Double, Double Toil and Trouble

To get in the spirit of Halloween, we read a segment of Act 4 from Macbeth. We had a discussion about mood, and how moods can actually be set by the inclusion of specific concrete details. The students were then asked to create a mood by designing their own brew. As expected, the brews got pretty scary.

Ms. Mitchell 5th grade
10/30/07
Week 4


Girl’s Devil Brew
-Natalia C.

In my brew I will include
a soldier’s guts and a
witch’s broom a
horn of a devil and
an eyelash too, an
eye of a vampire and
the fangs will do.




Half, Half Creepy Not
-Cecilia F.

Boil bubble, double trouble
cauldron bubbles throw in
a baby owl your future
is candy twix, pixie dust and
a small pinch of cinnamon.
A giant snail is in, candy out.
A devil’s horn and a poison
frog. In goes a fairy’s leg
and out come the bubbles
your future is half
and half devil horn and
halo stick. That’s what my
brew can do. Half
and half to you on
halo devil day.




My Halloween Brew
-Monica R.

Double, double toil and trouble,
eat a snake and take a bubble.
Eye of dog and fur of rat,
baseball mitt and baseball bat.
A broken car and a set of lights
a big box filled with fright.
No truck, no luck, nothing but talk
can’t even see, can’t even walk.
I should have told myself I knew
I shouldn’t add this to my brew.




Ms. Kennedy 5th grade
Week 4
10/30/07

Devil’s Brew
-Alberto E.

In my brew I will include
eye of a cobra
toe of a lion, hair of a demon’s
soul. Tongue of an alligator.
for a charm of powerful trouble I
will add a devil’s horn. Here
is what my brew can do. It
gives you power exchange for your soul.





A Nasty Brew
Catterin G.

Double, double toil and trouble,
fire burn and cauldron bubble.
In my brew I will include a goldfish tail
and eye of rat, a toe of cheetah.
Hair of a lion, tongue of buffalo.
For a charm of powerful trouble
I will also include a leg of pig,
and his leg is black and pink.
Here is what my brew can do. It is
a magical medicine and is like
juice. You can sleep and ask
for witches double, double toil trouble
fire burn and cauldron bubble.




Mix It Up Brew
Jeremiah B.

In my brew I will include a wing
of owl, eye of a frog, toe of a mouse,
hair of an armpit, tongue of a human.
For a charm of powerful trouble
I will add a shell and slime of a snail.
And something else too, a tail
of a lion. Here is what my brew
can do, make me ruler of the world
and control minds too.





Ms. Schaeffer 5th grade
Week 4
10/30/07

The Evilest Brew
Laura M.

In my brew I will include
a old shoe. Eye
of a tiger, toe of a wolf,
hair of a cat
tongue of a bluebird.
For a charm of trouble
I will add a tail of a devil.
Here is what my brew can do,
it can send you to a black hole.





The Animal Brew
Jose G.

In my brew I will include
a tooth of shark,
wing of a bee,
blood of a dragon,
wolf’s nose
and an ear of a rabbit
and the eye of the tiger.

And for a powerful charm
of trouble, I will add a shark’s tongue.

Here is what my brew
can do. It will make you
transform into any animal you want.





The Nasty Brew
Luis M.

In my evil brew I will include
a human’s arm
eye of snake
toe of a skeleton
a brain of a human.

for a powerful charm of trouble
I will add a dragon’s scale.

Here is what my brew can do.
It can raise the dead.