Six-sentence story
Sentence 1: Start with ‘Once upon a time’ and introduce the main character
Sentence 2: Describes where the character lived
Sentence 3: Describes where the character’s special talent
Sentence 4: Describes the character’s problem
Sentence 5: Tells why the character felt that way
Sentence 6: Tells how the character solved the problem
1. Once upon a time… there was young short man called harry he was very talented and Skill full at soccer. |
2. He lived in a bad part of America, his family was poor. |
3. He was so good and talented at soccer he is so good at getting goals |
4. He wants to play in a team but he can't because he doesn’t have someone to support him and he doesn’t have money. |
5. He did feel that way because he thinks he needs money to be in a team and he does not have anyone to support him.
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6. He went to a close soccer field where a lot of people play in and he played there and then one of the soccer coaches saw him play and invited him to his soccer team. And then he made it to the national team and he got a lot of money from the games he played. |
Adapted from THE WRITING BOOK (2003) Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey p126
