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Telling a Story

• checklist p. 56 (blue box)

To tell a story, you need....

• topic or keywords
• a good headline
• a little writing plan:
  • introduction: who, where, when, what
  • most important scene: exciting language, verbs, lots of adjectives, dialogue, direct speech
  • good connections between the parts of your story
  • words like at first, then, later, finally AND because ..., so ..., but to connect the sentences and parts of your story!
  • a good ending

Of course you need ...

• Words that express feelings
• Other words for "to say"
• Time-words to begin or connect sentences with