Sample Compositions
Sample Story Question: Write a story about a child who was naughty. Story title Kitten in the Tree Characters
Grandma, Ricardo, Tanice, Daddy, the kitten
Tanice’s garden
Setting
Tanice has kitten for birthday Ricardo chases kitten up tree Kitten won’t come down
Beginning
Middle
Tanice has idea Kitten comes down
End
Kitten in the Tree Tanice always wanted to have a pet. When she was eight, Grandma gave her a sweet little kitten for her birthday. Tanice loved the kitten. She often played with it in the garden. Tanice’s brother, Ricardo, liked playing tricks. One day he chased the kitten up a tree. The kitten was scared. It did not want to come down. Tanice stood under the tree. She called the kitten, but it climbed further up the tree. The children called Daddy. He got a ladder and put it against the tree. He climbed up the ladder, but he could not catch the kitten. Then Tanice had an idea. She fetched a bowl of milk and put it under the tree. The kitten loved milk. It jumped onto Daddy’s shoulder, and Daddy climbed down the ladder with it. Soon the kitten was drinking the milk greedily. Tanice sat and watched it, but Ricardo was hiding.
Characters and setting
Beginning
Middle
End
• Read the story with students and discuss how the characters and setting are introduced at the beginning. • Follow the order of events in the middle part of the story. Ask students to predict how the kitten will come down from the tree. • Point out that at the end of the story, the writer keeps readers guessing. Why do they think that Ricardo is hiding?
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