A Somewhat Creative Piece
“NPWP 2013 According to Me”
By KiMar Gartman
A Disclaimer to Participants
Caution!
What you are about to read is
NPWP according to me. You will find I
took great liberty in giving you thoughts
and soliloquies. If you like what you are
about to see, so very, very happy I will be!
But if you find my humor even slightly
off key, I offer you now my sincerest
apology.
Introduction
There once were eleven fine teachers
Who met to discuss their job features
Articles & demos
Nonfiction & prose
Sharing with each other the things
that they know.
The
Participants
Oh yeah!
Meghan
the
Magnificent?!
What am I
then?
I like it!
Amber the Awesome
And now Coming of Age
my story is
Novelist
funny!
Thanks,
guys!
This is my
project. I
can be
whatever I
want.
Hmmm.
KiMar the…
Crazy
Creative
I’m not sure what I
should be…Maybe just
Courtney, the 7th
Grade English Teacher
Don’t worry. I
already have
one for you.
You’ve
got to be
kidding!
Courtney the
Captivating
I’ll take kind,
Laura the
Kind.
Try
again!
Now
you’re
talkin’!
Whatever!
Tyler the Tireless
Tender
Don’tTalented
make me Teacher
come after you,
Of
Toilsome
KiMar!
Teenagers
tee hee
And don’t
you forget it!
Ow-Ow!
Leslie the Lively,
Luminescent
Teacher of 3rd
Grade
Rock
on,
baby!
Hi, guys!
Hey!
Who are you?
Oh no! My
husband’s been
messing with my
computer again…
AACK!
Swanky?
Well, as
long as I
get my
picture
taken!
Susan the Swanky,
Sophisticated,
Spanish-Speaking
English Teacher
And
me?
Nice!
Betty the Beautiful,
Benevolent 6th
Grade Teacher
Our Facilitators
Come on, Dr.
Fischer. If you’re
going to look
confused, at least
do it with a smile!
Oh
alright!
How’s this, then, you
pesky grad assistant?!
Pesky?
Ron the Plain
Ol’ Ron
Now honestly, Tara. Is
that really how you feel
after reading all those
inquiry papers?
Let’s be real!
Okay,
you want
real.
Here it
is…
I’ll simply die if
I have to read
one more
stinkin’
research paper!
Tara the Terrific,
But Tortured
NPWP Facilitator
I’m comin’
after you,
Tara!
Okay…
Bad joke.
Moving right
along…
The 2013
NPWP
Institute
Okay, who
wrote the cuss
word? It’s
right here.
Tyler?
Busted!
I know, but
at least I’m
getting my
picture
taken.
Posed pictures
are so
awkward!
Okay,
so not,
about
Of
course
Ah, thanks,
theKiMar.
pesky grad
Dr. Fischer. It
assistant
You werething.
a
was pretty fun
You didn’t
wonderful
working with
mean
gradreally
assistant—
you too.
that,helpful,
did you?
nice,
hardworking!
Whew!
Talked
myself out
of that one!
Are you going
to help with
this at all?
Yeah, hold
on a sec…I’ve
almost passed
this level.
Into the life of
every writer, there
occasionally falls
a little indecisiveness.
II warned that jerk
if he ever messed
with me again, I’d
let him have it!
I’m a
believer
now.
Do you ever feel
hollow inside, like
your life is just an
outline sketched in
the corner of
obscurity?
Mommy, I
hurt my
finger. See?
Oh, my
poor little
dear…
Suck it
up, Kid!
Are you
listening?
How’s my
listening pose,
Meghan the
Magnificent?
Lookin’ good,
Amanda the
Amazing.
Are YOU listening, Laura?
Better than
Amanda,
I’d say!
Hmm…I wonder if
the GAP has any
sales running today.
Are you
listening,
Tara?
We didn’t
think so!
Yippee!
Ron Gets a Gift
An APA
Manual? But
I’ve heard Sports
Illustrated has
nice articles this
time of year!
Ron’s
Reaction
to His
Gift
We’re too sexy for our pictures!
I know what you’re
thinking…
What happened
to Courtney?
A Focus
on
Courtney
Are you
kidding?
Hmmm. I’m
beginning to think she
might not be happy
about the “Focus on
Courtney.”
Hey! Anybody
seen Betty?
I heard she got
a juicy love
letter from her
husband!
Yoo hoo,
Betty!
Pssst!
She’s not
listening to
any of us!
Must be a
good one!
Okay, so are
you sure we
can do it?
Of course I’m
sure. It’ll be
easy! Trust me!
Wow! Me
I’m not
neither.
finding
this Sorry,
Susan.
very easy,
Amanda.
No problem!
At least I got
my picture
taken.
Ahhh, what a
Do
you
really
letter! Is it time to
go homethink
yet? that every
slide has to have
talking bubbles?
Don’t you think
there should be
some slides
without bubbles?
It’s just that I
think there
are too many
talking
bubbles.
No disrespect, but I
don’t fricken’ care
about talking
bubbles. Let’s focus
and get done!
Okay. That’s
what I’ll do
next.
About the talking
bubbles...
let the pictures
talk for
themselves.
Smiles to Brighten
Your Day
And saving the best
smile for last…
And now for
the Writing Prompt:
“These people have
something to say.
What is it?”
?
?
?
Oh, the
one-finger
speech!
Woo hoo! Aren’t
you glad the
talking bubbles
are back?
Okay,
maybe
not!
We’re so busy…
We’re going berserk!
I’m an artist
and my work
was interrupted
for a stinkin’
picture? Gosh!
Why
aren’t you
smiling,
Meghan?
Just
kidding!
Good
one!
Once upon
a time
in a village
far away
lived a mouse
named
Murphey…
Murphy was
a strange
mouse because
he’s afraid
of two things:
Cheese—
Swiss cheese
and
tall men
with black
baseball caps.
Murphy
would freak
out at the
sight of such
men or cheese.
Good grief,
KiMar. Isn’t this
presentation
over yet?
AAAACK!!Pl
ease spare
me, oh
terrible
wearer-of-theblack hat!
Pesky, isn’t she?
Hey! I
heard that!
And now the
Conclusion…
And that’s the story of our class
It was wonderful, but it went too fast.
Thanks Ron & Tara for all you’ve done
We learned a lot and had great fun.
To my summer friends I say goodbye
May this year you find your wings to fly!
The End