Winter Wonderland

Mad Lib

I  just  love  the  snow.    Too  bad  I  live  in  ________________________  where  there  isn’t  really  snow.    
[Noun-­‐place]  

Sometimes  it  rains,  but  that’s  about  it.  I  was  watching  a  holiday  movie  the  other  day,  and  in  

the  movie,  it  snowed!  It  was  so  pretty  and  I  was  jealous.  I  went  to  bed  thinking  about  all  

that  snow.  I  woke  up  with  a  start  because  I  heard  a  __________________  outside.  I  sat  up  in  bed,  
[Noun]  

and  looked  outside.  I  rubbed  my  eyes  and  _________________________  again.  Could  it  be?  It  was  
[Verb-­‐past  tense]  

snowing!!!  I  put  on  my  slippers  and  ran  downstairs.  I  grabbed  my  _________________  and  
[Noun]  

opened  the  door.  A  gust  of    ________________  hit  me  in  the  face  and  sent  a  shiver  down  my  
[Noun]  

spine.    All  around  the  yard  was  snow!  I  started  ______________________  the  snow  and  decided  to  
[Verb]  

make  a  ________________________.  I  gave  him  button  eyes  and  used  a  _____________________  to  make  
[Noun]   [Noun-­‐food]  

a  nose.  He  looked  so  ________________________!  Suddenly,  he  came  to  life  and  we  started  
[Adjective]  

______________________  games  and  having  a  snowball  fight!  Then  I  got  smacked  in  the  face  so  
[Verb]  

hard  with  a  snowball....I  blacked  out.  When  woke  up,  I  was  back  in  my  __________________.  It  
[Noun]  

must  have  all  been  a  dream  because  when  I    ________________________  outside,  there  was  no  
[Verb-­‐past  tense]  

snow  to  be  seen.  L  Maybe  next  year…  

Tales  of  Teaching  in  Heels,  2014