Resource 9 A story

2.7 Writing

You have decided to write a short In my story:

story for a teen magazine. The theme
of the next edition is ‘Adventures on
land or at sea.’ Write your story and
include and develop these points:
• Begin your story by setting
the scene and introducing
a problem or interesting situation.
• Describe what happened using
a range of tenses.
• Use direct speech and different
words and phrases to make the
story interesting for the reader.
• Give your story an exciting, funny
or unexpected ending.
• have given my story an interesting title.
• I have started my story by setting the scene and introducing
a problem or interesting situation, e.g. What could possibly
go wrong?.
• I have described what happened using a range of tenses,
e.g. As the sun was setting, another boat arrived.
• I have used different words and phrases to make the story
interesting for the reader, e.g. We were completely exhausted,
Eventually …
• I have included direct speech to make the story come alive,
e.g. What are you doing?
• I have given my story an exciting, funny or unexpected ending.
• I have divided my story into paragraphs.
• I have checked my spelling and punctuation.
• My text is neat and clear.

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How to ruin a great day!
What’s the best way to enjoy the sea? By boat, of course! Last summer, when my older cousin Lena and
I went to an island, we were renting a small motorboat. We were so excited! The sky was blue, the sun was
shining and the sea was calm. What could possibly go wrong?
We chatted and relaxed on the boat. After a couple of hours, we stopped near a tiny island and jumped into
the water. It was deep, but incredible clear, so we could see the sandy bottom and little fish. The first,
we swam and then we decided to explore the area more, so we got back on the boat.
That’s when we suddenly realised we had a huge problem! Why didn’t the boat start? We’d run out of fuel!
Call the boat company I said to Lena. We tried and tried, but we weren’t able getting a signal. So we sat
on the boat all day in the hot sun, waiting for someone to see us.
Eventually, as the sun was setting, another boat arrived. It was the man from the boat company, who had
become worried and decided to look for us. We explained what had happened; he had looked at us and shook
his head. We felt so stupid!

How to ruin a great day!

What’s the best way to enjoy the sea? By boat, of course! Last summer, when my older cousin Lena and I went
to an island, we were renting rented [1] a small motorboat. We were so excited! The sky was blue, the sun was shining
and the sea was calm. What could possibly go wrong?
We chatted and relaxed on the boat. After a couple of hours, we stopped near a tiny island and jumped into
the water. It was deep, but incredible incredibly [2] clear, so we could see the sandy bottom and little fish.
The first At first [3], we swam and then we decided to explore the area more, so we got back on the boat.
That’s when we suddenly realised we had a huge problem! Why didn’t the boat start? We’d run out of fuel!
Call the boat company ‘Call the boat company,’ [4] I said to Lena. We tried and tried, but we weren’t able
getting to get [5] a signal. So we sat on the boat all day in the hot sun, waiting for someone to see us.
Eventually, as the sun was setting, another boat arrived. It was the man from the boat company, who had become
worried and decided to look for us. We explained what had happened; he had looked looked [6] at us and shook
his head. We felt so stupid!

[1] Wrong tense. [2] Incorrect word form (adjective instead of adverb). [3] Incorrect linker. [4] Missing punctuation.
[5] Wrong verb form. [6] Wrong tense.

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