During conferences we received a request to see the writing prompt before the writing day. The reasoning behind this was so that if families wanted to talk through the prompt with their student, perhaps it might give the students some time to develop their writing orally before they have to plan and draft it on Wednesday. Please do not have your student begin writing to this prompt. This is an in class assignment for Wednesday and Thursday.
A flying saucer has been sighted over your town. You have never believed in flying saucers, but then you see it for yourself and... Write a narrative telling what happens next. Does the saucer land? Do you meet the crew? How do you communicate? What do they look like? Are they friendly? Puzzled? Shy? Suspicious? What about sounds? Sights? Smells? Make your story as interesting as you can for your reader. Create characters and describe the setting. Make your plot move along to a climax and a satisfying conclusion.
These are elements of Narrative writing that must be included in your story...
A topic sentence with a hook.
dialogue
details that "show, not tell"
time moving transitions and/or place movers
A conclusion in which the character states a lesson learned or the moral of the story.
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