Electives Write! Activities

Story Starts - Assigned November 24, 2009

Directions: Select one of the story starts from the class handout to complete the following activity. Type the story start in Microsoft Word and continue typing the story using your creative imagination. Your story should be a minimum of two double-spaced pages. Include a title for your story in WordArt, a whole-page border as well as ClipArt throughout your document that relates to your story

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Recognizing Sentences

Part I:   Type the word yes before each group of words that is a sentence and the word no before each group that needs something else to complete the thought

Example:

 

Yes      Francie Larrieu is a distance runner.

___      1.         A very confident and talented runner.

___      2.         Ms. Larrieu trained long and hard for the 1976 Olympics.                     

___      3.         She ran ten to fifteen miles a day.

___      4.         Not jogging, but running fast.

___      5.         Running through the streets of Long Beach, California.
___      6.         On weekends Ms. Larrieu competed in track meets.

___      7.         Hoped to win the women’s 1500-meter run in the 1976 Olympics.

___      8.         She didn’t finish in the top three in that race.

___      9.         But she didn’t quit after losing that big race.

___      10.       Still the top American woman distance runner in 1977.

 


Part II:  Add words to the following word groups to make sentences.



 

Example: (too tired to eat dinner) She was often too tired to eat dinner.

 

11.       (tired legs and sore feet)______________________________________________

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12.       (on a cold and windy day)_____________________________________________

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13.       (being the best in the world)___________________________________________

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