A story ending and a story of our own
A good ending answers the problem of the story and shows how the characters feel. The book has a story with a reply from a man in another country on pages 38 and 46. Read the page with a grown-up, then plan a different reply. Do not copy any sentences. To write an ending: say what happens last, say how people feel, and add the moral if you want to. Use the past simple and a sequencing adverb such as finally. In the project, three children write one story together. One chooses the setting, one invents the characters and one decides the first event. Use the past continuous for what was happening and the past simple for what happened. Here is our own story, finished with an ending.
| Part | Our story: ‘The Lost Key’ |
|---|---|
| Setting | a busy market in the evening |
| Characters | Laila and a shop owner |
| First event | Laila drops her house key |
| Ending | She finds it and thanks him |
| Moral | Look carefully and ask for help |
It was a busy evening in the market. Laila was carrying a bag of oranges when she dropped her house key. First, she looked under the oranges. Next, she looked near the stalls. Then she asked a shop owner for help. After that, they looked together. Finally, the man saw the key under a box. Laila felt very happy and said thank you. She learned to look carefully and to ask for help.
Group story. With two others, the child plans a story: setting, characters, narrator and first event. Each person writes three sentences using first, next, then, after that or finally and the past continuous once. Read the story aloud and give each other feedback: one thing you liked and one question. Then write the ending with a feeling and a moral.