L.O. To revise the structure of the first two sections of a short story (exciting first line and setting the scene)
Homework: You are going to write the first fifteen lines of a short story. Here is my plan for a short story about a dilemma:
Characters:
Hashim - a school boy
Mr Gradgrind - his teacher
Location: A school room
Beginning: Hashim didn't do his English homework last night? Should he confess to Mr Gradgrind?
Middle: Hashim decides to confess to his teacher...
End: ...but before he can say anything his classmate, Sally, tells Mr Gradgrind she has left her story on her desk - and Mr Gradgrind puts her in detention for the rest of the week!
Your homework is to write the first 1/2 page- roughly 15 lines of A4 - of this story, including an exciting first line and then setting the scene the descriptive techniques we studied in the Spring.
Feeling clever? Try to include some shown feelings alongside the direct speech.
Click here to revise exciting first lines.
Click here to revise setting the scene in a short story.
Download another copy of the worksheet from box.net by clicking here.
Remember you are not telling the whole story; you're just writing the first part of it so you can revise story structure!
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