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the boy on walked The beach
The boy walked on the beach.
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The boy walked on the beach.
The boy walked   on the beach.
splotchy rough overdressed busy mechanical sadly timidly painfully furiously confidently Back

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lively new one.

The boy walked on the beach.
The splotchy boy walked
sadly on the rough beach.
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it more interesting.

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The girl built a sandcastle.
The thoughtfully girl   built a thoughtfully sandcastle.
dripping artistic dainty scary massive thoughtfully excitedly lovingly selfishly gloomily Back

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the sentence.

The girl built a sandcastle.
The splotchy boy walked
sadly on the rough beach.
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Can you use these sentences to make a story
that begins with the boy and ends with the girl?

Write the middle of your story in the space
below.

The mechanical boy walked confidently on the rough beach.
The dripping girl thoughtfully built an artistic sandcastle.
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The boy walked on
the beach.
The girl built a sandcastle.

The girl built a sandcastle.

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can make your writing come to life?

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powerful words.

The splotchy boy walked sadly
on the rough beach. The
artistic girl thoughtfully built a
dripping sandcastle.

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Select Change to replace a word in your
sentence. When you're happy with the
sentence, select Done.

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The boy walked on the beach.
Change Change Change splotchy rough overdressed busy mechanical sadly timidly painfully furiously confidently

Select Change to replace a word in your
sentence. When you're happy with the
sentence, select Done.

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The girl built an sandcastle.
Change Change Change dripping artistic dainty scary massive thoughtfully excitedly lovingly selfishly gloomily