Story Writing

 In Language Arts we are writing stories using a character-problem-solution model.

These kinds of stories are about a problem or an adventure that the main character(s) encounter, which eventually results in a resolution.

Students begin writing their original short stories.

The purpose of the beginning is to hook the reader, and to introduce main character(s), setting (time and place), and theme/topic of the story.

We are practicing writing story beginnings using 4 techniques to interest the reader:

        1.     An Action – what would you do?

        2.     Dialogue – what might you say or exclaim?

        3.     A Thought or Question – what would you wonder or worry?

        4.     A Sound – what might you hear?

We have also discussed the importance of starting the stories close to the main event, so we don’t write about details that are not relevant to the events in the story.