Tuesday, October 13, 2009

sentence 6

Her sentenceItalic
After school, Hassan and I met up, grabbed a book, and trotted up a bowl-shaped hill just north of my father's property in Wazir Akbar Khan.
-The Kite Runner

My sentence
My brother and I walked out the door, hopped in the truck, and headed to town.

sentence 5

Her sentence
Then, Baba and I drove off in his black Ford Mustang-a car that drew envious looks everywhere because it was the same car Steve McQueen had driven in Bullitt, a film that played in one theater for six months.
-The Kite Runner

My sentence
Mom and I sat on the couch in the living room-the soft one with the big blankets thrown across it.

sentence 4

Her sentence
We would hear their caravans approaching our neighborhood, the mewling of their sheep, the baaing of their goats, the jingle of the bells around their camels' necks.
-The Kite Runner

My sentence
I could hear the noise from the kitchen, the clanking of the pots and pans, the sizzling of the fries in the grease, the loud noise of the mixer mixing the cake batter.

sentence 3

Her sentence
We were upstairs in Baba's study, the smoking room, when I told him what Mullah Fatiullah Khan had taught us in class.
-The Kite Runner

My sentence
I was in the dining room, the place where we eat, when my mom asked me how school went that day.

sentence 2

Her sentenceItalic
We sat at a picnic table on the banks of the lake, just Baba and me, eating boiled eggs with kofta sandwiches-meatballs and pickles wrapped in naan.
-The Kite Runner
My sentence
We were at the kitchen table, my family and I, eating spaghetti-noodles covered in tomato sauce.