Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on
The Maple Street.

CHARLIE (CONTD)
He comes walkin' out of the darkness-how am I
supposed to

know who he was?

(he grabs Steve)

What statement best reflects the theme expresses in this excerpt?

O Fear, combined with crowd mentality, leads people to
make poor decisions.
O People should not be blamed for decisions they make in the heat of the moment.
O A crowd is always more powerful in intense situations
than a single person.
O A group of people is responsible for the actions of each if it’s members.

Choose one of the topics below and use all five sentence patterns in a composition of at least 100 words. return to the lessons "patterns: inverted, compound parts, s/v/do" and "patterns: s/lv/pn, s/lv/pa, s/v/io/do" if you need to review the sentence patterns. you will be graded based on whether all five sentence patterns are present in your work. suggestions for topics: a. what if the sun exploded? b. what if every family owned a helicopter? c. what if each year were six months long instead of twelve? d. what if you were the president of the united states?