1. Completing a story Period I Read and plot Wenzhou High School
Xia Yijian
Period I Read and plot

2. Let’s comb the story How is the story organized?
the first time I met Roy
under a year ago
three months ago
last week

3. The unanswered mystery in the story
Time
What happened
Roy’s reactions
The first time I met Roy
Under a year ago
3 months ago
Last week
Roy was telling a joke.
Daniel was a shy new student.
He invited Daniel to join him and became friends with him.
He suffered from financial difficulty.
He became silent and started losing friends.
Roy’s father died because of a car accident.
Roy was going through the pockets of others. Daniel caught Roy’s stealing.
He went bright red and returned the money back.
He started avoiding Daniel and seldom appeared in school.
Tip 1: When developing the plot, you should stick to original details.
$500 raised for charity was missing. Daniel found a lot of paper notes in Roy’s pocket.
Tip 2: When developing the plot, you can take underlined words for reference.
The unanswered mystery in the story

4. Let’s develop the plot A problem arose. What would Roy do?
Paragraph 1:
At that moment, the door swung open, and Roy walked in. ____________
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What would Roy do?
A problem arose.
Paragraph 2:
Suddenly, an idea hit me. _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ _______________________________
The solution/ idea?
Tip 3: When developing the plot, you should pay attention to the given sentences.
Tip 4: Your plot should make sense to the development of the story.
What information can you get from the given sentence?

5. Let’s develop the plot
Paragraph 1:
At that moment, the door swung open, and Roy walked in. ____________
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Paragraph 2:
Suddenly, an idea hit me. _______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________ _______________________________
Develop your plot by writing 3-5 simple sentences first.

6. Homework
1. Develop possible plots of the following two paragraphs to complete the story.
2. Check the whole story to see whether it is properly developed.

7. Thank you!