Six Sentence Story - Quick Write
Learning Intention: to write a six-sentence narrative
Example:
Once upon a time, there was a talented young carpenter. He lived in a cottage in the depths of a remote forest in Russia. He was able to craft houses that were more beautiful than those of any other carpenter in the land. Unfortunately, he was very lonely. He wished to meet an interesting young women and get married. So he moved to the city and met a talented young architect, and they made their fortune designing and building homes for rich people.
Success Criteria:
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1. The first sentence begins with ‘Once upon a time’ and introduces the main character.
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2. The second sentence describes where the character lived.
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3 The third sentence describes the character’s special talent.
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4. The fourth sentence describes the character’s problem.
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5. The fifth sentence tells why the character felt that way.
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6. The final sentence tells how the character solved the problem.
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Brooke's Adventures
Once upon a time, there was a wonderful, satisfying young lady named Brooke. Brooke was joined with an outstanding cheerful hoiho called Stacey. They both lived in a beautiful cottage in LA. There was a strong, heavy river located outside in the backyard. Brooke's special talent is riding a hoiho, she is known for the highest jump and the fastest hoiho. However, Booke had a problem due to the storms and the heavy current from the river. IT HAD FLOODED in the backyard and throughout the whole house. Brooke gets on her hoiho and rides through the long grass and over several bridges until she reaches Rotorua. Brooke decided to move to Rotorua were her parents live.
By Aaliyah
Saru's Life
Once upon a time there was a young boy named Saru Otsutsuki, who lived In a town named Konohagakure (Konoha). Saru lived with his father named Boku, in a small house in the middle of Konoha. Saru is a very power boy who can use ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu. Saru has done many bad things in his life so he had a problem trying to fix his life up. Saru felt like he had to do bad things because he was lonely and his father wasn't around much. One day Saru’s dad finally returned home and spent time with Saru, so in the end Saru solved his problem.
By Kosta
Distinguish
Once upon a time there lived a little boy named Distinguish, yes indeed his name is very unusual but in-fact he is overall sort of normal. He lives in a small village called Pulzark, where fairies, trolls and other weird things you can imagine roam the streets of Pulzark. Distinguish was quiet but he wasn't shy, he was mostly divergent, he didn't state that being divergent was a talent of his but a lot of people did, because being different means you are not exactly normal and being normal is boring. He didn't know how to read, write or figure out anything that had to do with school as he never experienced school. He felt like he was very different to the rest of the kids, Distinguish wasn't even a kid anymore so how could he even start school?The way he fixed this was he went to the local library, got some books and started to teach himself, now he is the founder of *Don't Be Afraid To Learn* one of the richest companies in the world and universe.
By Mary-Jane
The Lucky Farmer
Once upon a time, there was a talented old farmer. He lived in a clay house with a thatch roof and hardened clay walls, far out in the country. His special talent was that he could sow seed, plant, and water with exceptional speed and accuracy, he just didn’t realize it. He was unknown and no one knew of his talent, only his wife. He didn't even believe that it’s a talent, all because he had never seen anyone else cultivate a field. However, he solved this problem, because one day his wife signed him up for an extra job, to show someone how fast he can cultivate, eventually, he became rich because everyone wanted him to cultivate their fields.
By Troy
The Sinister Overload
Once upon a time there was a man called Rick, who had an american dream. Rick lived in America in a little apartment in the middle of Los Angeles. He works at Mcdonald's and he's really good at making the new triple-sized hamburgers. Rick was secretly undercover searching for intel on the Sinister Overlord. He couldn't face the pain of the world ending so fast. Rick had one chance to end the Sinister Overlord, so he charges at the Overlord while grinning at him, and SLICE it's over, Overlord is dead.
By Marley
