Intermediate Storywriting
After the child has learned basic story
writing, introduce the intermediate story
prewriting form. In this form the child has to more fully describe his
characters, elaborate on the setting and give a more in-depth idea of the when
the story takes place. In addition, a new section is added for “brainstorming”.
In this section, the child may add details and items that he wants to bring out
in the story
Write the story with the intermediate story writing form. This form
introduces two new elements:
1.The child should use the first (and second if
needed) paragraph to introduce the story, describe the characters, the setting,
and the time.
He doesn’t have to put in ALL the details from the prewriting sheet but
he should tell something about each character (what they looked like, how old
they were, etc). Tell him the reason he should write something about the
characters is so that the readers can “see” the characters in their minds when
they read his story.
2. The child should be encouraged to have
more than one character.
After the story is finished, have the
child read the completed story to you.
Take the form away from the child and
let him tell you the story in correct order. It doesn’t have to be word for word
but the sequence should be correct.