Tell me a story!
Can you write me a story? A mystery story about Hall Place?
Every good story has 5 important parts.
beginning
build-up
problem
solution
end
It’s a bit like climbing a mountain, a story mountain. At the top of the mountain something
happens, but you can’t go straight to the top. Stories need a build-up to the problem and a
solution before the end.
3. Problem
Something happens
2. Build-up
4. Resolution
The story gets going
Problem is solved
5. The end
1. The beginning
Everything is OK
introduce the characters
And there are many different types of stories to choose from…
‘Romance’
‘Thriller’
use suspense
‘Detective’
solving a crime
‘Action’
lots happening
‘Science- fiction’
aliens, heroes?
‘Time travel
‘to the past
‘Comedy’
funny story
‘Mystery’
suspense
‘Fantasy’
with magic?
‘Horror’
scary story
‘Adventure’
The Story
Start by drawing or writing a Storyboard. This shows the story in miniature helping you
write a better story.
The opening
Introduce your characters,
and location.
The build up
Get the story going by
setting the scene, building
up to the main problem.
The problem
Something goes wrong.
What?
The resolution
The problem is solved.
How?
The end
Everything is ok!
How will you leave your
characters?
Descriptions using adjectives.
When you write a story you will need to describe buildings, objects and people as well as
what happens to make it interesting. Use lots of adjectives (describing words) to tell your
story like the ones below.
People
who
short tall small
thin
fat
large
big
man woman
boy
girl
blond dark happy
sad
crying laughing
scared
grumpy angry
old
young
beautiful
ugly
good
bad
rich
poor
handsome strange
foreign
ghostly alien
monster
servant
job
clothes
age
hair
shape
name
character
Surroundings
big
small
old
outside inside
dark
sunny
smelly spooky
noisy
quiet
wood
brick
stone
slate
tower
windows
fireplace
odd
wood-panelling tapestry
portraits
pictures
carving wood fires
warm
cold
friendly
rich poor
modern
busy
creaky stairs
ghostly
strange squeaky doors
smell scary
features
built from?
colours
inside/outside
age
shape
smell
size
sounds
type
atmosphere
rich/poor
light/dark
decoration
Objects
feels like?
colour
decoration
age
use
shape
name
weight
used by?
size
made from?
smell
patterned
straight
long
short
light
heavy
old strong
weak
thick
thin
colour
wooden
pottery
leather
bees wax
round
smooth
rough
hard soft
cold
warm
big small
pot
plate
bowl glass
round
square
flat shiny
jug
metal
silver trencher
rich
poor
carved
glazed
painted shaped
plain
cup
odd
Now it’s your turn!
Use these adjectives as you tour the house.
Let’s see your descriptive skills in action, try and complete the activity below.
Find an object or part of the house to describe for your story.
Draw your object here.
Now describe it in words.
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