🌱 WALT: Write a short story using interesting ideas and descriptive language

Choose your story seed! Pick ONE story starter below and circle it:

⭐ Level 1 – Emerging Writers

Use these sentence starters to write your story. Look at the picture prompts to help you!

One day, I found a _____________________ and it was very _____________________.

Then, something strange happened. I saw _____________________.

At the end, I felt _____________________ because _____________________.

🌟 Word Helpers: big · small · dark · bright · scared · happy · surprised · ran · jumped · opened · called · found

Remember: Every sentence starts with a Capital Letter and ends with a Full Stop.

🌟 Level 2 – Developing Writers

Use the story frame below. Add adjectives, verbs, and connectives from the word bank to make your story more interesting!

One _____________ (adjective) day, I discovered _____________ (what?) near the _____________ (where?). It looked _____________ and _____________ (two adjectives). I felt _____________ (feeling) because _____________________________________________________________.

Next, I decided to _____________ (verb/action). Suddenly, _____________________________________________ happened. But then _____________________________________________________________.

Finally, _____________________________________________ and I felt _____________ (feeling) because _____________________________________________________________.

📚 Word Bank:

Adjectives: mysterious · ancient · enormous · tiny · glowing · dark · strange · beautiful · frightening · magical

Verbs: crept · discovered · whispered · grabbed · trembled · rushed · stared · called · opened · escaped

Connectives: because · and · but · so · then · suddenly · next · finally · although · however

🏆 Level 3 – More Confident Writers

Use this planning grid to organise your story, then write it out fully. Try to use similes and expanded noun phrases!

BEGINNING – Who is in your story? Where does it start? What is the problem or mystery?

MIDDLE – What happens? What do the characters do? How does the problem get bigger?

END – How is the problem solved? How do the characters feel? What is the final image or thought?

🚀 Vocabulary Extension – Try using these in your writing:

Similes: as dark as midnight · as silent as a grave · as bright as a flame · like a whisper in the wind

Expanded Noun Phrases: the ancient, crumbling door · a small, trembling creature · the mysterious, folded note

Ambitious Vocabulary: concealed · ventured · bewildered · cautiously · illuminated · peculiar · abandoned · echoed