Holiday Sentence Stretching

Directions:

Activity Instructions

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

Last Christmas I had a surprise.

Last Christmas I had an ___________ surprise.

I heard a noise.

__________I heard a noise

__________I heard a noise as I _________________.

I jumped up.

________I jumped up

________I jumped up to ___________.

I went downstairs.

____________I went downstairs.

I saw a man.

I saw a _____________man

I saw a _____________man ___________.

I was afraid.

I was so afraid I _____________.

I went outside.

I went outside to ______________.

When he heard me leaving the man _____________________.

I looked back at the man and said, “___________________.”

I decided to go back inside.

I decided to go back inside because ________.

The man ______________.

Boy, am I glad _____________