Writing example-- 2nd grade

Trampling Through the Woods 

I raced to the coatroom after my mother had given me permission to shuffle my boots under the leaves that covered the floor of the woods, to go to grandma’s house. (I knew that I was old enough.) I loved the pine trees smell and the birds chirping. 

As I pulled on my red boots, my mother told me to stay away from strangers and not to take the shortcut to grandma’s house, near the edge of the vast forest. 

Then I asked my mother, “Where’s my little red coat?” 

My mother answered, “On the hook beside the back door.” I opened the door after I shook my arms through my coat and set off to Grammy's house. After I smelled the patch of daisies and sunflowers at the edge of the yard, I slipped into the woods. 

Suddenly a huge wolf was looming right in front of me, “get lost” he growled at me. I ran away in a direction that led me farther through the woods. I stopped when I realized that I lost the direction. Luckily, I was looking at my compass as I ran into the wolf, and noticed that I had gone east, so I headed out the opposite direction. When I got home I told my mother what happened. I will never leave home without the direct information about how to get to my destination.