Story Writing

• English
• Middelbare school
• vmbo b
• Leerjaar 4

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Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to:

• identify and recall main elements of a short story
• brainstorm to identify folktale and its elements
• write and share stories incorporating all the elements.

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What are the elements of a short story?

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Tips to write a good story

*Title: The title of the story must be interesting and it should evoke curiosity.

*Planned and logical series of events must be reflected and the events should not deviate the story from its theme.

*There must be an interesting theme of the story which is the controlling idea of the story.

*The depiction of the characters must be interesting and convincing.

The language of the story must suit the story. It should be as per the setting of the story.

Write a short story in 150 – 200 words, with the help of the cues given below. Give a suitable title to the story.

                                                                                                                                                                 

                                                                  The Last Day

Satish was standing on the balcony watching the last rays of the Sun. Loud and angry voices in the street below distracted his attention. He ran down the stairs to see what had happened. His neighbours were again fighting over some parking issues. It was a common scene among the residents of that area. No sooner did he reach there when suddenly the land between the neighbours’ buildings started tearing apart. Everyone got frightened. Satish ran back to his house to find his daughter and wife. They were both ready with their emergency baggage. 

The family got out of the house and started running as fast as they could, passing the falling trees and buildings. Water was penetrating out of the departing land and everyone was panicking and running in any direction to save their lives when suddenly, Satish’s daughter fell down. A tree fell over her feet. Satish was trying to help his crying daughter when they both saw a building falling over them. Satish hugged his daughter and shouted at the peak of his voice which finally woke him up. With sighs of heavy breathing and excessive sweating, Satish went to his daughter’s room only to find that everything was fine. He kissed her forehead, went back to his room and wondered; “Phew! This one really took the life out of me”.

Write a short story with the following beginning:(Word limit-150 to 200 words)
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking twelve…. (Write in notebook/lesson up)

Success Criteria-Now ,I CAN
identify and recall main elements of a short story
write and share stories incorporating all the elements.

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2. Agree
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4. Need Help

Home assignment

Write a story with the following beginning (120-150 words)in notebook S.no-4.2

Raju was a little boy who was born in a poor family. He wanted to get education but his financial condition did not allow him to do so