ME 2-1: Menu Entree Assignment for October 25th

Menu Entrée Assignment: First Paragraph of a Story

First rewrite the following sentences, making general words more specific.  Then using one of these sentences below, write one paragraph (5-7 good sentences) of a story that includes the ideas in that sentence.  Be sure to use concrete details instead of vague, abstract words.  Points will be subtracted for abstract words and ideas.  Remember to print this in the standard format and turn it in on Thursday, October 25^th.

 1.      A man was looking through a store window.

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2.      I did a lot of things during my vacation.

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3.      Many things about the room made it ugly.

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4.      The injury that our best player had suffered was serious enough to keep him out of the game.

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5.      After eating, we had some really good entertainment.

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6.      One member of the group was lazy and didn’t get her work done.

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7.      During the last part of the trip, we had several problems.

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8.      Many items around the place needed to be repaired before the people could move in.

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9.      It's an interesting book.

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10.  The food was really yummy.

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Menu Entrée Assignment: First Paragraph of a Story

Using one of these sentences below, write one paragraph (5-7 good sentences) of a story that includes the ideas in that sentence.  Be sure to use concrete details instead of vague, abstract words.  Points will be subtracted for abstract words and ideas.  Remember to print this in the standard format and turn it in on Thursday, October 25^th.