Saving the Wildflower Meadow - 11 Plus Prep English and Verbal Reasoning arcade for 11 plus pupils

Scene 1

Arrival at the Meadow

FOCUS Opening hook and setting

Your main character, Louise, adores nature, and your story is about saving a part of it.

Write an opening line that makes the reader want to read more. Then continue the paragraph by describing the first scene and setting up your story.

Stuck? Compare four possible opening lines.

Scene 2

FOCUS Description and precise detail

Write a sentence that describes the problem in the meadow.

What has happened here?

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Scene 3

FOCUS Inference and show, don’t tell

Animals don’t talk in this story but they do have emotions, use inference to show the way they see things.

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Scene 4

FOCUS Character and dialogue

The ally explains the danger facing the meadow and helps Louise understand what must be done

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Scene 5

FOCUS Tension and action

Write the climax of the story

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Scene 6

FOCUS Resolution and full-circle ending

Write your ending. How are the solutions of the last part used to resolve things? Describe the feelings of the characters. What does the future hold?

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Review my story

Read the complete narrative, then return to any scene you want to improve.