Six-sentence story - NARRATIVE

Six-sentence story

Sentence 1: Start with ‘Once upon a time’ and introduce the main character


Sentence 2: Describes where the character lived


Sentence 3: Describes where the character’s special talent


Sentence 4: Describes the character’s problem


Sentence 5: Tells why the character felt that way


Sentence 6: Tells how the character solved the problem








1. Once upon a time there was a boy John that lived in China. He was a lucky boy. He lived in the city he had everything he wanted in the whole world. His parents were rich but his parents wanted him to be the next China's president, but the boy didn't want to be the president of China he wanted to be a magician. He asked his parents if he could be a magician but his parents said, “No you want to be the next president of China.”



2. One day a magician came to town. He went by the name Mr.Jianguo but in chinese 李秀英张伟. His great great grandpa was a magician too. He was really famous around the world.


3. Some of John’s friends came to his house and told him that there was a magician in town.So they went to go check him out.



4. They were watching and waiting for the end to ask him some questions about how to do magic. At the end of the show they went how to the magician and asked him to tell them his secrets. The magician said, “No my magics tricks are my secret”. John said he would pay him but he would have to tell him all his magic. The magician was getting annoyed with the kids pestering him. He waved his wand and the kids disappeared.


Adapted from THE WRITING BOOK (2003) Sheena Cameron and Louise Dempsey p126