Using 5W1H questions to write a story Primary Longman Elect 5B Chapter 4 Using 5W1H questions to write a story

? Can you write a story about these pictures? 1 2 3 4 5 Mr Chan go … Mr Chan go get lost Mrs Chan ? 1 km ? show miss

Use 5W1H questions to help you brainstorm ideas. You can write your ideas in a story map like this. Setting Time: Last Sunday afternoon Place: Lantau Main Characters Beginning Middle Ending

5W1H questions When When did the story happen? Who Who are the people in the story? What What happened to them? How How did they feel? Why Why did they feel this way? Where Where did they go?

When did the story happen? Where did it take place? The information is given. The story happened last Sunday afternoon on Lantau. When did the story happen? Where did it take place? Setting Time: Last Sunday afternoon Place: Lantau Main Characters Beginning Middle Ending

Now we come to the events of the story. Do you remember the three sections of a story: beginning, middle and ending? Now we come to the events of the story. Who are the people in the story? Take a look at Picture 1. Is the information given? Setting Time: Last Sunday afternoon Place: Lantau Main Characters Beginning Middle Ending Mr Chan and Mrs Chan Mr Chan Mrs Chan go

? Which picture shows the beginning of the story? 1 2 3 4 5 Beginning … Beginning Mr Chan go get lost Mrs Chan ? 1 km ? show miss

? Which picture shows the middle? 1 2 3 4 5 Beginning Middle Middle … Beginning Middle Mr Chan go get lost Mrs Chan ? 1 km ? Middle Middle show miss

? Which picture shows the ending? 1 2 3 4 5 Beginning Middle Middle … Beginning Middle Mr Chan go get lost Mrs Chan ? 1 km ? Middle Middle Ending show miss

? Again, use 5W1H questions to help you brainstorm ideas. Good! What can you write about in each section? 1 2 3 4 5 … Beginning Middle Mr Chan go get lost Mrs Chan ? 1 km ? Middle Middle Ending show miss

Think of some 5W1H questions for the beginning. Now, can you think of the answers to these questions? When Who What How Why Where Beginning Questions 1 Where were Mr and Mrs Chan? on Lantau What did they do there? went hiking Mr Chan go Mrs Chan

Think of the answers to these questions. Do the same for the middle. When Who What How Why Where Middle Questions 2 What happened to them? got lost … When was it? sunset — it was getting dark get lost How did they feel? afraid

Think of the answers to these questions. When Who What How Why Where Middle Questions 3 Who did they meet? ? 1 km a man What did they do? Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ show What did the man do? showed them a map and said, ‘It’s one kilometre.’

Think of the answers to these questions. When Who What How Why Where Middle Questions 4 What did they do? walked a long way to the bus stop What happened next? arrived at the bus stop, missed the last bus home miss

? What is the problem in the story? Can you think of a solution to the problem? Now, think of an ending for the story. Mr and Mrs Chan missed the last bus home. When Who What How Why Where Ending Questions 5 What did they do? went home by taxi ? What happened in the end? arrived home at midnight How did they feel? Why? tired but happy — didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau

Well done! Now you can use your notes in the story map to write the story.

Put your ideas in the story map into sentences. Setting Time: Last Sunday afternoon Place: Lantau Main Characters Mr Chan and Mrs Chan Beginning Where were Mr and Mrs Chan? What did they do there? on Lantau went hiking Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau. Put your ideas in the story map into sentences.

Link the sentences using linking words like and. Middle What happened to them? When was it? How did they feel? Who did they meet? What did they do? What did the man do? What happened next? got lost sunset — it was getting dark afraid a man Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ showed them a map and said, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ walked a long way to the bus stop arrived at the bus stop, missed the last bus home They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. They got lost at sunset. It was getting dark. They were afraid. Link the sentences using linking words like and.

Use pronouns and different reporting verbs in your story. Middle What happened to them? When was it? How did they feel? Who did they meet? What did they do? What did the man do? What happened next? got lost sunset — it was getting dark afraid a man Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ showed them a map and said, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ walked a long way to the bus stop arrived at the bus stop, missed the last bus home They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. They met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ They met a man. Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and said, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ Use pronouns and different reporting verbs in your story.

Link the sentences using linking words like when. Middle What happened to them? When was it? How did they feel? Who did they meet? What did they do? What did the man do? What happened next? got lost sunset — it was getting dark afraid a man Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ showed them a map and said, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ walked a long way to the bus stop arrived at the bus stop, missed the last bus home They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. They met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ They walked a long way to the bus stop. When they arrived at the bus stop, they missed the last bus home. They walked a long way to the bus stop. They arrived at the bus stop. They missed the last bus home. Link the sentences using linking words like when.

Link the sentences using linking words like and and because. Ending What did they do? What happened in the end? How did they feel? Why? went home by taxi arrived home at midnight tired but happy — didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau They went home by taxi and arrived home at midnight. They were tired but happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau! They went home by taxi. They arrived home at midnight. They were tired but happy. They didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau! Link the sentences using linking words like and and because.

Now put the sentences into paragraphs. Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau. They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau. They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. Mrs Chan shouted, ‘Help! Can anyone help us?’ Luckily They met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ They met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ ^ They walked a long way to the bus stop. When they arrived at the bus stop, they missed the last bus home. They walked a long way to the bus stop. When they arrived at the bus stop, they missed the last bus home. Mr Chan said, ‘Don’t worry. I have an idea. Let’s call a taxi to take us home.’ They went home by taxi and arrived home at midnight. They were tired but happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau! They went home by taxi and arrived home at midnight. They were tired but happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau! ^ You can add details such as dialogues to make the story more interesting. Now put the sentences into paragraphs.

Lost on Lantau Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau. They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. Mrs Chan shouted, ‘Help! Can anyone help us?’ Luckily they met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’ They walked a long way to the bus stop. When they arrived at the bus stop, they missed the last bus home. Mr Chan said, ‘Don’t worry. I have an idea. Let’s call a taxi to take us home.’ They went home by taxi and arrived home at midnight. They were tired but happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau!

The End