Sarah's homework assignment tonight was to write a Halloween story with her spelling words. We were so impressed with the results! I thought I would share!! I have kept ALL of the punctuation and spelling the way it appears on her paper - check out her use of semi-colons!! I have many high schoolers who can't use semi-colons (some who don't know what they are!!!!). Sarah, you rock!
The Haunted House
By Sarah Lingenfelter, 8 years
One scary Halloween night all the trick or treaters were having lots of fun. My friends and I wre going to the best decorated houses on our street, and we found one that actually looked like a haunted house. We went to ring the doorbell and we got a high pitched scream instead! So, we cried for help, but everybody had already gone home, and no sign of our parents either! We wanted to cry but, we knew we had to be brave, so we all stepped inside on my lead. It was amazing on the inside, but wierd and creapy on the outside; we thought the people's decorations were really in style! There was a striped carpet, and it was red and black for a reason I don't know. We didn't admire the ceiling because it looked like blood was dripping down. We went up in the attic and .......BOO! A ghost was right there in front of us! Until, the ghost took off his white, slick sheet; it was only my dad! But, where were my friend's mom's and dad's? Out came four more ghosts and then they took off their sheets. Oh, there they are!
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