Planning a short story

Students should plan a story around the following central idea:

A person fails to turn up to an appointment. When they are

found the next day, they remember nothing of the last 24 hours.
Working in pairs or small groups, students should plan this story on their OneNotes, either in note
form or as a diagram. They should include details on most the following:

 Characters to be included
 Setting, including time and place
 Events, including the orientation/beginning, complication/middle/problem,
resolution/ending and the sequence in which they occur
 Type of story such as adventure, crime, science fiction, romance, realism, fantasy, mystery or
horror
 Structure such as first person narrative, third person narrative, use of flashback,
chronological narrative
 Style of writing to be used
 Atmosphere to be generated
 Intended audience for the story
 Purpose of the story
 Length of the story

Students do not need to write this story. The focus is on planning it.