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WorksheetsStory Plan & Exposition
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Before writing a story, what do we need to make?
our bed
a story plan/plot
hot chocolate
a new friend
Exposition is the first part of a story plan. It includes...
a whale, some corals and a fisherman
two goats and a shepherd
information about the characters, settings and the first scene
the main problem in the story
The second part of a story plan/plot tells us about the main problem or problems in the story, what is it called?
Big bad wolf
Cruella De'vil
Conflict
Climax
What part of the story tells us about the steps the characters take to try and solve the conflict?
Exposition
Climax
Falling Action
Rising Action
The climax is where the story takes a turn. The conflict begins to get solved, the falling action is where all of the problem gets solved.
What do we write about in the 'resolution' then?
Lyrics of our favourite k-pop song
birthdays of our family and friends
a paragraph describing our best qualities
Refections of the characters. What have they learnt? Change in attitude, if any. How do the characters feel and what are their plans for the future.
This exposition starter belongs to which famous book?
'From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.'
The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Geronimo Stilton and the Missing Cake
Blue Umbrella
Gopi Diaries
From which mythological adventure is this starting prompt taken?
'Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood.'
Heidi
Ann of Green Gable
Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
From which fantasy story book is this starting prompt taken?
"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day. I sat there with Sally. We sat here we two and we said 'How we wish we had something to do.'"
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The Lorax
Green Eggs and Ham
Cat in the Hat
From which fantasy story book is this starting prompt taken?
“Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice ‘without pictures or conversation?’”
Alice In Wonderland
Beauty and the Beast
Cinderella
Alice and the Chipmunks
From which fantasy story has the following exposition prompt been taken?
"All children, except one, grow up."
Black Beauty
Peter Pan
Snow White
Gopi Diaries
From which realistic fantasy fiction, has the following exposition prompt been taken?
“Where’s Papa going with that axe?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.”
Peter Rabbit
Cinderella
Charlotte's Web
Black Beauty
From which realistic fantasy fiction, has the following exposition prompt been taken?
"The night Max wore his wolf suit and made mischief of one kind and another his mother called him 'WILD THING!' and Max said 'I'LL EAT YOU UP!' so he was sent to bed without eating anything."
Where the Wild Things Are
The Day the Crayons Quit
Wind in the Willows
The Christmas Carol
"My name is Tracy Beaker. I am 10 years 2 months old. My birthday is on May 8. It's not fair, because that dopey Peter Ingham has his birthday then too, so we just got the one cake between us. And we had to hold the knife to cut the cake together. Which meant we only had half a wish each. Wishing is for babies anyway. Wishes don't come true."
From which of the books below has this exposition been taken?
Ballet Shoes
Winnie the Pooh
The Story of Tracy Beaker
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
'Harry Potter and the Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone' begins with which iconic exposition prompt?
"Once upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were-Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter."
"Everybody knows the story of the Three Little Pigs. Or at least they think they do. But I'll let you in on a little secret. Nobody knows the real story, because nobody has ever heard my side of the story. I'm the Wolf."
"Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel."
"Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
Pick your favourite exposition prompt and find out which book it belongs to.
"'You'll have to go to school, Elizabeth!' said Mrs. Allen. 'I think your governessis quite right. You are spoilt and naughty, and although Daddy and I were going to leave you here with Miss Scott, when we went away, I think it would be better for you to go to school.'"
"Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches stood at the top of a high mountain surrounded by a pine forest."
“The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. Taller than a house, the Iron Man stood at the top of the cliff, on the very brink, in the darkness.”
“Anna was walking home from school with Elsbeth, a girl in her class. A lot of snow had fallen in Berlin that winter. It did not melt, so the street cleaners had swept it to the edge of the pavement, and there it had lain for weeks in sad, greying heaps.”
