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Writing a story ...

WALT to tell a story using a variety of sentences of different lengths; and

WALT ask for feedback to help us make changes that add impact to our story.

How:

Orientation (Introduction) - who, when, where?
Problem and the things that happen (in sequence)
Resolution (ending) - the problem is sorted out (happily or unhappily)

Using lots of descriptive language to give detail to characters and setting:

adjectives, adverbs, similes, metaphors

Past tense: She gazed in wonder as the spaceship neared the planet.

Conversations between characters

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Sentences:

How can we make our sentences different lengths?

The fierce dog barked. It jumped over the gate.

Suddenly the fierce, brown dog jumped over the gate.

The neighbour’s dog woke up and chased the black cat around the garden.

When the dog spotted the cat, it jumped over the wire fence and chased it down the road.

The spotty dog, which belonged to Mr Goodwin next door, always barked when the front gate was opened.

The black cat jumped over the fence because it was scared of the fierce dog.

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Who is your story about? Who is the main character?

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Where is your story set?

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What’s the problem?

The problem is that earth no longer has clean air or fresh water.

Its environment has been damaged so much that people can no longer live or make their home on this planet.

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Words to support your writing

space	launch	polluted
oxygen	rocket
earth	habitable
astronaut	uninhabitable
spaceship	solar
scientist	system
environment	damage
atmosphere	pollution

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My orientation:

Who:

Where:

When:

Write your orientation here:

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What about the problem?

Describe or explain how the problem relates to your story:

Is it difficult leaving earth?
Any problems with the spaceship?
Is the main problem finding a suitable planet to live on?
Is it a problem landing your spaceship on a new planet?

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What happens first of all?

Tell your reader the events that happen here.

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What happens next?

Tell your reader the events that happen here. Duplicate this slide for you have more to tell.

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The end

Tell how your problem is sorted out.

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I know my story is successful because:

I have an orientation that tells who, where, when and shares the problem.
There are a series of events that happen in order.
The problem is sorted out at the end of my story.
I have used sentences of different lengths to tell my ideas.
I have proof-read it to check that it makes sense and that I have used correct sentence punctuation.