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Survival Story Outline Worksheet

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Survival Story Outline Worksheet

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🏝️ Part 1: Setting and Characters

1. Where does your survival story take place? Describe the setting using sensory details.

Setting: ________________________________________________

2. Create your main character. What are their name, age, and most important personality traits?

Main Character Name: _________________________________

Age: _______ Key Traits: ________________________________

3. Create a second character. How do they help or challenge the main character?

Second Character Name: _______________________________

Their Role: ____________________________________________

4. What survival problem will your characters face?

Finding food and water

Building shelter

Escaping danger

Getting rescued

Other: _________________________

📖 Part 2: Plot Development

5. How does your survival story begin? What happens first to create the problem?

Beginning:

6. List three challenges your characters will face in order. Use transition words (first, next, then, finally).

Challenge 1: ___________________________________________

Challenge 2: ___________________________________________

Challenge 3: ___________________________________________

7. How do your characters work together to solve their problems? What survival skills do they use?
8. How does your story end?

Characters are rescued

Characters learn to survive on their own

Cliffhanger ending

Other: _________________________

✨ Part 3: Narrative Techniques

9. Write one line of dialogue your main character might say during a difficult moment.

"_________________________________________________________________"

10. Choose three descriptive words or phrases you want to include in your story to help readers visualize the setting.

1. _________________________ 2. _________________________

3. _________________________

11. What makes your survival story unique and different from Swiss Family Robinson?
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