Message In A Bottle
- 1. What could be happening or has already happened? 27/02/2006 1 Khickman
- 2. REMEMBER TO to help Use the 4 W’s + an H you get started. HOOK Who? Where? What? When? How? YOUR READER! 27/02/2006 Khickman
- 3. What do they do about the bottle? What could be inside? How are you going to develop your character? 27/02/2006 Khickman
- 4. What happens that is unexpected? Are they able to reach the bottle? -open it? -read the message? 27/02/2006 Khickman
- 5. What happens as a result of the dilemma? Do they need a boat to chase it? Is it a map? Can they read what’s inside? 27/02/2006 Khickman
- 6. How does everything end? Could they have a flashback – remember something that help’s them? 27/02/2006 Khickman
- 7. CHECKLIST •Have you used 5 paragraphs? •Does your opening ‘hook’ the reader? •Did you use powerful verbs? •Have you included a flashback? •Is your punctuation varied and accurate? •Do your characters spring to life? •Have you ‘garbled’? (If so go back and change it!) •Did you finish in the allotted time? •Are you pleased with the end result? 27/02/2006 Khickman