Story Writing

TELPAS Story Speaking/Writing

Today's Focus

Telling or Writing a Story

As we have seen, the TELPAS Speaking & Writing sections will show you a picture or set of pictures and ask you to write a story about what you see.

Remember the 5 Categories:

• People

• Things

• Place

• Actions

• Feelings

​Don't freak out!!!

Open Ended

Enlarge the picture(s) and use the 5 categories to type what you see in each frame using words that you know in ENGLISH.

There are no wrong answers!

Open Ended

Using the words from from your list, write about what is happening. Remember the transition words that you learned with Ms. Courtney and Mr. Gobin.

Audio Response

Now, record what you wrote. Remember that it should be at least 20 - 30 seconds.

Open Audio Recorder

In your notebook, write a first draft of a story about happened to cause the boy to make this face. Use any of the following get you started:

• The story you wrote about on the last slide

• Someone else's story idea

• Create your own

It must be at least 8 - 10 sentences.

​​"OH, NO!!!!!"

​Do as much as you can without using translate or a friend. If you don't know the word in English, use your own language.