SearchThis is a fun way to help your young author write a story.
Pick a picture of a place from the newspaper, it could be a street scene or a park or landscape. Cut out the picture and pin it in the center of a display board. This will be the location of the story.
Draw a line up from the picture and write the name of the main character in the story.
Draw another line and list and supporting characters that will be in the story.
Draw a line out from the picture and list briefly what will happen in the plot.
Then draw a line out from the bottom of the picture and say how the story will end.
To make it more fun, draw the characters in the story and pin them on your map too. This will help your child to organize their thoughts and focus their writing on characters, setting, plot and conclusion.
