SECTION C NOTES

QUESTION 1

picnic
prepared
mat
eat
delicious
glass
sitting
dog
looked
happy

Begin your story with:

Sally and her family thought that the weather was great so they decided

WRITING STEPS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Find the verbs. List them out and make sure you have the right tense!
Create a storyline.
Use your linking words to show the flow of the story.
If you can, spice it up with some similes, idioms, and proverbs.
Read and re-read your answers!

1. Find the verbs. List them out and make sure you have the right tense!

Verbs
hold
sit
see
look
smile
pat
eat
come
go
prepare
put
bring
take

Simple Past Tense

held
sat
saw
looked
smiled
patted
Not in the picture but relevant
ate
came
went
prepared
put
brought
took

2. Create a storyline.
great
weather

decided to
have picnic

went to
park

put the
things

Sally
patted the
dog

everyone
looked at
the dog

mother
prepared
food

ate

Sally
brought
mat

dog came

everyone
happy

3. Use your linking words to show a flow in the story.

Transition Words
One morning,
Then,
After that,
Suddenly,
Soon
Then,
Shortly after that,

Sentences
Sally and her family decided to go on a picnic.
Sallys mother prepared food.
Sally brought a mat.
Sally and her family went to the park.
they sat on the mat.
Sally and her family ate.
a dog came.
Sally patted the dog.
Everyone looked at the dog.
they smiled.
they went home.
They were very happy.

4. If you can, spice it up with some similes, idioms, and proverbs.

Transition Words
One morning,
Then,
After that,
Suddenly,
Soon
Then,
Shortly after that,

Sentences
Sally and her family decided to go on a picnic.
Sallys mother prepared food.
Sally brought a mat.
Sally and her family went to the park.
They sat on the mat.
Sally and her family ate.
a dog came.
Sally patted the dog.
everyone looked at the dog.
they smiled.
they went home.
They were very happy because they had a ball.

QUESTION 2

night alone parents went - restaurant heard - loud crash scared

looked thief - break in neighbour's

- window called police

WRITING STEPS:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

thief climbing siren car caught

thanked
Find the verbs. List them out and make
sure you have the right tense!
Figure out the sentence structure.
Use your linking words to show the flow of the story.
If you can, spice it up with some similes, idioms, and proverbs.
Read and re-read your answers!

1. Find the verbs. List them out and make sure you have the right tense!

night alone parents went - restaurant heard - loud crash scared

looked thief - break in neighbour's

- window called police

thief climbing siren car caught

thanked
Verbs
Simple Past Tense
(or Past Continuous Tense)
went
heard
looked
break in
add was +ing
called
climbing
add was
caught
thanked
Not in the picture but relevant
watched
saw
shake hands
shook hands
2. Figure out the sentence structure.
Subject

Verb

Object

Adverbial Phrase

Chongs parents
Chong
He
He
Chong
He

went
was
watched
heard
looked
saw

Chong
The police
Chong

called
caught
shook hands

He

thanked

television
a loud crash

(Where? How?
When? Why?)
to a restaurant.
alone.
in the living room.
outside.
out his window.

a man climbing into his

neighbours house.
the police.
the thief.

the officer

with the police

officer on duty.
for coming quickly.

3. Use your linking words to show the flow of the story.

Transition
Words
One night,
In the
meantime,

Suddenly,
At that very
moment,

Then,
Later,

Finally,

Subject

Verb

Object

Adverbial
Phrase
to a restaurant.
alone.

Chongs parents
Chong

went
was

He

watched

television

He
Chong

heard
looked

a sound

in the living
room.
outside.
out his window.

He

saw

Chong
The police
The police
Chong

called
came.
caught
shook hands

a man climbing into

his neighbours
house.
the police.

He

thanked

the thief.

the officer

4. If you can, spice it up with some similes, idioms, and proverbs.

When Chong saw the thief, he was scared stiff.
The police came as quick as lightning.

with the police

officer on duty.
for coming
quickly.

LISTING OUT VERBS

Verbs

Simple Past Tense

(or Past Continuous Tense)

Not in the picture but relevant

FIGURING OUT THE SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Subject

Verb

Object

Adverbial Phrase
(Where? How?
When? Why?)

TRANSITION WORDS
Transition
Words

Subject

Verb

Object

Adverbial
Phrase
(Where? How?
When? Why?)