Do you have trouble remembering words and phrases? Do you have a good imagination? Why not try Story Telling! Or should I say... Story Writing!!
Writing can be tricky at times, although when it is part of an English lesson it's more targeted as to the purpose and type of writing. Writing and Story telling can help you get better at remembering words and phrases and gives you a chance to use new vocabulary. It also helps sharpen your imagination! :)
First, try story telling. List the new words you need to learn and use them in a story you make up right then and there! To make it even more interesting, write the words on pieces of paper and shuffle them up. Then pick one every 3-4 sentences you say in your story and try to incorporate the new word in the plot!! Stories usually become much more interesting this way (and delightfully unusual!) :) :)
Next, try writing. It helps to get a head-start. Think of a title first or an opening phrase, for example:
The Late Appointment (title)
"It was a dark and stormy night..." (opening phrase)
and work from that! Or to make it even more challenging, think of a closing phrase and built up your story to meet the ending!!! For example: "...so then they shook hands and vowed to never speak of it again."
Go on, try it!! I'll share one of my stories with you:
I used the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night..." I hope you like it!! :) :) :)
I got into bed and suddenly started to wonder why the window had been opened in the bathroom... Who had opened it? Why had they opened it? Could a burglar have come into the house? OH NO! I began to feel very frightened!
If someone had broken into the house, where were they now? Were they stealing the television and stereo from the living-room? Were they eating all the food we had in the fridge?? Were they going through our personal belongings??? What if they want to kill us???? They might have a gun!!!
Just then, I heard whispers and shuffling sounds of movement in the hallway. Footsteps!!! Could the burglar be coming to my room to kill me???? The door to my room opened slowly and then the lights were switched on... and my brother stood by the door in my room. "Have you seen my mobile phone? I left it by the window in the bathroom!! Are you sleeping?" he asked quietly.
Oh oh... Could the phone have fallen out of the window? I was the one who shut it and I was the one who would get into trouble... If it had fallen out the window it will have smashed into a million pieces because we live on the fifth floor!!
I pretended I was asleep and tried to forget about the open window and the falling mobile phone and within ten minutes, I was sound asleep!!
THE END
Writing can be tricky at times, although when it is part of an English lesson it's more targeted as to the purpose and type of writing. Writing and Story telling can help you get better at remembering words and phrases and gives you a chance to use new vocabulary. It also helps sharpen your imagination! :)
First, try story telling. List the new words you need to learn and use them in a story you make up right then and there! To make it even more interesting, write the words on pieces of paper and shuffle them up. Then pick one every 3-4 sentences you say in your story and try to incorporate the new word in the plot!! Stories usually become much more interesting this way (and delightfully unusual!) :) :)
Next, try writing. It helps to get a head-start. Think of a title first or an opening phrase, for example:
The Late Appointment (title)
"It was a dark and stormy night..." (opening phrase)
and work from that! Or to make it even more challenging, think of a closing phrase and built up your story to meet the ending!!! For example: "...so then they shook hands and vowed to never speak of it again."
Go on, try it!! I'll share one of my stories with you:
I used the opening phrase "It was a dark and stormy night..." I hope you like it!! :) :) :)
The Open Window by Anastasia L.
It was a dark and stormy night and I couldn't fall asleep. I tried counting sheep, but it was all in vain. I put my ear-phones on and listened to music, but that just woke me up even more! So, I got up and went to the bathroom.
When I got to the bathroom, the room was very cold. I closed the door behind me and noticed that the window was wide open! I rushed over and closed it and went back to my room quickly.I got into bed and suddenly started to wonder why the window had been opened in the bathroom... Who had opened it? Why had they opened it? Could a burglar have come into the house? OH NO! I began to feel very frightened!
If someone had broken into the house, where were they now? Were they stealing the television and stereo from the living-room? Were they eating all the food we had in the fridge?? Were they going through our personal belongings??? What if they want to kill us???? They might have a gun!!!
Just then, I heard whispers and shuffling sounds of movement in the hallway. Footsteps!!! Could the burglar be coming to my room to kill me???? The door to my room opened slowly and then the lights were switched on... and my brother stood by the door in my room. "Have you seen my mobile phone? I left it by the window in the bathroom!! Are you sleeping?" he asked quietly.
Oh oh... Could the phone have fallen out of the window? I was the one who shut it and I was the one who would get into trouble... If it had fallen out the window it will have smashed into a million pieces because we live on the fifth floor!!
I pretended I was asleep and tried to forget about the open window and the falling mobile phone and within ten minutes, I was sound asleep!!
THE END
