Using Imagination in Stories

What are we learning today?

You will invent a strange story and plan a comic.

Explanation

• Imagination means you invent a story, a character or a place.
• Your story can be true or invented.
• Plan it: when, where, who, beginning, middle and end.
• Use the past continuous for the scene: It was raining.
• Use the past simple for events: The door opened.
• Add feelings: She was frightened.
• To make a comic, start with the plot. Then sketch, add words and colour.

Examples

1. It was raining when the door opened.
2. The bag belonged to a traveller who was running away from a thief.
3. I felt surprised.

Remember!

• Give your story a beginning, a middle and an end.
• Do not mix present and past.

Check yourself

1. Which tense describes the scene in "It was raining"?
2. What do you plan first in a comic?