Scary Things
Try some sentences yourself by completing this activity.
1. Make a list of Halloween characters, actions, places, props, and mood/weather.
Note-- make a chart: Note: the words across rows do not need to match; just make lists.
Characters |
Actions |
Places |
Props |
Mood/Weather |
witch |
screeches |
dark sky |
broom |
stormy |
ghost |
flies |
haunted house |
oak tree |
windy |
goblin |
sneaks |
bushes |
candy |
full moon |
princess |
prances |
sidewalk |
magic wand |
frosty |
werewolf |
surprises |
porch |
crown |
creepy |
.zombie |
.runs |
.graveyard |
tomb |
foggy |
.vampire |
.creep |
.cave |
.blood |
.dark |
.demon |
.crawl |
.old house |
.teeth |
.cloudy |
.jason |
.walk |
.street |
.machete |
.dark |
.freddy |
.surprises |
.dream |
.sharp clows |
.sunset |
.scream |
.hides |
.houses |
.knife |
.dark |
devil. |
.creep |
.fire pit |
.pitch fork |
.foggy |
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You need to look at the pattern, and you need to rewrite these as compound sentences.
freddy surprises his pray in there dream,with his sharp clows when it is the sunset.
when jason is walking down the street, with his big sharp machete is the dark.
scream hides in the big dark houses, with his sharp knife in the dark places.
A compound sentence combines two sentences into one using a comma and a conjunction, such as and, or , but.
Read these examples:
A witch screeched across the dark sky on her broom. The ghost flew through the windows in the haunted house.
A witch screeched across the dark sky on her broom, and the ghost flew through the windows in the haunted house.
Now turn your sentences into compound sentences:
2. Use the words from the chart to create Halloween paragraphs of compound sentences. Remember to place your comma before the conjunction, or you won't have a correctly written sentence.
A witch screeched across the dark sky on her broom, and the ghost flew through the windows in the haunted house. The princess screamed at the ghostly flights, but her little brother laughed. Then a goblin grabbed his bag of candy, and the princess squealed as the fog followed the goblin away. The princess and her brother scampered across the frosty lawn back towards their red brick house, and the wind forced them forward. They pushed open the front door to their house, and dad stood in the living room with a goblin mask in his hand. "Dad!" Todd exclaimed, "You fooled me again this year!"
3. Share your paragraphs. Type them on this page after you have had them checked by your editor: Compound Scares
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