Teacher's notes:
- Give each student a copy of the unfinished sentences below.
- Put the students into groups of three and ask them to create a five sentence story.
- The sentences must end as below.

- _________________________________________________ dead.
- ________________________________________________ couldn’t.
- _________________________________________________ alive.
- _________________________________________________ coat.
- _________________________________________________ dagger.

A Variation:
This is similar to the above activity but the students have to leave the first word where it is and write a five sentence story.
- Suddenly ____________________________________________.
- Then _______________________________________________.
- Eventually ____________________________________________.
- Finally ______________________________________________.
- The ________________________________________________.
