Directions: you will now write an original opening scene of a story. You may choose any point-of-view for your narrative. Remember your goal is to create a mood for your reader. Decide which mood you would
like to create (check the previous adjectives you chose like supernatural, somber, inspiring, etc.) Try and
appeal to more than one sense smell, hearing, touch etc. Find inspiration somewhere., whether it be
fiction, drama, coming-of age, science fiction, biography. Your reader should feel a sense of your setting
based on the vivid details and word choices in your writing. Your opening scene must be a minimum of
150 words and no more than 300. You will be working on this for about a week. This is an important part of the creative process.

Read sentence 13 from the draft. some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the spring and summer, but the leaves do not retain their green color for long. which detail would be best to add after sentence 13 to develop the topic? a. since the green color of the leaves that are bright and abundant during the warmer months will disappear by the time it is fall, it is important that the leaves are trimmed and kept freshly cut so that they will last for as long as possible. b. while the temperature outside may dictate when the fall colors of leaves appear, it is only one of many environmental factors that play a part in the changing of colors from green leaves to fall-colored leaves during the cooler months. c. if people want to enjoy the green color of leaves longer, trees should be planted where the environment is warmer and the days longer because chlorophyll in the leaves can only be manufactured and replaced with sunlight and warmth. d. the green chlorophyll normally masks the fall-colored pigments during the warmer months, but as sunlight becomes less abundant and trees become frozen, the fall colors of leaves become more visible as chlorophyll disappears.