Monday, November 5, 2012

Strechin' Sentences

This week will be fun. We will do stuff. I am happy. I can't wait. Learning is cool. 

---- How annoying/boring was that?!

SPICE UP YOUR SENTENCES BY STRETCHING THEM! That is what we will be working on throughout this week. It is time to focus more on our descriptive writing. You will begin to understand how your writing should SHOW not tell.




Your task this week is to choose three of the following sentences
and   s  t  r  e  t  c  h    t  h  e  m  !

1. The dog ran.
2. The weekend was fun.
3. My mom is happy.
4. The boy laughed.
5. I ate fast.
6. She got a lot of candy.



FOR EXAMPLE:
 "These chips are good."

Opening the bag, a crinkling sound filled the air as my mouth began to water in anticipation of the sweet barbeque taste of the perfectly crisp potato chips.


Please post your sentences as comments and feel free to praise your classmates' responses!

15 comments:

  1. 1.The speedy dog ran as fast as a race car,while he was chasing after a small squirrel.

    2.When I walked in the front door, I smelt my mom's homemade chicken Parmesan and sat down to eat it like a wild wolf who's desperate for food.

    3."Woo it's Saturday, I'm so pumped up" is what I said before heading to the mall to go shopping and out to eat in order to make my weekend a blast!

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  2. 1. As the white, fluffy dog ran across my neighbors back yard, Chloe chased after him with his favorite bone.
    2. Mike laughed so hard that milk spilt out of his nose and onto the red table in the dining room at his house.
    3. Juliana got so many sweet treats on that dark Halloween night that it took her one full year to eat all of it.

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  3. 1. The clock on the teachers wall ticked on and on while all of us were waiting for that bell to ring to start our awesome weekend!

    2. I worked my heart out for the house to be clean so when my mom walked into our warm, clean house she would filled with happiness!

    3. On the spooky night of Halloween I saw that the girl dressed as a nerd wanted more candy but I saw that she already had tons of it!!

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  4. 1) My little sister went trick or treating on halloween in our neighborhood to end up with loads of candy in which I intended to eat.

    2) As we all said “ SURPRISE” My moms face brightened with joy, for she knew this birthday she would never forget.

    3) On Saturday morning we saw the neighbors dog run like Usain Bolt in the Olympics, to retrieve the trophy a green tennis ball .

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  5. 1.As the clock ticked on and on, we were all waiting in line loud for that 7th grade bell to ring to start our amazing weekend!!!

    2.As I sat down to eat lunch, I could smell the juicy flavored popcorn chicken that made me gulp it right down in a hurry!!!

    3.On Halloween night, as I was giving out candy I noticed that the witch had tons of candy in her bucket which made her seem sneaky!!!

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  6. 1. She got so much candy that it over flowed the pillow case and poured out like a waterfall.

    2. The boy laughed so hard that the milk that he was drinking squirted out like a watergun.

    3. I ate so fast that my stomach ached for hours and i could not go to school the next day and see Ms. Domohowski!

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  7. 1. The cute fluffy black dog ran out when his owner let him out to go to the bathroom.

    2. I ate fast in the morning to just make it to school since my alarm didn't go off.

    3. On Halloween I got a bunch of candy until I saw another girl with more!

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  8. 1. The dog in the yard barked with a furious bark as i walked past the house
    2. In Ms. Domohowski classroom the clock on the wall is ticking as the anouncement are on the loud speaker
    3. On the street the beautiful orange,yellow,and red trees are blowing the monsterous wind

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  9. As I took a bite of a succulent burger it melted in my mouth.

    The dog ran so fast I couldn’t even see him run by

    This Halloween I got so much candy that I couldn’t even eat it all In a year

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  10. The big brown dog ran quickly across the grassy field and found a big bone in the grass.

    Last weekend was fun because my friends and I went to see a scary movie and then we went to the Roller Palace.

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  11. 1. On Halloween,in Gloucester Kim got so much candy trick or treating her bag was overflowing with delisiousness.

    2. My dog and I ran around at Dogtown yesterday at midnight.

    3. I ate fast beacause the tastyness of the sweet BBQ wing was overwelming.

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  12. 1. The weekend was fun because we all went to Vermont and skied on a snowy cold mountain with lots of people racing to get down.

    2. My mom is happy because I cleaned the whole house and bought take out food from Ocean Garden.

    3. I ate fast because I was hurrying to catch the ice cream truck this summer.

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  13. I ate fast so i can go to the movies and be with my friends.

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  14. 1)The cute, fluffy, and energetic puppy runs because he loves run and he was looking for a bone.

    2)Lilly ate fast because she couldn't wait to read her amazing story about history.

    3) On Halloween Lila got alot of candy and ate it all the same night.

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  15. 1. The dog ran.

    Each morning, I take my dog out to the backyard so she can run and get her excercise.

    2. She got alot of candy

    Rayn went trick or treating on Halloween and got alot of candy because everyone loved her costume.

    3. I ate fast

    Last night after dinner, I got a bad stomache ache because I ate too fast.

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