1. YOU WILL NEED: Writing utensil Story Starter from yesterday (The ½ note card written by your classmates)

2. Before you tell me its ready to shoot…. Are your pages separated by at least one line? Are your paragraphs indented? Is your cover/title page typed? Is your About an Author page typed?

3. Parts of a story Main Character—Joey (Jedi Knight) Supporting Character—Dawn (Dragon—Purple) Setting– Classroom– Middle Ages Problem—Broken Light Saber Solution– Dragon becomes weapon… light saber not needed

4. Parts of a story Main Character—Sadie—A dog Supporting Character—Bob– A cat Setting– Madagascar—1600’s Problem—They cant get off of Madagascar Solution– Make boat, go to sea, find a ship

5. Parts of a story Main Character— Supporting Character— Setting– Problem— Solution–

6. Creative Story Requirements Every sentence has an adjective or an adverb Every paragraph has 2 prepositional phrases The book has 3 similes (Like and As) The book has 2 metaphors The book has 3 idioms (Ex- Splitting headache) The book has 2 examples of hyperbole (exaggeration) The book has 2 different uses of dialogue (Talking) Uses all 4 types of sentences Uses 3 interjections

8. Creative Story Requirements Cover Title Author Picture

9. Creative Story Requirements Cover Page Title Author Genre Type Authors purpose

10. Creative Story Requirements Book Must have a minimum 2 page rough draft Must be typed Rough draft must have visible paragraphs Rough draft must have page separations Every page of the book will have text and picture (hand-drawn, colored) About the Author Page---answering the statement… “My favorite thing about writing this story is…….”