Story writing topics for Grade 6

The planner is split into 3 sections. It uses symbols to help students remember the flow of the plot. It is helpful to use the physical gestures as a writing reminder.

Exposition and Initial Incident. Use a photo or other device to brainstorm ideas. In this section, students consider: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});

• what kind of hook they could use to entice their audience (eg. sound, action, thought/question/feeling, etc.),
• how they will share the basic beginnings of a story (who, what, where, when)
• how the story changes- in the initial incident.

Rising Action-Climax In this section, the planner is built by imagining a variety of ideas that could happen. (Note the 'maybe...or...or...)

• Students can either build the story one event at a time...brainstorm and then choose- write and then brainstorm, choose again...
• Students could also build the entire rising action... imagining events that happen after the event they just finished writing.

Falling Action- focus on after the event is done.

• It helps students move past 'they lived happily ever after.'