Planning
Parts of Setting
Place, Time, Weather
transitions means sequence of events or
the order things happen - sequencing
this one letter word is always upper case
I
I wore a white shirt.
clean, new, big, old, dressy
Last week, i was very sick.
i
living ones in the story are the....
What are characters?
Some transition words at the beginning may be
first or in the beginning
Words with apostrophes such as isn't, don't, can't are called
contractions
We were climbing a mountain.
tall, rocky, snowy
the cold weather made us want to stay indoors.
the
the problem in the story - what happens in the story.
What is the plot?
some transition words after first may be
next, second, and then
To show ownership, such as my aunt's house or Bob's house,use
's apostrophe s
Words that help us know the setting include
any word concerning time, place, weather
Mary and jimmy saw a ghost and ran all the way home.
jimmy
The story ending
What is the conclusion?
some transition word at the end of the plot may be
last, at the end, finally
to show dialogue or conversation use these marks
quotation marks I said, "We will soon be home."
A better word for big might be
large, huge, enormous
Mother said you need to be home before dark.
Mother said, "You need to be home before dark."
About how many events or things that happen in the plot
What is 5 (anywhere from 3 to 10)
transition words that show what happened many years later might be
after I grew up, many years later, after everyone grew up
Some words that need capitalized include
proper nouns, places, holidays, months, days of the week, special places
a better word for nice might be
friendly, helpful, lovely, amazing
We live in paterson new jersey.
Paterson, New Jersey