Planning a story with the headings ‘beginning’, ‘middle’ and ‘ending’ Primary Longman Elect 2B Chapter 4 Planning a story with the headings ‘beginning’, ‘middle’ and ‘ending’

? A story has 3 sections: beginning, middle and ending. Look at these pictures and write a story. Which picture shows the beginning? 1 2 3 4 Beginning brush go to School notice Dear parents, 21st March is a school holiday … ? school holiday

? Which picture shows the middle? 1 2 3 4 Beginning Middle brush go to School notice Dear parents, 21st March is a school holiday … Middle ? school holiday

? This means you can write your own ending. Which picture shows the ending? 1 2 3 4 Beginning Middle brush go to School notice Dear parents, 21st March is a school holiday … Middle Ending ? school holiday

? You can ask questions about the story. What can you write about in each section? 1 2 3 4 Beginning Middle brush go to School notice Dear parents, 21st March is a school holiday … Middle Ending ? school holiday

Here are some questions about the beginning. Can you think of the answers to these questions? Beginning Questions When is it? Friday Who is in the story? Tom What does he do? What time is it? gets up at 7:30 a.m., washes his face, brushes his teeth, has breakfast brush

Do the same thing for the middle. Questions What does he do next? goes to school with his mum go to What happens next? School notice Dear parents, 21st March is a school holiday … they cannot get into the school What does his mum say? ‘Oh! Today is a school holiday!’ school holiday

? Now use your answers to write the story. What is the problem in the story? Can you think of a solution to the problem? Now, think of an ending for the story. Tom and his mum cannot get into the school. Ending Questions What do they do / say? Tom says, ‘Mum, we can go and visit Grandma.’ ? What do they do next? visit Grandma, have a good time How do they feel? happy

Put your answers into sentences. Questions Answers Beginning When is it? Who is in the story? What does he do? What time is it? Friday Tom gets up at 7:30 a.m., washes his face, brushes his teeth, has breakfast Today is Friday. Tom gets up at 7:30 a.m. He washes his face, brushes his teeth and has breakfast. Put your answers into sentences.

Put dialogues in quotation marks. Questions Answers Middle What does he do next? What happens next? What does his mum say? goes to school with his mum they cannot get into the school ‘Oh! Today is a school holiday!’ Then he goes to school with his mum. When they arrive, they cannot get into the school. Mum says, ‘Oh! Today is a school holiday!’ Put dialogues in quotation marks.

Put dialogues in quotation marks. Questions Answers Ending What do they do / say? What do they do next? How do they feel? Tom says, ‘Mum, we can go and visit Grandma.’ visit Grandma, have a good time happy Tom says, ‘Mum, we can go and visit Grandma.’ They visit Grandma and have a good time. They are happy. Put dialogues in quotation marks.

Now put the sentences into paragraphs. Today is Friday. Tom gets up at 7:30 a.m. He washes his face, brushes his teeth and has breakfast. Then he goes to school with his mum. Today is Friday. Tom gets up at 7:30 a.m. He washes his face, brushes his teeth and has breakfast. Then he goes to school with his mum. When they arrive, they cannot get into the school. Mum says, ‘Oh! Today is a school holiday!’ Tom says, ‘Mum, we can go and visit Grandma.’ They visit Grandma and have a good time. They are happy. When they arrive, they cannot get into the school. Mum says, ‘Oh! Today is a school holiday!’ Tom says, ‘Mum, we can go and visit Grandma.’ They visit Grandma and have a good time. They are happy. Now put the sentences into paragraphs.

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