Question

read the model sentence from debby dahl edwardsons my name is not easy.
i gaze out the window at our family: a little knot on a fringe of tundra, waving in the wind.
© 2011 debby dahl edwardson
use the words and phrases to create a new sentence that matches the model.
sarah surged down the dusty path stretched tightly between twin trees
toward their makeshift finish line: a single piece of twine at waist height,

Explanation:

The model sentence has a main clause followed by a description (a noun phrase with a participial phrase). We need to structure the given phrases similarly: main action of Sarah, then the direction, then the colon introducing the description of the finish line. So we combine "Sarah surged down the dusty path" (main action), "toward their makeshift finish line:" (direction), then the description of the finish line: "a single piece of twine at waist height, stretched tightly between twin trees".

Answer:

Sarah surged down the dusty path toward their makeshift finish line: a single piece of twine at waist height, stretched tightly between twin trees.