WW4 Activity 2

Create a
class short story

WRITING PROMPT

Write a short story that uses dialogue and vivid verbs and captures an imagined experience.

At the end of “The Fun They Had,” Margie is daydreaming about schools of the past—which would be our schools today! Imagine that she suddenly finds herself at your school, at an event or a time of day when she would actually experience “the fun they had.”

Let's define words from the prompt

What do you think it means by calling it an imagined experience?

an imagined experience

What do you think it means by the term vivid verbs?

vivid verbs

Let's look back at the standard we are addressing.

​W.6.3 -
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

Open Ended

Having relevant descriptive details means that the reader can imagine the characters and what is happening.

What do you think we need in our story for it to include effective technique?

Multiple Select

Which 2 of these choices are characteristics of a well-structured event sequence?

• there aren't really any actions to distract the reader

• the reader can easily tell where they are in story

• the reader is interested in the actions

• the reader finds the actions confusing or uninteresting

Now, we are ready to begin our story

Multiple Select

When Margie comes to visit CMS, she decides that our version of school _______ than school with a mechanical teacher.

• is more fun

• is not more fun

Open Ended

Our story needs a developed Exposition.

What would be happening at school when Margie comes order for our story to be interesting?

Open Ended

Our best idea for conflict will probably be Margie not understanding the things we do at school.

What do you think would be an interesting problem for Margie to have on her visit to our school?

Open Ended

Suggest 2 names for students that Margie becomes friends with on her visit to our school.

Open Ended

Suggest a name for a student who is not nice to Margie on her visit to our school.

Open Ended

The conflict leads to the climax.

The rising action is what moves the story on this path.

Based on the conflict we discussed, what would you add to the rising action?

Open Ended

After the climax, the story calms down a bit and works toward a resolution.

Who would you like to see help Margie out in our story? [What character will help her work toward resolution?]

Multiple Select

Final plot question:

In the resolution, does Margie want to visit CMS again one day?

• She wants to come back, but it wasn't fun.

• She wants to come back because it was fun.

• She doesn't want to come back because it wasn't fun.

• She doesn't want to come back even though it was fun.