Assignment

Your Task: Rewrite the hospital scene where Johnny's mother comes to visit. In your version, the nurse does not turn her away, but lets her in the room. Imagine Johnny's reaction. What would Johnny's mother say to him? What would Johnny say to her?

You are writing part of a narrative, not a script. Sentences, punctuation, and paragraphs should appear the way it would in a book. Use the book or passage above as an example. Pay special attention to the dialogue and how the author starts a new paragraph each time she changes speakers.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015


            A nurse appeared in the doorway,

  “Johnny,” she said, “Your mother is here to see you.”

        Johnny’s eyes opened wide. His face filled with shock, then hatred.

        “I don’t want to see her.” He said firmly. The nurse didn’t say anything as she left the room.

        Johnny looked as if he were about to say something but just at that second, Johnny’s mom click-clacked into the room.

        ‘I thought I told that nurse I didn’t want to see her.’ thought Johnny.

        Ponyboy and two-bit were still in the room and Johnny’s mother glared at them, “This is your fault!” she spat. “If Johnny wouldn’t be hanging around you hoodlums, he wouldn’t be in this mess, would he?”

                Johnny felt anger bubble up inside of his chest.

        “It’s not their fault!” Johnny wheezed. “They’re not hoodlums! If you’d just-“Johnny tried to sit up and passed out cold.
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