Explanatory Story Writing Template

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Date:

📖 Part 1: Planning Your Tuhinga Paki Whakamarama

1. What situation or problem will your story explain? (Choose one or create your own)

How a student solved a friendship conflict at school

Why the local beach needed cleaning and how it was done

How someone learned a new skill or overcame a challenge

My own idea: ___________________________

2. Who are your main characters? Write their names and one describing word for each.

3. Where and when does your story take place?

Setting: _________________________________________________

Time: ___________________________________________________

4. What makes this situation interesting or important to explain?

✍️ Part 2: Story Structure Planning

5. Introduction: How will you introduce the problem or situation? What background information do readers need?

6. Sequence of Events: List the main events in order (use time connectives like first, then, next, finally)

First: _______________________________________________

Then: _______________________________________________

Next: _______________________________________________

After that: __________________________________________

Finally: _____________________________________________

7. Solution/Outcome: How was the problem solved or what was the final result?

8. Conclusion: What lesson was learned or why was this experience important?

🌟 Part 3: Language and Writing Techniques

9. Choose descriptive words to make your story engaging. Tick the techniques you will use:

Adjectives to describe people and places

Action verbs to show what happened

Similes or metaphors for comparison

Dialogue to show characters speaking

Sensory details (what characters saw, heard, felt)

10. Write three powerful sentences from your story using descriptive language:

1. ___________________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________________

3. ___________________________________________________

11. What is the main message or explanation your story will give to readers?

Explanatory Story Writing Template

Explanatory Story Writing Template

📖 Part 1: Planning Your Tuhinga Paki Whakamarama

✍️ Part 2: Story Structure Planning

🌟 Part 3: Language and Writing Techniques

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