Level B-D
 

Story 1

This is a conversation between two adult students. Add at least one new line for each character (Jim and Mona).  Print out this story starter and complete it. 
 

Jim:     My car was broken into during the last class.

Mona:  Oh, that's terrible! Where was it?

Jim:     Right out front.

Mona:  Maybe you should take the bus to class.

Jim:     That's no better.  I'm afraid to walk home from the bus stop at 
             night. A woman was mugged in my neighborhood last week.

Mona:  Did any of the neighbors see it?

Jim:     I don't know.  I don't know my neighbors.

Mona:  Gee, I'd get a gun if I were you. 

Jim:      No.  I don't want to shoot anybody.  I just want to be safe.

Mona:

Jim:

Mona:

Jim:
 

Read the story and add two to four sentences to complete the story
 

A friend and I had been hiking for about an hour.  We were getting closer to the campsite.  My friend was about 50 yards ahead of me on the trail.  He stopped to look at something on the ground. Suddenly, he looked back at me and shouted my name. Hurrying as fast as I could over to him, I asked him what he had found. Looking up at me, he said, "You're not gonna believe this...".
 

Go to a list of story starters. Choose one of the starters, then add a few sentences to create a brief story. Use a word processing program to write your story. You may print your story. Let your teacher know if you would like your story published on our Web site, and it may be added.