Write a Story

Plan characters, setting, problem, events, and an ending; then write it.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 69

Every story has parts. The characters are who the story is about. The setting is where and when it happens.
Then comes a problem. The events tell what the characters do about it. The ending tells how the problem gets solved, so the story feels finished.
Here's the story from that plan. Listen for the dialogue: words a character says, inside quotation marks. Tap Read it to me.
Writers plan first. Then they write a draft. They revise to make it better, and edit to fix mistakes.
Your turn! Put this story in order. Start with the problem.
Now you're the author! Plan in your head: who is in your story, where is it, and what goes wrong? Then write your story, line by line. Give it an ending that solves the problem.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

2.T.T.1.e — Use knowledge of narrative techniques (e.g., characters, settings, events, dialogue) to create texts that recount real or imagined experiences and events with a sense of closure.
2.P.EICC.4 — Compose a range of texts for a variety of purposes and audiences, flexibly engaging in writing processes to plan, draft, evaluate, revise, and edit texts.