Title your paper: “It is so cold!”Identify subject.
Identify verb.
Pick a subject and verb that reflect the idea of “it’s so cold!”
Subjects
Ice
Frost
Wind
Snow
Weather
Rain
Clouds
Mountains
Water
Sleet
Hail
Slush
Salt
Verbs
freeze
melt
nips
falls
blows
trickles
pours
rain
pelt
glisten
mushes
splatters
corrode
shovel
play
freeze
snowboard
sled
ski
tube
shiver
Write your subject and verb. This is a complete idea. It’s a short (short) sentence.
Examples:
Sleet pelts.
Clouds gather.
Wind blows.
Choose an adverb. An adverb explains HOW. How does it happen? LY
Sleet pelts painfully.
Sleet pelts sharply.
Clouds gather quickly.
Clouds gather ominously.
Wind blows softly.
Wind blows menacingly.
Choose an adjective. An adjective describes the noun (subject) of the sentence. Answers What?
Wet sleet pelts painfully.
Dirty sleet pelts sharply.
Storm clouds gather quickly.
Dark clouds gather ominously.
The warm wind blows softly.
Frigid wind blows menacingly.
Using a prepositional phrase, tell me where this happened.
In the parking lot, wet sleet pelts painfully. (Before the subject & verb)
Dirty sleet pelts sharply on the street. (After the verb)
Storm clouds over the mountains gather quickly. (Between the subject and the verb)
Dark clouds gather ominously over my head. (After the verb)
The warm wind blows softly across the front yard. (After the verb)
Menacingly, frigid wind blows under the door. (After the verb)
Lastly, rewrite your sentence in at least 2 different ways. You may add things to the sentence, but you must have at least one prepositional phrase, one adjective, and one adverb. You may add additional phrases, adjectives, and adverbs.
In the parking lot, wet sleet pelts painfully.
Painfully, the wet sleet in the parking lot pelted me.
As I walked through the parking lot, wet sleet pelted me painfully.
Dirty sleet pelts sharply on the street.
Dirty sleet sharply pelts cars on the street.
Storm clouds over the mountains gather quickly turning the weather dangerous.
Over the mountains, storm clouds gather turning the weather dangerous.
Storm clouds, gathering quickly, turn the weather dangerous.
Dark clouds gather ominously over my head. (After the verb)
The warm wind blows softly across the front yard. (After the verb)
Menacingly, frigid wind blows under the door. (After the verb)
Student Samples
On my wedding day, dirty slush splattered unkindly in the parking lot.
Dirty slush splattered in the parking lot on my wedding day.
As the dirty rain poured smoothly in the yard, the children began dancing to their own beat.
As the dirty rain poured smoothly in the yard, the children danced to their own beat.
The dirty rain puddled in the yard while children danced smoothly to their own beat.
Down by Mainstreet, we watch as the lone man is pelted continiously by the icy rain as the cars stream by.
Down by mainstreet, the icy rain pelted the lone man as cars streamed by.Delicately, enchanting snow descends in the meadow on a cold winter morning.
In the meadow, enchanting snow decends delicately on the cold winter morning.
