Writing Opening Examples by Barbara Griffith

Narrative (Entertain Opening Examples)

bgriffith — 2024-05-02 16:45:09 UTC

Sophia Aranda

70053_11 — 2024-05-02 16:48:36 UTC

While I was at home sitting on my bed playing games I suddenly realized that had a MAJOR homework assignment that I forgot to do! My stomach started to hurt very bad, I was so nervous.

Ben Phung

2024-05-02 16:48:48 UTC

On a Sunday afternoon, I wake up with my stomach rumbling. While eating food, I checked if any assignments were due. Looking through my planner, I realized that there was a 600-word essay that was due on Monday. My heart skipped a beat. Rushing to my chromebook, I looked at the prompt about how to write a narrative essay.

ELA Writing Review-Cash

2024-05-02 16:49:23 UTC

I wake up in a cold sweat. An icy bead runs down my back. I think back to my nightmare, was it really…? I get up out of bed, terror ravaging my brain, and check my assignment list-and there it is. Horror fills me as I stare at those six words, my brain not believing my eyes, hoping, praying, that it isn't real. I try to blink it away, but it remains. I’m frozen in place-It’s really there. The moisture in my mouth evaporates, leaving a dry, cracked wasteland behind. My throat is dry as I mouth out the words, not a sound coming out. "ELA Assignment due tomorrow at 8:15." Assigned four weeks ago. My first big project at Frigar Middle School, and I hadn’t even started it yet.

Oliver Imagine waking up in fear of you screwing up that you forgot that your middle school project is due! All the worst things that could happen wrap up in your brain like a snake. Your heart drops into a pit of panic, your face turns to a dark place, it’s due the next day. Worst of all, you still haven't told your parents.

2024-05-02 16:49:49 UTC

Narrative Opening-Zoe

2024-05-02 16:50:08 UTC

Everything was going well for me. I had no homework or tests to study for, and I got to hang out with my friends that day. The warm sun resting on my skin was a relaxing feeling taking over me. Suddenly, something popped up in my mind. I just remembered that there was a major project for my school, that was due tomorrow! I felt the ground crumble beneath my feet. "This can't be real," I think to myself; checking Google Classroom, there it is, sitting on my computer screen. The realization hits me, I hadn't even started.

Caiden Valencia

2024-05-02 16:50:09 UTC

When I woke up peacefully in the morning. While I was brushing my teeth, I began to panic because I forgot to work on my homework assignment. I felt completely stressed out! I ended up running in circles and also having butterflies in my stomach.

Samantha Perez

2024-05-02 16:51:24 UTC

Once I woke up from my cozy nap at 5:00 in the afternoon I realized that my major assignment worth half my grade was due tomorrow, shivers went down my spine, and my eyes grew wider with fear I didn't know what would happen if I didn't finish this assignment. My heart was pounding, this was my biggest nightmare.

Lyla Clark

2024-05-02 16:51:26 UTC

There I was, 5 o’clock on a Wednesday sitting in my room, when I suddenly remembered. I had forgotten that my first giant project was due tomorrow morning and I hadn’t even started yet. Terror had spread through my body. I was going to be in so much trouble. I couldn’t believe I forgot. I guessed that with all of the chaos of the school play today, my brain just stuffed it in the back of my head.

Samantha Perez

2024-05-02 16:53:25 UTC

Waking up from my cozy nap at 5:00 in the afternoon I was so calm getting out of my bed drowsily and taking a look at my planner my eyes barely opened and I realized that my major assignment which was worth half my grade was due tomorrow, shivers went down my spine, and my eyes grew wider with fear I didn't know what would happen if I didn't finish this assignment. My heart was pounding, this was my biggest nightmare.

Jacob

2024-05-02 16:53:37 UTC

Imagine a middle schooler's worst nightmare-forgetting about a project for 100% of my grade. Well that's what happened. It all started when my friend was finishing his science project. When I blanked out all I remember was that my science teacher was reminding me that I haven't started my science project that is to be done tomorrow. It was 5:00 A.M. and I had to get this project done because my grade depends on it.

Narrative Writing-Katelyn

2024-05-02 16:54:30 UTC

A rush of panic shot through me as I realized I had forgotten to do my project. The fear of failing the class loomed over me. I could feel my fear becoming a reality.

Ellie

2024-05-02 16:54:36 UTC

My heart pounded as I walked into the terrifying room of my English class. As I passed my judgemental teacher, I felt her cold eyes staring straight through me as if she knew my embarrassing secret, I had forgotten to do my homework. A waterfall of sweat ran down my forehead and I felt as if I could throw up. How could I forget!?

Narrative opening- Kenzo

2024-05-02 16:55:50 UTC

As I leaped into bed I remembered that I had an assignment to do. I froze up, I grabbed my phone and checked the time it was 12:00. I told myself that I would not have enough time to do it in the time I had only because how big this project is. I felt fear run through my body run.

Scarlett Narrative opening

2024-05-02 17:00:11 UTC

One of the worst days of my life and this is how it all started. I open my eyes from my luxurious 3-hour nap I have no care in the world, and then panic. I remember I have a HUGE project that's due tomorrow. I jump out of bed and start pacing. It felt like butterflies were swarming crazy all in my body. All my mind is thinking is “What do I do, what do I do?!”

Claira Ko- ELA writing

2024-05-02 17:01:05 UTC

Waking up… a wave of horror flew over me. My face burned with guilt and regret, I just forgot to write a 1000-word essay…and it’s due tomorrow. A spike of panic chilled through my veins…how did I forget? I have all A’s! Flinging myself out of bed, my hands glued to my keyboard.

Daniel Le

2024-05-02 17:01:19 UTC

In the middle of the night, I frantically panicked about the now-realized project I had completely forgotten about. Anxiety and fear rush into my body as I desperately try to get my project completed before the deadline. I started to see 50% of my grade slowly leave my grasp as each minute slowly ticks down one after the other. Struggling to sleep I tried to ease my thoughts and the realization set in and I finally remembered, sweat ran down and I felt panic. I checked the time and saw a new day to begin and the most important junior high report was due exactly tomorrow.

Joey

2024-05-02 17:02:13 UTC

It was morning, I felt like my body was burning in stress with my body overheating, and sweat pouring down my body. I had a major report due and I barely started it.

Naomi

2024-05-02 17:02:56 UTC

As I woke up, on Thursday morning. With 11 full hours of sleep, the sun's warmth shone off my face, leading to the best sleep I’ve had in a while, but suddenly it hit me. I had a massive project due today! I'd better keep this away from my parents, I shivered.

Jaxon Wilcox

2024-05-02 17:03:16 UTC

Everything was going amazing. I was playing wiffle ball with my friends because i thought I had nothing to do, But then I am in a panic attack my pupils go small and I start sweating when I remember I have my biggest middle school project of my life. And I don't want my parents get mad like 4th grade and I had 4 weeks to do this but I started on the last day to do it before it was due and my grade depended on it.

Emma

2024-05-02 17:03:34 UTC

As I walked into my science class, everyone had poster boards besides me! My heart started racing knowing I forgot to do the most important project of the year, the science fair! “Emma, where is your poster?” my teacher asked, “I left it at home, I can bring it tomorrow” even though I didn’t even start.

Amari McCoy

2024-05-02 17:03:53 UTC

Looking upon the screen, my heart suddenly goes thump, thump, THUMP. Taking a SECOND look on the screen, I slowly realize what the assignment was for. " Due May 3 9:15", it was the biggest 7th grade project of the YEAR.

Paige Davis

74289_2 — 2024-05-02 17:04:27 UTC

When I woke up, I was worried about something, but I didn’t know why. On the bus, I was still thinking about that one thing. When I got to school, I finally remembered what I was so worried about. When I got to school, it was 8:25 in the morning. Then the teacher said, “ Show me your homework”. Turns out, I forgot about a homework project that was due today. I was terrified of what my mom was going to think. I knew I was going to get in trouble.

Sami

2024-05-02 17:11:05 UTC

As I'm sitting at the dinner table with my family, my mom brings up a conversation and asks me about the text my teacher sent to the parents. As she starts questioning me about my planet presentation and where it is, I open my mouth to answer when nothing comes out. I stop in my tracks, stress flows into me as I realize I forgot my first big project, worth half of my grade.

The Major Project. -Evelyn

2024-05-02 17:12:21 UTC

Lee wakes up from a nightmare, she realizes something isn't right, it takes a few minutes before it hits her, her project was due tomorrow.“Shoot! The project!”Lee jumps out of her bed. It’s snowing hard outside so she can't go outside to get supplies for her project. Lee decides to do the writing part so at least she has something of the project to turn in. Lee grabs her Chromebook and starts typing furiously about astronomy. Hours pass, Lee finally finishes the 3-page essay due tomorrow. Lee lets out a sigh of relief. Earlier that day she had taken a nap since she was tired after soccer practice. Lee’s relief only lasted a few minutes after she realized that there was still the physical project she needed to make, Lee made her way to the living room to ask her mother to go to the store for project supplies. Her mother agrees, they go to the store buy the supplies and make their way back. Lee runs to her room and starts to paint and build the styrofoam solar system. The next morning Lee wakes up knowing she made her last minute project as best as possible. Lee grabs her solar system and her bag, she walks to her school is the heavy snow, the snow crunches under her wait all the way to her school. Lee makes it into her classroom and presents her project, receiving a good grade, for her last-minute project.

Ethan

2024-05-02 17:13:16 UTC

I woke up from my nap and checked my phone and the time read 5:07, I realized in horror that I had an assignment due tomorrow and I hadn't started it. I realized I would get an F for my first assignment at Stacey Middle School my body went cold

Irene Le

2024-05-02 17:14:04 UTC

I was having a pleasant nap when suddenly I woke up with a shock. I was sweating and my heart was beating fast. I scrambled to my Chromebook to check, only to find out that I had a major middle school project due that day, and I barely even started it. The thought of it had been lingering in my mind for a while. I knew I couldn't tell my parents about it; what was I going to do?

1st Person

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2nd Person

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3rd Person Limited

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3rd Person Objective

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3rd Person Omniscient

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Ryder Vo

2024-05-03 03:07:45 UTC

As I was laying on my bed ready to go to sleep, closing my eyes, everything was great, but for some reason I couldn’t sleep. I had this weird feeling that I had forgotten to do something. I finished all my homework and was relieved, so what could it be?. I Heard a notification on my phone and looked to see what it was. I opened it and stared in fear seeing it was a Narrative essay assignment. My palms were sweating, feeling a cold prickle down my spine. I stood still trying to wake myself up from this nightmare. What were the teachers going to say? What were they going to think about me? Walking out of bed I realized that I had to finish this project even if it would take all night.

Daniel Le

2024-05-06 18:47:36 UTC

Lying by a brutal wasteland, winds blow around us as the dusty red desert surrounds us as we have nowhere to go. Little Jason is whaling in pain with his disfigured hand as my remaining family desperately tries to look for help.

Eman

2024-05-06 18:47:56 UTC

As I stare at Ethan down below, stuck on a small outcrop, with a fall of 6,000 feet waiting below, I think of Cash, who we had sent to get help. That was a week ago, and all of our food and water had long been depleted. As I look up, I see the weirdest mirage-Cash, bringing food and water, with doctors following close behind. I smile, and then pass out.

Bryce canyon- Kenzo

2024-05-06 18:49:50 UTC

Jacob and I were packing for a big hike to Bryce Canyon. As I checked the list of necessities I checked everything off, I knew that everything was in there, at least I thought everything was in there...

Ben Phung

2024-05-06 18:49:51 UTC

Sitting atop a cliff, I dig through my hiking backpack and realize I have no knife. Adrenaline rushes through my body as I panic. Taking deep breaths, I slowly think of a way to scare animals away. Heavily breathing, I look up and the sun is setting. My heart skipped a beat.

Amari

2024-05-06 18:50:04 UTC

Scarlett had spotted a mystical looking cave. When they start to explore the cave, they suddenly hear a “ BAM “. Intense panic builds up, the group nervously looks back at the entrance and... the cave was blocked by a colossal boulder.

Oliver

2024-05-06 18:50:57 UTC

Sitting on the peak of the cliff Jaxon and I thinking about what happened. The only thing we have is us and the Grand Canyon. All we see is glowing eyes in the dark and we don't know what's next to come.

Katelyn

2024-05-06 18:50:59 UTC

Hearing the wolf howl, as it echoes through the Grand Canyon, our blood runs cold. We can't run. We can't see. Where do we go?

Jaxon

2024-05-06 18:51:08 UTC

Sitting on the peak of a cliff Oliver and I thinking about what just happened. The only thing we have is us and the Grand Canyon. We see the glowing eyes in the dark and the rumbling in the bushes below us.

Scarlett

2024-05-06 18:52:20 UTC

Crying in fear and panic, Evelyn's leg is gushing blood. We have no clue what to do after the rock fell blocking the cave entrance. It is pitch-black, all I can think is why is Evelyn bleeding, what hit her? I go to grab the first aid kit from Ama… where did she go?

Jacob at the bryce canyon

2024-05-06 18:52:26 UTC

Jacob and Kenzo were packing for a big hike at bryce canyon. when Kenzo checked the necessity list, kenzo checked everything at least he thought.

4nt0ny

2024-05-06 18:52:31 UTC

Claira Ko

2024-05-06 18:53:15 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, crying while gazing at my dead family, I hear the howl of several coyotes trotting towards me. A spike of fear gushes through my brain. Will Bobby jr. survive? Will his family be his last meal?

Paige Davis

74289_2 — 2024-05-06 18:53:49 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, crying while looking at my dead family. I hear the howl of several coyotes strolling toward me. Will my family be the coyotes meal ? Will I survive without my family?

Ca$hy

2024-05-06 18:53:52 UTC

As I stare at Ethan down below, stuck on a small outcrop, with a fall of 6,000 feet waiting below, I think of Cash, who we had sent to get help. That was a week ago, and all of our food and water had long been depleted. As I look up, I see the weirdest mirage-Cash, bringing food and water, with doctors and-Was that a wolf?-following close behind. I smile, and then pass out.

Joey

2024-05-06 18:55:39 UTC

I was walking in the Grand Canyon with the LePoings'. I started to notice the rocks looked different, started to question where I was, and felt an ominous presence of I possibly being watched.

Irene

2024-05-06 18:55:58 UTC

Stranded near the grueling cliff, Bob franticly searched the backpack for something. As dread sets in, I clutched my ankle praying that the pain and agony would end. Will I ever forgive Grand Canyon?

Ca$hieee

2024-05-06 18:57:41 UTC

Sami

74242_5 — 2024-05-06 18:58:46 UTC

There I was, holding on in between the middle of 2 rocks, struggling to climb up the Bryce Canyon with no backpack. As I look up, I see Sophia panicking to find a rope in her bag; I sit there and wonder what will happen to me.

Evelyn

2024-05-06 18:58:55 UTC

Three girls venture into a cave, walking towards a luminous, yet mysterious light not knowing what to expect. They hear a big crashing sound, a boulder had blocked the entrance. With nothing but the enigmatic light, they walk forward, hearing eerie sounds that have no explanation. One of the three girls, Evelyn, her leg was slashed by a claw, Evelyn's leg bleeds profusely, she rummages through her bag looking for a flashlight, she finds it but it not working, she clicks and hits the flashlight trying to get it to work. There was no hope.

Ryder Vo

2024-05-06 19:00:29 UTC

Hearing a wolf howl as I hike through the night. Walking around the Grand Canyon I stop in fear. My flashlight had run out of batteries so it was now pitch black outside. Leaves rustling behind me, slowly looking back I see a wolf leaping towards me, ready to attack me.

Claira Ko

2024-05-06 19:00:44 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, crying while gazing at his dead family, Bobby hears the howl of several coyotes creeping towards him. Bobby is nowhere to be seen after the mysterious encounter...

Samantha

2024-05-06 19:01:27 UTC

I woke up shivering. Sharp rocks surrounded me, and my vision was blurry. I attempted to get up but realized I could not move an inch. My heart skipped a beat, sweat dripping from my palms I looked around at all my surroundings, Then it all came to me.

Daniel

2024-05-06 19:02:17 UTC

Driving by the endless dunes of the deserts, A car comes across a group of young children desperately on the verge of collapse. The car passes by as the children try to signal a stop and they crumble down as the vehicle recedes further and further out of their sight.

Ellie Vu

2024-05-06 19:02:39 UTC

I woke up shivering. Where was I? Looming above me, I noticed sharp, red rocks surrounding me. When had I gotten here? As I got up, I realized I could not move. My heart dropped, my head spun in circles, and confusion came over me. I looked around in panic. Then, it hit me, this was the Grand Canyon.

Joey

2024-05-06 19:02:43 UTC

Jeffrey and the LePoings' were walking through the Grand Canyon with worrisome feelings of all of them getting lost, and the omicenst feeling of Jeffery being watched over by someone or something.

Sophia

70053_11 — 2024-05-06 19:02:58 UTC

There I was, stuck in the middle of 2 rocks, struggling to climb up the Zion Grand Canyon rocks with no gear. As I looked up, I saw Sami panicking to find a rope to help me get up there with her. As I sat there and wondered if I would ever see my family again, I was so scared because I thought I was going to fall, as fear ran through my body.

Scarlett

2024-05-06 19:04:34 UTC

Three curious girls are happily exploring a cave in the Grand Canyon until a huge rock crashes down blocking the entrance. They freak out. Evelyn's leg is gushing blood, they can't see anything and only have a little time until she has no more blood. Scarlett goes to get the first aid kit from Amari, but she is nowhere to be found...

Oliver

2024-05-06 19:04:51 UTC

Ethan and Jacob are sitting on the peak of the cliff looking into the distance of the beautiful Grand Canyon, for now. As the night grows it gets a lot more dangerous. It is only Ethan and Jacob in the Grand Canyon

Caiden

2024-05-06 19:05:32 UTC

He was walking at the Grand Canyon with Lepoing’s family. He started to notice that the rocks looked different and He started to feel suspicious of where he was. he asked Lepoing where we were but she had no idea.

Paige Davis

74289_2 — 2024-05-06 19:05:36 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, Bobby is crying while looking at his dead family. He hears several coyotes howling in the distance and creepinging toward him.

Bryce Canyon- Kenzo

2024-05-06 19:05:55 UTC

Jacob had the body motion of a excited monkey. He was ready to go to the Bryce Canyon, he grabbed his red hydro flask and a bag of trail mix, and trusted Kenzo to do all the packing. Big mistake by the way.

Grand Canyon-Jacob

2024-05-06 19:05:59 UTC

Ben looked troubled as Kenzo was hanging off the cliff, begging for help as he was bleeding from the side. No one to help no one there in the middle of the Grand Canyon. just Ben and Kenzo and their surroundings.

Ryder Vo

2024-05-06 19:06:25 UTC

Joe Quackers scavenged through his bag, looking for something to eat. Even just a few chips would meet his satisfaction. He had instantly regretted playing with all his snacks in one day just for his own entertainment.

Katelyn

2024-05-06 19:06:48 UTC

Sweat trickled down his back as he turned his head towards the noise in the trees. He searched for shelter, dragging his friend behind him, knowing that a long night lay ahead.

Jaxon

2024-05-06 19:07:55 UTC

Oliver and Ethan are sitting on the peak of the mountain looking at the view. Tho Oliver has a big cut on his leg, and sand is getting in his leg from the sand storm outside.

Amari

2024-05-06 19:10:19 UTC

3 adventurous girls venture out into a cave. Wondering around, emphasizing it's beauty, they suddenly hear a " BLAM ". The opening of the cave had been closed up by a momentous stone.

Emma Bui

2024-05-06 19:11:04 UTC

When I woke up not remembering anything, I saw blood gushing out on my leg seeing a rattle snake hiss at me! I saw a backpack near me and calmly walked away. I noticed I was in the middle of an unfamiliar desert, I then looked around realizing I was in the Grand Canyon.

Cashhhh

2024-05-06 19:13:15 UTC

Anthony stares down at Ethan, tears leaking out of his eyes. "We're going to die today aren't we?" Says Ethan, shouting up from the small outcrop that is the only thing holding him up and stopping him from falling into a 6,000 foot drop. Anthony starts to deny it, but his words die in his throat. "Probably," he shots down "but we have to keep trying for as long as we can." Ethan nods, and then slips into unconsciousness. "I'm next." thinks Anthony. As his life starts to slip away, he notices a helicopter full of medics flying straight at him. He smiled, and then fell to the desert floor.

Jaxon

2024-05-06 19:13:30 UTC

Ethan and Oliver are sitting on the bottom of the Grand Canyon. When a bird or animal cuts Ethan and he is thinking what was that.

Claira Ko

2024-05-06 19:13:35 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, crying while gazing at his dead family, Bobby jr hears the howl of several coyotes creeping towards him. A wave of panic and sadness gushes in his brain. Bobby has two choices... run or die.

Ben Phung

2024-05-06 19:15:08 UTC

Jacob was looking off the cliff needing help and couldn't survive another night. Sitting at the bottom, he could either try to rush up the huge cliff or fend off the speedy animals. The sun was almost setting and he only hiked 1/4 of the way up. If he was going to make it, he would need to sprint.

Irene

2024-05-06 19:15:48 UTC

Bob and Jr are hiking until a THUNK spawned in. They realized and Bob scrambled to his backpack rummaging through it but it was nowhere to be found.

Sami

74242_5 — 2024-05-06 19:15:48 UTC

There were 2 girls, one struggling to stay alive, holding on between 2 rocks, the other panicking to find a rope or something in her bag to help. As one of them glances up, she sees her best friend Sophia looking at her anxiously sweating and in fear. As she looks back down at herself, she sees her arms and legs shaking, holding on for her life.

Paige Davis

74289_2 — 2024-05-06 19:16:07 UTC

Lying at the bottom of the cliff, Bobby is crying and worrying about what might happen to him and his family. He hears several coyotes howling in the distance while creeping toward him.

Ellie Vu

2024-05-06 19:16:16 UTC

Deep down in the Grand Canyon, lies Toby, alone and in the terrifying pitch-black dark. His friends were long gone and his desperate whistles for help were useless. Toby would be stranded.

Katelyn

2024-05-06 19:16:22 UTC

A whimper left my trembling lips as I heard a howl in the trees. I wanted to run, but with my injured friend, escaping the canyon would not be a possibility.

Naomi Truong

2024-05-07 00:57:48 UTC

I woke up with an excruciating head acne and didn't know what had happened. How did I get here? Why am I in a desert-looking place?? - but before any more frantic questions I noticed my leg was bursting out in the dark crimson blood... However right when I thought I was in the worst possible situation- "HIssSSSss..!" I heard.