Goldilocks
Goldilocks & the Three Bears
Sentence-Combining Practice: Use your best sentence sense to turn these “baby” sentences into mature sentences. You may leave out unecessary words, but do not leave out important concepts. For example, the forest is both “dark" and “big,” but you probably don't need to repeat “the forest was.” Remember to use appropriate transitions -- connecting words and phrases.
Paragraph #1
  1. Once upon a time, there were three bears.
  2. There was a mother bear, a father bear, and a baby bear.
  3. The three bears lived in the forest.
  4. The forest was dark.
  5. The forest was big.
  6. One day the bears decided to go out for a walk before breakfast.
  7. Their porridge was too hot.
  8. The bears left the house.
  9. They left their bowls of porridge on the table to cool.
Paragraph #2
  1. Goldilocks was a cute little girl.
  2. Goldilocks had long golden hair.
  3. She was walking in the forest one day.
  4. She was alone.
  5. Goldilocks came upon the bears' home.
  6. The bears' home was vacant.
  7. The door was open.
  8. She walked through the door.
  9. Goldilocks didn't knock.
Paragraph #3
  1. Goldilocks went into the kitchen.
  2. She saw three bowls of porridge.
  3. The bowls of porridge were on the table.
  4. One bowl was large.
  5. One bowl was middle-sized.
  6. One bowl was large.
  7. Goldilocks picked up a spoon.
  8. Goldilocks tasted the porridge from the small bowl.
  9. The porridge tasted good.
  10. Suddenly Goldilocks realized how hungry she was.
  11. Her long walk had given her an appetite.
  12. Goldilocks ate all the porridge from the small bowl.
Paragraph #4
  1. Goldilocks went into the living room.
  2. She saw three chairs in the living room.
  3. One chair was large.
  4. One chair was middle-sized.
  5. One chair was small.
  6. Goldilocks sat in the small chair.
  7. The small chair broke into a hundred pieces.
  8. Goldilocks found herself on the floor.
  9. The hundred pieces scattered all over the floor.
Paragraph #5
  1. Goldilocks went upstairs.
  2. The bedroom was upstairs.
  3. She saw three beds in the bedroom.
  4. One bed was large.
  5. One bed was middle-sized.
  6. One bed was small.
  7. Goldilocks tested the small bed.
  8. Goldilocks climbed into the small bed.
  9. The small bed was comfortable.Goldilocks felt sleepy from her long walk in the forest.
  10. Goldilocks went to sleep in the small bed.
Paragraph #6
  1. The three bears came home.
  2. The bears had been walking in the woods.
  3. The three bears went into the kitchen.
  4. The baby bear discovered that his porridge had been eaten.
  5. The baby bear was unhappy.
  6. The three bears went into the living room.
  7. The baby bear discovered that his chair had been broken.
  8. The baby bear was unhappy.
  9. The three bears went upstairs.
  10. The baby bear discovered Goldilocks.
  11. Goldilocks was asleep in his bed.
  12. Goldilocks woke up.
  13. Goldilocks saw the bears.
  14. The bears were shocked to see her.
  15. She was shocked to see them.
  16. Goldilocks screamed and ran home.
  17. Goldilocks was frightened.
  18. She would be safe at home.

Ms. Effie's Fairy Tale Unit