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6B Chapter 2
Writing a story using a
story map
 Can you write a story about
these pictures?

1 2 Abracadabra! 3

4 5 6

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TITLE

SETTING MAIN CHARACTERS

one day, Grandma’s house a boy called Eric, a genie
PROBLEM
• Eric dropped a bottle at Grandma’s house
• a genie appeared and gave Eric one wish
• Eric grew too tall
EVENTS

SOLUTION

ENDING
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Eric and a genie.
TITLE

SETTING MAIN CHARACTERS

one day, Grandma’s house a boy called Eric, a genie
PROBLEM
• Eric dropped a bottle at Grandma’s house
• a genie appeared and gave Eric one wish
• Eric grew too tall
EVENTS

SOLUTION

ENDING
 Look at the pictures again.
Write down your ideas for
Pictures 1 to 3.

1 2 Abracadabra! 3

4 5 6

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1 What happened?
Eric dropped a box

What happened next?

a bottle broke, a genie appeared

2 Abracadabra!
What did the genie do?
gave Eric one wish

What was Eric’s wish?

to be taller

3 What happened next?

Eric grew taller and taller, as tall
as a house — too tall
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TITLE

SETTING MAIN CHARACTERS

one day, Grandma’s house a boy called Eric, a genie
PROBLEM
• Eric dropped a bottle at Grandma’s house
• a genie appeared and gave Eric one wish
• Eric grew too tall
EVENTS

SOLUTION

ENDING
 What was the genie’s
What did Eric want the genie
idea?
to do?

EVENTS
4
• Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter
• The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help

SOLUTION

ENDING
 What did they do
How did they get to the
next?
wizard’s house?

EVENTS
5
• Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter
• The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help
• They went to find the wizard
• They crossed a river and climbed a mountain

SOLUTION

ENDING
 What happened next? Did
How
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Did Eric Eric
your feel?
become
ideas his normal
under
the wizard help Eric?
size again?
SOLUTION.
How?

EVENTS
6
• Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter

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• The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help
• They went to find the wizard
• They crossed a river and climbed a mountain

SOLUTION
• The wizard gave Eric a magic drink
• Eric became his normal size again
• Eric was very happy

ENDING
 Write
What happened
your ideasinunder
the end?
ENDING.
What did the people do?

EVENTS
6
• Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter

?
• The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help
• They went to find the wizard
• They crossed a river and climbed a mountain

SOLUTION
• The wizard gave Eric a magic drink
• Eric became his normal size again
• Eric was very happy

ENDING
• Eric wanted to learn magic
• The genie wanted to improve his magic
• They became the wizard’s pupils
Well done! Now you can use your
notes in the story map to write the
story.
 TITLE
Eric and the Genie
SETTING MAIN CHARACTERS
one day, Grandma’s house a boy called Eric, a genie
PROBLEM
• Eric dropped a box
• a bottle broke, a genie appeared
• the genie gave Eric one wish
• Eric wanted to be taller
• Eric grew taller and taller, as tall as a house — too tall

One day a boy called Eric dropped a box at his grandmother’s house.
A bottle broke and a genie appeared.
The genie gave Eric one wish.
Eric wanted to be taller.
Eric grew taller and taller. He was as tall as a house! He was too tall!

Now, put your ideas in the story map

into sentences.
First, give your story a title.
 EVENTS
• Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter
• The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help
• They went to find the wizard
• They crossed a river and climbed a mountain
SOLUTION
• The wizard gave Eric a magic drink
• Eric became his normal size again
• Eric was very happy

Eric wanted the genie to make him shorter.

The genie said that they could ask the wizard for help.
They went to find the wizard.
They crossed a river and climbed a mountain.
The wizard gave Eric a magic drink.
Eric became his normal size again.
Eric was very happy.
 ENDING
• Eric wanted to learn magic
• The genie wanted to improve his magic
• They became the wizard’s pupils

Eric wanted to learn magic.

The genie wanted to improve his magic.
They became the wizard’s pupils.
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Now put the sentences into paragraphs.

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Eric wanted to learn magic. The genie wanted to improve his magic. They
became the wizard’s pupils. and lived with the wizard happily ever after.

Add extra details to make your story

more interesting.
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Use linking words and add adverbs to

improve your story.
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You can also add dialogue to make the story more interesting.
 Eric and the Genie
One day a boy called Eric found a box of old things at his grandmother’s
house. In the box there was a bottle. Eric accidentally dropped the bottle and it
broke. Suddenly a genie appeared and said, ‘I’m the genie of the bottle! You
can have one wish — but only one!’ Eric made a wish. He wanted to be taller.
The genie said, ‘Abracadabra!’ After a while Eric grew taller and taller. In the
end he was as tall as a house! Eric cried, ‘Oh no! I’m too tall! Please make me
shorter.’ ‘I’m sorry I can’t,’ the genie replied. ‘I can only give you one wish.’
Then the genie had an idea. He said, ‘I know! We can ask the wizard for
help.’ So they went to find the wizard. They walked a long way. They crossed a
river and climbed a mountain. At last they arrived at the wizard’s house.
The wizard was wise and kind. ‘Don’t worry,’ he told Eric. ‘I can help you.’
He gave Eric a magic drink. Soon Eric became his normal size again. He was
very happy. ‘Thank you very much, Wizard!’ he said.
Eric wanted to learn magic and the genie wanted to improve his magic.
‘Please can you teach us magic?’ they asked the wizard. ‘No problem!’ the
wizard said. So they became the wizard’s pupils and lived with the wizard
happily ever after.
The End