1a – Writing – Fiction Stories
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – fictional stories
 Learn new vocab
 Find the different parts of an example fiction
story
Success Criteria
I can find the different parts of a fiction
story
Preview
Who
has read a
fictional story
before?
 What
are some
characteristics of
most fictional stories?
Vocab
 Characters
 Narrator
 Setting
 Plot
 Dialogue
 Sensory
Details
Parts of a Fiction Story
 Characters
– made-up people or animals
 Narrator – tells the story. Can be a person in the
story (1st Person) or not (3rd Person)
 Setting – where the action takes place
 Plot – story’s action. Series of events that includes
conflict, which needs to be resolved
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Dialogue – conversation between the characters
Sensory Details – make the characters, setting,
action come alive
 An
interesting Beginning, Middle and End
Questions
Note-taking Check!
 What

I will check?
1.
Vocab definition?
2.
Did you take notes for
today?
How do I write a fictional
story?
 What are the parts of a
fictional story?
 Did you add 1~2
sentences?
 Did you add a vocab
word?
1b – Writing – Story Ideas
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Fiction books
 Finding Ideas
Success Criteria
I can create realistic fiction and fantasy
story ideas
Preview –
Gathering Blue
Looking
at our
genres, what type
of book is
Gathering Blue?
 Why
do you think
this? Examples from
the story
Preview
 What
realistic or
historical Fiction
books have you
read?
 Realistic
Story Ideas
 What
kind of realistic
fiction story would you like
to write?
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About a regular kid who
does something amazing?
A person who drives a
taxi?
Use examples of stories
you have read to guide
you
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Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
 Realistic
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Story Idea #1
Story Idea #2
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Story Ideas
 What
kind of fantasy
story would you like to
write?
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A dangerous quest?
Characters can be
human or some other
form?
 Maybe
they have
special powers
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Use examples you have
read to help guide you
 Fantasy
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Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
 Fantasy
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Story Idea #1
Story Idea #2
Characters:
Setting:
Plot:
Note-taking Check!
 What

I will check?
1.
Vocab definition?
2.
Did you take notes for
today?
How do I write a fictional
story?
 What is step 1?
 Did you add 1~2
sentences?
 Did you add a vocab
word?
1c – Writing – Setting
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Details vs. Senses
 Example Setting
 Create your own setting details and senses
Success Criteria
I can create a setting using details and
senses
Vocab
 Details
 Senses
 Details
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Farm
 Senses
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“The sky glowed green”
“scuffed to the barn”
Gathering Blue Setting
 What

is the setting of Gathering Blue?
Find examples from Chapter 1~4
Details
Senses
Setting of a Story
 Think
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of a setting for your story
Scary or light-hearted?
Scary
Prewrite
 What
might the weather be like?
 What time of day might it be?
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Light-hearted
 What
might the weather be like?
 What time of day might it be?
Draft
Setting of a Story
 Using
either a “light-hearted” or
“scary” setting


Similar to your descriptive writing,
write a paragraph describing your
setting
What to include?
and when
 You can say a character, but you
don’t have to discuss them yet
 Use your descriptive writing final draft
to guide you on what it should look like
Prewrite
 Where
Draft
1d – Writing – Characters
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Preview – Favourite characters
 Example characters
 Create your own character
Success Criteria
I can create a brief paragraph explaining
my character
Preview
 What
are some of your
favourite characters from
books you have read?
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Why are they your
favourite?
How did you learn this
info?
Learning About Characters
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ways
Narrator reveals info
The character’s own words reveal info
The character’s actions reveal info
Other character’s actions reveal info
Other character’s words and actions reveal
info
Kler’s Quest
 What
I know about
the character
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Kler is a hard
worker
 How

I know it
Her actions – “It took a
good 2 hours to stir it,
cook it down, and bottle
it”
Character of a Story
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Using your story idea, pick a character you
would like to create
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Are they human or not?
Male or Female?
What 2 words best describe your character?
What background details or family history have
shaped this character?
Write a line the character might say
What might other characters say about
Similar to the setting you created last time,
create a new paragraph describing one of
your characters
What to include

What type of character are they
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Courageous?
Nervous?
You don’t need to describe what they look like
Prewrite
Draft
1e – Writing – Plot
Essential Question
How do I write a fictional story?
Learning Outcomes - Students will:
 Review – Gathering Blue Plot diagram
 Write your own plot diagram
 Draw your own plot diagram
Success Criteria
I can fill out a plot diagram for my story
Gathering Blue Plot
Your Story
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