This week we have been writing stories in 5 sentences. To get us going we have used a picture. The children have learnt a simple structure – the first sentence needs to be a good opener such as Once upon a time or Long long ago. Then we used the words first, next, then and finally to start the following four sentences. The children have such great ideas! It is something you could try at home, find a great image and then see if you can come up with a five sentence story too! If you don’t fancy writing the story down you could just do it orally or even take it in turns to think of the next sentence which is great fun! The art of telling a story is just as important as being able to write it.
If possible try and extend one or two sentences by using the word and to link two ideas together.
This simple story structure helps the children learn how to sequence a short story and really grasp the concept of writing in sentences. Once they are confident with this they can add more detail and description.
Here is one we did together today whilst we ate our snacks!
Long long ago some animals decided to go on holiday! First they went to a sandy beach. Next they visited beautiful Wales. Then they travelled to a steamy jungle and climbed some vines. Finally they went back to the zoo and nobody had even noticed that they had been missing!
And one we looked at yesterday…
Once upon a time there was a diver who went on an adventure. First he spotted an orange octopus. Next he got pinched by a blue crab because he got too close! Then he spotted a huge blue whale. Finally he swam back to his boat.
