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Announcement: "In a PAIR complete the following…"
Corey Cole
Created May 18May 18 (Edited May 18)
In a PAIR complete the following writing prompt:
Pick one from each list to make a creature and animal combination. Complete the writing prompt below the list by telling a story using Google Docs. then post it in the comment section. Work irony into your story. Remember, there are examples of ironic situations in Google Classroom.
List 1
Vampire
Ninja
Zombie
Pirate
Mummy
Clown
Banshee
Wraith
List 2 porcupine armadillo pig goat lobster possum shark moray eel

Writing prompt to continue:
Tell this story: “Well, we thought it was going to be a regular summer doing all our regular things unitl we met a ...."

Tyler MielkeMay 19
“Well, we thought it was going to be a regular summer doing all our regular things until we met a pirate lobster boiling a man. Instead of red lobster it was Red Man and lobsters could come in and buy
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Philip keeps making up lies after lies causing a harder life for Ms.Narwin and his school because they’re getting tired of the conflict he started. If only he could have obeyed Ms.Narwin and stop his disturbances. For me in this story he’s the wrongdoer because apparently it’s so hard for him to be honest. He certainly wasn’t thinking of what he was leading to because now I’m sure he regrets it because now he’s realizing his classmates aren’t supporting him and they’re almost getting to the truth and of course he doesn’t want that because he knows he was lying all along. He feels so confident in himself because he feels like he has ‘everyone's’ support when really he doesn’t and he’s starting to realize they’re starting to get to the

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