Topic | Name | Description |
---|---|---|
1. Choose your point of view | Choose your point of view | Read this text to learn more about POVs. |
A story about you | Now listen to this audio story and think about the perspective the speaker uses. |
|
Choose your point of view | Read this text to learn more about POVs. |
|
A story about you | Now listen to this audio story and think about the perspective the speaker uses. |
|
2. Punctuation | Punctuation jungle | Take a look. Are there any punctuation marks you don't recognise? Pay close attention to those. |
Punctuation jungle | Take a look. Are there any punctuation marks you don't recognise? Pay close attention to those. |
|
3. What tense to use | Use of past forms | What is the past tense and which are its forms? After you go through the theory and the examples, you can comlete the exercise at the end of the page as well. |
Talking about the past | Which form should you use when talking about actions in the past? After you go through the theory and the examples, you can comlete the exercise at the end of the page as well. |
|
Use of past forms | What is the past tense and which are its forms? After you go through the theory and the examples, you can comlete the exercise at the end of the page as well. |
|
Talking about the past | Which form should you use when talking about actions in the past? After you go through the theory and the examples, you can comlete the exercise at the end of the page as well. |
|
4. The three tools that develop a story | Narration, description and dialogue | Read about the devices here. |
How to write descriptively | Watch the video “How to write descriptively” to learn a bit about how description, different literary devices and adjectives can change the story completely. |
|
Narration, description and dialogue | Read about the devices here. |
|
How to write descriptively | Watch the video “How to write descriptively” to learn a bit about how description, different literary devices and adjectives can change the story completely. |
|
5. Organizing your story | The 5Ws+1H | The 5Ws and 1H work just fine for shorter and simpler stories so you should check that before you start writing. |
The 8-point story arc | The 8-point story structure is a bit more complex but used in most classic stories, from children's fairytails to hollywood movies. |
|
The 5Ws+1H | The 5Ws and 1H work just fine for shorter and simpler stories so you should check that before you start writing. |
|
The 8-point story arc | The 8-point story structure is a bit more complex but used in most classic stories, from children's fairytails to hollywood movies. |
|
6. Let's write something up | Read - A story about you | Do you remember "A story about you"? Read it and then try to imagine how the story ends. |
Read - A story about you | Do you remember "A story about you"? Read it and then try to imagine how the story ends. |