English 99

J. Roth

 

 

IN-CLASS JOURNAL #2—COMPLETE THE STORY

 

 

Directions:  Please complete the following story beginning:

 

 

It was a dark and stormy night.  Ned had left Martha in the car a mile back.  This walk was doing him no good, he thought, as the rain drenched his new $1000 suit.  A spurt of blue flame erupted from the match in his fingers and tried to cast its light on the watch face.  “Past midnight,” he mused, “I should be getting back.”   Ned stopped abruptly and began to turn in the opposite direction.  Suddenly . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

English 99

J. Roth

 

IN-CLASS JOURNAL #3—COMPLETE THE STORY

 

 

Directions:  Please complete the following story beginning:

 

 

The sunrise came abruptly that morning.  No hint of glow in the east, no false dawn.  It had been intensely dark, and then, as if a switch had been flipped, intensely light.  Alice tried even more to blend in with the tree behind which she was hiding, hoping those below her would not see her in the brightening daylight.  If she could only get to the building below and to her left, she would be safer from discovery and perhaps find something of use, something that might bring an end to this.  She decided to count to five and then do her best to creep to the side of the building.  One . . . Two . . . she held her breath. . . Three . . . Four . . . she tensed her muscles. . . Five—just as she was about to move, she heard a branch snap behind her.  She turned quickly and . . . .