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My First Day Writing

Imagine Charlotte is joining a surf lifesaving club for the first time. Use the prompts to plan and write a vivid first-person story. You may write about your own first day somewhere new instead. Include a beginning, a challenge, and an ending.

Plan your story

Gather details before you begin. Choose a real or imagined first day.

1.Choose the feeling that best describes how your narrator feels as they arrive. Add one clue that shows this feeling.

2.Imagine the club entrance. Write three sensory details your narrator could notice—one thing they see, hear, and smell.

3.Charlotte cannot find where to put her gear. Choose a helpful person she could meet and write what that person says to welcome her.

4.Write an opening sentence that makes a reader curious about Charlotte’s first day. Try starting with an action, sound, or surprising detail.

5.A strong story has a small challenge. Choose one for Charlotte: she forgets her water bottle, feels shy about joining a group, or cannot follow an instruction. What does she do next?

6.Add a line of dialogue that shows how someone helps Charlotte. Use speech marks and a comma in the correct places.

7.Put these story moments in a sensible order by writing 1, 2, and 3: ___ Charlotte feels proud; ___ Charlotte arrives at the club; ___ Charlotte faces a challenge and gets help.

Write the story

Write in the first person as Charlotte, or use yourself as the narrator. Include an engaging opening, sensory details, dialogue, a challenge, and an ending that shows how the narrator has changed.

8.Write your first-day story. Give it a title and use paragraphs to show the beginning, the challenge, and the ending.

9.Read your story again. Underline one vivid describing word and circle one sentence that tells how the narrator feels.

10.Write one kind piece of advice Charlotte could give a new club member who feels nervous.