Story+Writing

Below is a story we will write together. I've started it off for you giving you the two main characters and the initial setting. Read it and then write the next paragraph. Then leave it for the next person to read both paragraphs and write the next paragraph. Let's see where this adventure will take us!

One warm summer day, Kelly and Mark were playing outside in their yard. Their mum had allowed them to be outside for most of the morning as it had been a lovely day to be outdoors. As they played, they noticed something was changing in the air. The couldn't quite determine what it was. They continued to play noting the colour in the sky was becoming darker and the wind was beginning to show itself on an otherwise still day. The game of catch they were playing became increasingly difficult as the ball became harder to control. Mark tossed the ball to Kelly and it landed way off to her right. " Nice throw Mark! Who were you throwing that at? The imaginary person over there?" Kelly taunted. "Whatever, it's not me, it's the wind," Mark replied in defense. "Sure it is!" cried Kelly as she threw the ball. To her amazement, as she threw the green tennis ball straight towards Mark, it spiralled right, then left, then it went up, up, up....

Kelly looked to the sky to try and spot the tennis ball but all she could see was a pitch black sky. "Mark, look at the sky" Kelly shouted. A huge storm coming so as quickly as possible Mark and kelly ran inside to warn thier mum. "Mum, Mum, there is a huge storm coming" we both screamed. So Mark, Kelly and Mum ran outside and collected all the toys and squeezed them in the shed. Then we came inside had a quick shower and watched.

Mark noticed that the reason the sky was so dark and windy was that there was a huge tornado lifting up houses like they were as light as a feather. Luckily, they had a bomb shelter underground but it's really tricky trying to get into a bomb shelter in the middle of a tornado. "What are we going to do, is this the end of us, I'm so scared?" exclaimed Mark. "I don't know but we should at least try to get into the bomb shelter" Their mum pointed out out that the tornado was getting closer. "Okay it's now or never".....