Ideas and Development
Organization, Unity, and Coherence
Word Choice
Sentences and Paragraphs
Grammar and Usage
Mechanics
Braindance: Three Step Creative Writing Process
The three main parts of a story are the character, setting and plot.they work together to capture the reader's interest.
You need one or more characters-people, animals or imaginary
creatures. Create characters to interest your readers.
Put your characters in a setting-a time and a place. The setting
is a background for the characters and the action.
Add a plot-actions and events. A plot has a beginning , middle
and an end. It usually tells events in time order, or the order
in
which they happen.
Remember to add an interesting title.
Composition-Character, Setting and Plot
Read the story and answer the questions.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is about a young
boy growing up in a small town. Tom's Aunt Polly assigns him the
chore of whitewashing
a fence-painting it white. Tom hates this chore. Even so, he makes
a start at it. Another boy comes along and teases Tom for having
to do the job. Tom
manages to convince his friend that whitewashing the fence is
an honor and a privilege. The other boy asks if he can do some
of the work. Tom pretends to
be unwilling but lets the friend do the whitewashing. Other boys
come along. Each of them gets the privilege of whitewashing the
fence. By the end of the
day, the job is done. Tom has performed almost none of the work
himself. Even more, he has been able to persuade his friends to
pay for the privilege. He
is richer after the chore is finished than when it began.
1. Where does the story take place?
2. Who is the main character of the story?
3. How does the story begin?
4. What hapens in the middle of the story?
5. How does the story end?
6. What do you learn about the other characters?