MODULE 1
22
Introduction
Para 1 Set the scene
(describe the
weather, time, atmosphere,
people involved, possible
feelings, etc)
Main Body
*
Para 2 Before the main event(s)
(incidents leading to the main
event)
Para 3 The main event(s)
(describe
the main event(s), people
involved, more details and the
climax event)
* The main body may include 1‒3
paragraphs.
Conclusion
Para 4 End the story
(refer to moods,
consequences, people’s
reactions, feelings, etc)
PLAN
• Interpreting rubrics
1
Read the rubric and look at the underlined
key words. Then answer the questions below.
1
What are you going to write?
2
Who is going to read your piece of writing?
3
Who will the main character(s) be?
4
What can the story be about?
5
What words must you use in your writing? Where?
6
How many words must you write?
7
How can you begin your story?
Your teacher has asked you to write a story
about a frightening experience for the
school magazine. The story must begin
with this sentence:
It was raining heavily
yesterday ... .
Your story must include:
• a uniform • falling
Write your story (140‒190 words).
• Stories can be written either in the first or
the third person and present a series of
events, real or imaginary.
• We normally use past tenses in stories.
e.g. He
stood
on the deck looking out to sea as the ship
was leaving
the harbour.
• When writing a story, we need to keep a time
sequence in mind. Stories describe a sequence of
events which need to be linked with appropriate
sequence words such as:
First
,
Then/Next
,
After/Before (that)
,
During/Meanwhile
,
Finally
,
As soon as
,
The moment that
,
As
,
No sooner ...
than
,
Hardly ... when
,
Immediately
,
Since
,
While
,
Until
,
By the time
,
As long as
.
e.g. He
stood up and walked towards the door.
Meanwhile
, Stella was poking the fire.
• Using a variety of adjectives (
disgusted
,
amusing
,
astonished
, etc) and adverbs (
fearlessly
,
cautiously
,
amazingly
, etc) will make our stories
more interesting to the reader.
e.g. He
carefully
approached the empty house and knocked on the
wooden
door.
• We can use descriptions of people, places or
objects to create atmosphere and emphasise
specific parts of the narration.
e.g. Behind the
desk there was a
cheerful little girl
looking at
me
smiling shyly
.
• We can use direct speech to make our stories more
dramatic.
e.g. “What’s this?” she asked.
