Name: ___________________________________ Class: _____________ ( )

Writing a Short Story Review

Read the short story “The Happy Prince” and write a review. The following notes may help
you. You may add your own ideas if you like. Use the past tense when telling the story!

Paragraph 1 : Information of the story

1. What is the title of the story that you have read?
2. Who is the author?
3. What kind of story is it? (Put a tick in the appropriate box.)
adventure story (冒險故事) fairy tale (神話故事)
science fiction (科幻小說) fable (寓言故事)

Paragraph 2 : Content of the story

1. Where did the story take place?
2. Who were the main characters in the story?
3. What was the story about?

Paragraph 3 : Favourite character

1. Who is your favourite character?
( the Happy Prince / little swallow / weak woman / poor writer / angel / God )
2. Why do you like him / her / it?
Positive Adjectives
clever (聰明) hard-working (勤奮) quiet (文靜)
friendly (友善) helpful (樂於助人) honest (誠實)
funny (風趣) kind-hearted (善良) loyal (忠誠)
cheerful (開朗) caring (有愛心) smart (聰明)
3. What did this character do in the story that made you think so?

Paragraph 4 : Comment
1. Do you like the story? Why?
Like interesting / exciting / meaningful / touching / …
Dislike boring / sad / silly / childish / …

2. What have you learnt from the story?

e.g. be loving / be generous (慷慨) / help the poor / not to be selfish /…

F.2 Writing P. 1
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A Story Review

The story that I have read is called (1)

. It was written by (2) . It is a / an (3)

The story took place in (1) . (2a)

and (2b) were

the main characters. In the story, the Happy Prince was crying because he saw

. He

then asked to help him give away his

jewels and gold to help . In the end, the

Happy Prince was and the little swallow

. Luckily, an angel brought them to Heaven and God

let them live there forever.

My favourite character is (1)

. I like him / her / it because he / she / it was (2)

. In the story, he / she / it (3)

I like / dislike this story because it is (1)

. In this story, I have learnt that I should (2)

F.2 Writing P. 2
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F.2 Writing P. 3