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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Sentence Modelling



She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him.  He was a squirrel on his way to save someone!  He looked supremely, magnificently heroic.

Flora & Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo

20 comments:

  1. Sasha had been dreaming about a bone. In her dream, Sasha was chasing the running bone right out of the backyard and caught it with her teeth. Sasha was a drill on her way to the middle of the bone! She looked exceptionally, extremely happy

    ~Noah

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  2. I had been dreaming about a cookie. In my dream, it was as big as me, with 4 pounds of icing. It was a vision of pure excellence on its way to my stomach! It looked amazingly, deliciously perfect.

    That is all (for now).

    Thank you, thank you very much.

    ~Eileen (Mrs. King)

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    1. Can you post your Mrs. King-ly sentence? I want to see the kingly words.

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  3. he had been dreaming about Foxy. In his dream, he was running with his jaw shaking wildly and his eyepatch moving across his eye. He was an animatronic on his way to hug someone! He looked beautifully, wonderfuly, awesome.

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    1. Dear WL - You need to capitalize the first word in your sentence. Please repost.

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  4. I had been dreaming about a rock. In my dream, it was soaring though the air while doing absolutely nothing and being very boring. It was a rock on its way into the pond! It looked astonishingly, shockingly dull.

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  5. I would like to post two:

    #1:
    She had been dreaming about her own puppy. In her dream, he was barking with his paws straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him. He was a puppy on his way to lick her! He looked absolutely, purely adorable.

    #2: She had been dreaming about being smart. In her dream, she was wearing her thinking cap and was answering questions correctly. But, she was a dummy on the way to the "dentist." Shelly was hopelessly, to the core dumb.

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  6. I have been dreaming about a penguin. In my dream, he was flapping his flippers with his belly flopped out in front of him and his feet were just hovering a inch above the ground. He was a penguin on his way to steal something
    He looked extremely, abnormally chubby. :3

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  7. I had been dreaming about a cow. In my dream, he was grazing with his head almost touching the ground and his neck bulging with muscles. He was a cow on a mission to get stuffed. It looked greatly, magnificently sassy.

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  8. She had been dreaming about a mer. In her dream, it was swimming with its arms stroking in front of it and its tail swishing behind it. It was a mer on its way to save Malin! It looked completely, exactly like her.

    (Based off the book, Stormswept, by Helen Dunmore) (← REALLY GOOD BOOK.)

    ~Arabella

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  9. She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him. He was a squirrel on his way to save someone! He looked supremely, magnificently heroic.
    - Flora & Ulysses by Kate Dicamillo

    He had been dreaming about his brother. In his dream, Mario was battling monsters with powerful stomps and brawny hammer blows. He was a man on his way to bring Bowser to justice! He looked boldly, breathtakingly fearless.
    - By Jacob Armstrong (based off Mario & Luigi: Dream Team)

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  10. Bruce had been dreaming about his archenemy. In his dream, he was murdering innocent citizens and destroying city landmarks. He was a villain on his way to conquer the world! He looked extremely, nefariously crazy.
    (Based off of Batman)

    ~YouKnowWhoIAm

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  11. “She had been dreaming about a squirrel. In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him. He was a squirrel on his way to save someone! He looked supremely magnificently heroic.
    -Kate Dicamillo
    My Sentence:
    I had been dreaming about a princess. In my dream, the princess was dancing beautifully and gracefully around the glimmering dance floor. she was a young woman on her way to dance the night away! She looked gracefully, magnificently stunning.
    -Jaime Truong

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  12. I had been dreaming about a penguin. In my dream, it was playing and sliding around with other penguins, and his flippers flapping in the snow. It was a penguin on its way to stop global warming! It looked fast and super cute.

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  14. Crevan had been dreaming about a man. In his dream, he was staring and holding his hands out with a sharp knife in one and a lifeless, cracked mask in the other. He was a purple man, on his way to kill him. He looked extremely, ultimately menacing.

    ~Tyrone

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