2. Holiday Sentence Stretching The Christmas Surprise

3. Directions: We are going to create a story called, The Christmas Surprise. You will have help writing your story. Try to be as creative as possible. Remember to use interesting words as you write. Let’s see which group can create the most remarkable story!

4. Activity Instructions On notebook paper complete the sentence as requested on each slide with a star. After completion, fold the paper over and pass to the next student who completes the next sentence, and so on until all sentences are completed. Read aloud the developed story from the last paper passed to you.

5. Let’s start with a topic sentence that tells who, what, when, and where.

6. Last Christmas I had a surprise. What kind of surprise ?

7. Last Christmas I had an ___________ surprise. Tell us more

8. I heard a noise. When did you hear it?

9. __________I heard a noise. Where were you when you heard it?

10. __________I heard a noise as I _________________. Tell us more!

11. I jumped up. How did you jump up?

12. ________I jumped up. What did you jump up to do?

13. ________I jumped up to ___________. Tell us more!

14. I went downstairs. How did you go downstairs?

15. ____________I went downstairs. What did you see?

16. I saw a man. What did he look like?

17. I saw a _____________man. What was he doing?

18. I saw a _____________man ___________. What happened next?

19. I was afraid. What did you do?

20. I was so afraid I _____________. What happened next?

21. I went outside. Why did you go outside?

22. I went outside to ________. What did the man do?

23. When he heard me leaving the man _____________________. What happened next?

24. I looked back at the man and said, “___________________.” What did they do?

25. I decided to go back inside. Why did you do it?

26. I decided to go back inside because ________. What happened to the man?

27. The man _____________. How did this story end?

28. Boy, am I glad______________ Now let’s unfold our paper and read our stories.