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Storytelling and Writing Workshop

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Storytelling and Writing Workshop

Read the short story, explore how it works, then plan and write a new ending. Use the prompts to make your writing vivid and clear.

Read: The Envelope by the Counter

The lunch bell rang, and the canteen filled with the scrape of chairs and the smell of toasted cheese. Anahera was waiting for her cheese roll when she spotted a blue envelope tucked beside the counter. It had a silver star drawn on the front. “Is it yours?” she asked Zoe, who was carrying two apples. Zoe shook her head. “Maybe someone dropped it.” Just then, a gust from the open door sent the envelope skittering across the floor. Manaia lunged for it, but it slid under a table. A younger student reached it first. He looked at the star, then at the three friends. “I was trying to find the person who drew this,” he said. “It’s the clue for our canteen treasure hunt, but I’ve lost the next one.” Anahera turned the envelope over. On the back, in tiny writing, were the words: “Look where the lunchtime helpers keep the things we reuse.”

Notice how the story works

Use details from the story in your answers.

1.Name one character, describe the setting, and explain the problem that starts the action.
2.What does the message on the envelope ask the friends to look for? Use the story to explain your answer.
3.Which event changes the story from an ordinary lunch-time moment into a mystery?
  • The lunch bell rings.
  • Anahera orders a cheese roll.
  • The friends find the envelope and learn it is part of a treasure hunt.
  • Zoe carries two apples.
4.In “the envelope skittering across the floor”, what does the word “skittering” help you imagine?
5.Complete the sentence with a dialogue tag that shows how Anahera feels: “We should follow the clue,” Anahera .

Plan your own ending

Continue from the final clue. Decide where the reusable things are kept, what the friends find, and how the treasure hunt ends.

6.Write brief notes for your continuation: (a) the next place the friends search, (b) an obstacle or surprise, and (c) how they solve it.
7.Write one sentence describing the place where the friends search. Include a sound, smell, or texture.
8.Write a continuation of the story in 6–10 sentences. Include an action, at least one line of dialogue with speech marks, a descriptive detail, and a satisfying ending.

Revise and polish

Reread your writing. Make at least one change that helps your reader follow the action or picture the scene.

9.Rewrite this sentence with correct punctuation: anahera asked is the envelope yours
10.Choose one sentence from your continuation. Rewrite it to make the action clearer or the description more vivid.

3 printable pages

  • Storytelling and Writing Workshop, page 1 of 3: Read: The Envelope by the Counter, Notice how the story works

    Page 1

  • Storytelling and Writing Workshop, page 2 of 3: Plan your own ending

    Page 2

  • Storytelling and Writing Workshop, page 3 of 3: Revise and polish

    Page 3

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