feet dark blue as it’s ears. The
beast had little tiny balls next to its neck. I
smelled fish. It moved very slowly, slow as a
snail. It had a light brown nose. Its mouth was
slanted like an upside down “V”. Its eyes were
next to its nose. It sounded like it said peep. It
had a shell on its belly. It had little arms.
-Anthony

18. By Anthony

19. I stared at the wild thing standing before me. It had
a purple head with beady blue eyes. It could shoot
fireworks out of its head. His horrifying voice
grumbled in the distance. Its mouth spread across
its face with a devious smile. I shivered when I
caught sight of its two terrible teeth. They were
green and shiny. The monster had four yellow wings
as powerful as an earthquake. It was enormous,
almost as big as a skyscraper. Its chest was covered
in blue scales as hard as a rock, and its legs were
orange. I gasped at the whistling noise of its
breathing. The ground was shaking as it walked
slowly toward me.
-Carly

20. By Carly

21. I was amazed when I saw the ferocious beast.
Sparks flew when he breathed. The monsters
hands could turn into chainsaws. It was as big as
a skyscraper. The beast’s tail was as big as a four-
story building. The monster’s tail spikes were as
big as two grown men. The enormous eyes were
as bright as the sun. Its feet had spikes on the
bottom, and two giant horns came out of its
head
-Braedon

22. By Braedon

23. I couldn’t believe the sight of the weird creature standing
before me. It was at least as big as an ice cream truck. A
small, delicate smell of roses came from the beast. I heard
a sound rise from its throat, a cross between a purr and a
squeak. The eyes were a burning red. Small, white, razor
sharp fangs stuck out of its mouth, and it had a forked
tongue that flicked from a devious smile. It burst around,
as fast as lightning.
The ferocious beast had claws as sharp as broken glass and
the body and head of a horse. That part of its body was
the color of sweet honey. The creature had a graceful,
cloud-white mane. It slashed at trees with the legs and
claws of a panther. The creature’s legs were blue and
black, and very long ending in jet-black claws. Finally, the
tail was a glowing silver snake, with the snake’s head at
the end.
-Maura

24. By Maura

25. The monster looked as silly as a cow. I noticed
his teeth were little car batteries. He was the
size of a Volkswagen Beetle. I looked closely. It
was the silliest thing - he was a car! It had
jumper cables and a battery in its trunk. It had
hard metal scales. I couldn’t believe its claws
were mini tires. His eyes were headlights. The
thing had an evil look on its face. It sounded like
a loud train. The monster moved like a car on
new tar.
-Dylan

26. By Dylan

27. It had gigantic wings. They were as black as a
grizzly bear’s fur. The beast was medium and its tail was
as long as a snake. The monster ran as fast as a jet.
Suddenly I heard a squeak like a dolphin. The monster
had brown fluffy fur. The beast had red flaming eyes that
looked like fire. It had sharp spikes on its head and body.
They were as sharp as shark’s teeth. The wild thing had a
mouth and a nose the size of a little dot. It had horns that
were black and pointy ears. I couldn’t believe the beast’s
sharp teeth and spikes. They were as sharp as a sharks
tooth. The beast could breath dark orange fire. You
wouldn’t believe the giant wings on the creature! It had
long fur that was very funny. On the end of the tail it had
a pointy triangle.
-Jackie

28. By Jackie

29. I stared at the wild thing with huge, blue bulging
eyes. It took an hour to take one step. Suddenly
it made a noise like a hungry dinosaur. It had ten
heads and chain saw hands. There were green
spikes on its heads. Each head was rainbow
colored and had two teeth as long as an
elephant’s tusks. It had a purple tongue and was
over 50 feet tall. The scary creature had bare
feet. It was green and was wearing ripped up
clothing.
-Nate

30. By Nate

31. I gasped at the gooey legs covered in boogers. It
had bulging eyes that hung all the way to the
floor. The arms were flaming. The creature’s
chest was buff and scaly. I was amazed how big
the mouth was, it was wide enough to eat a
large-mouth bass in one bite! The monster’s
head looked just like a fish head. It had a fish tail
too. The disgusting beast was at least 10 feet tall.
-Joseph

32. By Joseph

33. I saw the monster’s grass-green eyes. It
moved as fast as a cheetah. It had razor
sharp claws on its four green legs. The
blood red wings were sharp enough to cut
down a full-grown tree. I stared at its fangs,
which were as big as my face. I could hear it
grunt as it moved. The beast’s body was
stripped with bands of green, orange, and
blue. It was as tall as a giant.
-Chase

34. By Chase

35. I gasped at the terrifying thing as his chainsaw
hand grumbled while his grabber-claw hand
snapped at me. His gigantic venomous fangs
were glistening in the light. It had huge green
eyes - they were as big as windows. It had
gigantic meat tearing, razor sharp teeth and ears
that could hear 500,000 miles away. I couldn’t
believe my eyes at how big the spikes were on
his back. It seemed to have just one wing. The
brute had a belt with an axe that was brand new.
-Chris

36. By Chris

37. The beast had two heads with two different colors,
one was white the other was black. I shivered when I
saw its different colored eyes. One head had blue
eyes and the other had red. It had black wings with
white claws that were as sharp as knives. The claws
were as long as an unsharpened pencil. The
creature’s wings were silky and soft. Its tail was a
flaming ball of fire. The wild thing had a mane on its
back, neck, breast, and ankles. Its red legs were
covered in scales. It had a flowing tail that was
stripped with red and blue.
-Jennifer

38. By Jennifer