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Ingredients for a great story! ● Plan your story on paper. Think who is it about? What is going to happen in the end? What exciting and interesting things will happen along the way? ∗ A ‘punchy’ start that ‘grabs’ the readers attention, such as speech, onomatopoeia or a piece of great description. ● Three well described characters (looks, experiences and personality) ∗ At least FOUR indented paragraphs ● A sub-plot or flashback using ‘Meanwhile ……. ∗ A list to show that you know how to use punctuation; commas, colons, semi-colons etc. ● A conversation to show ̋ direct speech ̏ and new speech, new line. ∗ A well structured story, having a beginning, middle and an appropriate end. ● When you have finished. Read your story VERY carefully, asking yourself, ‘Does this make sense?’ If it doesn’t, change it! Mix well in a hot classroom for 45 minutes and serve immediately to a hungry teacher!