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1	Holiday Sentence Stretching The Christmas Surprise
2	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.
3	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.
4	Let’s start with a topic sentence that tells who, what, when, and where.
5	Last Christmas I had a surprise.
6	Last Christmas I had an ___________ surprise.
7	I heard a noise.
8	__________I heard a noise
9	__________I heard a noise as I _________________.
10	I jumped up.
11	________I jumped up
12	________I jumped up to ___________.
13	I went downstairs.
14	____________I went downstairs.
15	I saw a man.
16	I saw a _____________man
17	I saw a _____________man ___________.
18	I was afraid.
19	I was so afraid I _____________.
20	I went outside.
21	I went outside to ______________.
22	When he heard me leaving the man _____________________.
23	I looked back at the man and said, “___________________.”
24	I decided to go back inside.
25	I decided to go back inside because ________.
26	The man ______________.
27	Boy, am I glad _____________