Prompts and Guides for story writing ELA, Grade 7, Ms.

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Story Beginnings: Story Developments: Story Conclusions:

A ____ is in danger
Main character(s) Protagonist solves the problem in
o Person
o Is faced with a challenge expected way (through perseverance,
o Group
o Is faced with an opportunity hard work, personal-sacrifice, etc.)
o Place
o Experiences failure Someone unexpected solves the
o Idea
o Experiences loss problem
o Animal/creature
o Item/valuable
o Experiences weakness Antagonist ceases to cause the problem
You have the chance to get
o Is asked to do something they New perspective is given and problem is
are not capable of (or so we no longer viewed as a problem
o Fame
o Fortune
think) We know which characters and good
o Was happy and comfortable, and which have bad intentions
o Your dream job
but then asked/forced to We know that people will be safe/cared
o Esteemed
change for/loved
o Skill/reward
Antagonist enters the story and Story ends
You are stuck
o Threatens something/someone o Happily ever after
o In a physical place
o Does some kind of damage o Not happily, but the characters
o In a mental/emotional place
A character enters that the reader isnt learned something
so you cant be who you want
sure if they are good or bad o With promises made
to be
A character that appeared to be good
Your character (protagonist) grabs your
does something bad
attention because they are
A character that appears to be bad does
o Likable
something good
o Unlikeable
o Unique/different/new The setting reveals a new threat
o Pitied One of the characters tries to solve
o Misunderstood something, but fails and makes it worse
o Not reaching their potential Characters turn on each other
o Negative quality but with good Something devastating happens,
only the reader can see changing everything and destroying
Your setting grabs your attention something the reader was looking
because it is forward to
o Unlike earth/real world
o Posing a problem
o Negatively effecting the
character
o Positively effecting the
character