For this assignment, everyone will create a story related to the holiday season. You may choose one of the topics or story starters listed below. With my permission, you can make up your own as well.
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Peer edits will be completed on Monday, February 4th.
Final drafts will be due on Tuesday February 5th.
Story Ideas
Write a persuasive piece to convince a skeptic that Santa Claus really does exist.
Write a personal narrative describing the best Christmas you have ever had.
Write a story that illustrates your favorite parts of the holiday season.
Rewrite a classic holiday story, like "'Twas the Night."
Holiday Story Starters
(Name) struggled to keep his eyes open as he sat under the night sky watching his father's sheep. Suddenly, a bright light split the night sky. ...
Grandmother pulled the last tray of gingerbread men from the oven. Suddenly ...
"Ho - ho - help me!" came the voice from the chimney ...
Johnny shook the last coin from his piggy bank. $5.67 - that was all the money he had to buy holiday gifts for his mother, father, sister, and grandmother ...
All the elves were hard at work in Santa's workshop ... all but one, that is ...
Grandpa Joe sat all alone in his living room. For the first time in 70 years, he hadn't bothered with a Christmas tree ...
I woke with a start. Something red shone through the window. Why, it looked like a reindeer nose! ...
Off in the distance, I heard the sound of sleigh bells. ...
