FCA’S
  1. Use the six fragments underlined
  2. Mystery
  3. Complete Paragraph

Mystery
Brittany

Friday night at even o’ clock a family was watching the news. There was a report of a missing man. The description was a tall man and he was the captain of a boat. The news reporter said that he was last seen leaving on a trip talking in a telephone booth. The news caster also said that the reward was a million dollars. The reporter said the search will go on until they find him. The reporter said if you have any information please contact your local police department. Thank you and good night.

Mystery
Austin

Last Friday night at seven o clock someone stole a million dollars out of my closet. I think a tall man stole it out of my closet well I was at the movies. My parents weren’t there to stop the tall man because they were leaving on a trip that’s why they weren’t there to stop the tall man then I found the captain of there group his name is Bill and then I was asking him questions. The main question I asked him is were is the million dollars. The captain finally fuesed up. The captain said it was in a phone booth so I went to the phone booth and the Mooney was there so I took it.

Mystery
Kelly K.

In the city of New York a million dollars goes missing from a cruise ship. We found the captain of the ship in tears. He explained a tall man came in to say hi to the captain. The captain though it was a normal man living on a trip, but he was wrong. The minute he left the man looked through every thing. He found a million dollars and left. A search crew went out on Friday night at seven o’clock to find the money. After hours of looking they found a tall man in a telephone booth with the money. They returned the money to the ship and the captain was so happy. Now the captain keeps money locked up.

Mystery
Emalee

The captain is leaving on a trip. He has a million dollars. A man staled his million dollars. The captain wants his money. He can’t go on his trip with out it. The tall man said if you want it bakes meat me Friday night at seven 0’ clock, don’t be late. At a telephone booth, you know which one. The captain went to the telephone booth. The tall man made a deal with the captain. That if the captain took him on the trip with him, he would give him the money. So he did, an the captain got to, go on his trip.

MYSTERY
Becky C.

In the cold month of January, my family was leaving on a trip to Florida. On their way to the airport they saw a tall man walking into the airport. The tall man was carrying a large suitcase. Once they got seated on the plane they saw the same man but he was wearing different clothes than before. The tall man sat in front of them, and he looked as if he was the captain of a boat. After they landed in Florida the man followed them as if he was one of the family. Once we got to the car rental place, the tall man stepped into a telephone booth. My dad told my mom that something strange was wrong. That Friday night at seven o’ clock the phone rag. It was the tall man and he said that they won a million dollars. My mom was so shocked that was the reason that he was following them. My dad said that was even a mystery he couldn’t solve.

Mystery
Chris

Bobby and his crew were leaving on a trip when the captain told Bobby a tall man stole a million dallars from the ship. At seven-o clock we saw a tall man in the tellowfone booth with a million bucks. We told the sheriff to check the land. Bobby and the crew saw the tall man again and caught him and put him in jail for stealing the money off the ship. Bobby and his crew got a reward for capturing the crook.

Mystery
Brandon B

One day a person named Bobby Bob was leaving on a trip. He was getting onboard when a person ran up to him and said will you help me? There is a lot of money in a telephone both , and I need help returning it. Bobby Bob said how much? One $1,000,000. So Bobby and the mystery man searched. They came up to a tall man and asked him is this your money? The tall man said yes. Then Bobby Bob asked aren’t you the captain? The captain said yes. They returned the money on Friday night at 7 0’clock.

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MYSTERY
Parker

One Friday night at seven o’clock I got a call that a million dollars was missing from Onekama School. The next day a tall man came in and talked about what you could do so you don’t lose your money. Then we were leaving on a trip but the captain of the school board always disappears. I went out to looking for him I found him I a telephone booth when he was done I went in after he came out. I looked all over and then I found the one million dollars. I reported it aback to the school and the mystery was solved.

Mystery
Miranda H

Dear Mrs. York,

My crew and I have stolen your diamond necklace. If you want your necklace back you will have to meet me on Friday night at seven o’ clock at a boat dock. There will be a tall man waiting for you. The tall man will be in a telephone booth. You must give the man a million dollars and a ruby to get your necklace back. If you fail to come with a million dollars and a ruby your necklace will be leaving on a trip to New York. The whole way to New York the captain will wear your necklace. Good luck finding the tall man in all of the many telephone booths.

Mystery
Derek

One day at Florida a man was shot. He was shot on Friday at seven o’clock. The man that was shot was the captain of our boat that we were going on tomorrow. I guess we can not leave on our trip now. The man that shot the captain was a tall man. I saw the man in a telephone booth. I got a one million dollars reward.

Mystery
Emily C.B.

Mr. Brown-

Our acting troupe has, in fact, kidnapped your daughter, Rosie. She will be leaving on a trip in three days. The captain will be leaving the harbor on Saturday at ten o’clock in the morning. If you want to retrieve your daughter from our clutches, you must do exactly as this note says.

On Friday night at seven o’clock, go to the pagoda telephone booth. Inside it, you will find a tall man. Pull the phone out of his hands and hang it up. Then give him a bag containing a million dollars and the famous Stravinski diamond. When you return home, your daughter will be safe and sound in her bed. If you fail to do this, your daughter will be on a twenty-five-year voyage with us. Farewell, Papa Brown!

Mystery
Annie

One Halloween night in 1905. A little girl named Molly was out with her friend Cassie. It was Friday night at seven o’ clock when two seventh grade boys came up and dared them two go up two the Grimwood house. They went up the and lit the ancient candle. The whole house stated to shake. The Grimwood witches were back! When they saw the girls they turned them into cats that would never die. Their parents were very worried about their children. So they hired a detective. He was a tall man. He was going on a trip but had to solve the mystery. The reward was a million dollars. The parents went to a police station and told them, but they could not find them. One hundred years later a teenager and his sister were trick or treating. They went up to the Grimwood house and went inside. They lit the candle. The cats came up to warn them but it was too late. The witches chased them. The teenager, his sister, and the cats all went to tell the cops. He was dressed in the captain suit. At first he did not believe them, but then the witches came flying on their broomsticks over head. The cats, the brother and his sister went in the graveyard were the witches could not step foot. It was starting to become morning, and the witches could not stay alive in the sunlight. Finally the sun came up. The witches turned to dust. The mystery was solved. The parents finally found their daughters, their souls were finally free, and the witches were never seen again.

Mystery
Sarah M

It was Friday night at seven o’clock. When a million dollars was stolen from the rich family down the street on Maple Road. They said they couldn’t really explain him. They only saw a tall man. They said he was wearing all black. The next morning the police found a black mask and gloves in a telephone both. The women said they looked like she had seen them last night. There is a captain of the police and he said we are going to find him no matter what it takes. You will get your million dollars back. The captain and the police were leaving on a trip to find the man. The next morning they found him at a hotel. They got the money and he got thrown in jail. He was trying to hide but he couldn’t. Everyone was happy he was found.

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