From Wonder to Writing

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✨ Make It Wonder

Writers can turn surprising ideas into exciting stories. Let your imagination explore unusual possibilities. There are no wrong ideas!

1. What if your shadow could run away?

2. I opened the ____________________ and found ____________________.

3. What if a tiny dragon lived inside your school bag?

4. Imagine a talking animal and an object that should not be able to talk. What happens?

5. What if it rained something surprising, such as buttons, feathers or jelly?

6. A mysterious door appeared in ____________________. Where did it lead?

Jot three surprising ideas:

🎯 Choose a Focused Topic and Plan Vivid Details

Choose one idea from Part 1. Focus on one moment and one main problem or event.

7. Who is in your story?

8. Where and when does the story happen?

9. What surprising thing happens?

10. How does your character feel? Show the feeling through actions, thoughts or body clues.

Focus check: My paragraph is about one moment and one main problem or event.

Yes, my idea is focused.

Plan Vivid Details

Add details that help your reader picture the moment.

See: What colours, shapes or movements can the character notice?

Hear: What sounds can be heard?

Smell: What scent fills the air?

Taste: Is there a taste to describe?

Feel: What can the character touch or feel inside?

Word bank: darted, crept, trembled, glimmering, enormous, prickly, mysterious, as quick as a flash, as cold as ice, as quiet as a mouse

✏️ Draft Your Imaginative Paragraph

Write 6–8 sentences. Begin with a clear topic or opening sentence. Add 3–5 detail or action sentences. Finish with a satisfying final sentence that shows what happened next or how the moment ended.

My imaginative paragraph:

✅ Writer’s Check

I focused on one moment.

I included a character and a setting.

I used at least three vivid details.

I used a strong verb.

I showed a feeling.

I reread my work for capitals, full stops and spelling.

🌟 Optional Challenge

Add a simile or a line of dialogue to make your paragraph even more interesting.

Teacher Guidance

Encourage students to choose one small, surprising moment rather than a whole adventure. For example: A curious girl opens an old lunchbox and discovers that the sandwich is whispering her name.