Plan an Adventure Story With a Choice That Changes Everything

Read the topic and the model together, then let your child talk the story through before filling in the organizer. After the draft, have them read it aloud and check that each box from the plan shows up in the story.

Read a model about a boat ride, then plan a city field trip adventure with an Option A and Option B choice and 3 events. An adventure’s turning point can be a choice that changes the conflict. The directions on the page read: Read the topic and the model. Then, write the setup and the choice, Option A and Option B. Then, write 3 events, the ending and how the character changes, 2 lines each. Then, use your plan to write your draft on lined paper.

Yes, both. We made it for 5th Grade creative writing, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with story writing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

CCSS W.5.3 asks 5th graders to write narratives with a clear situation and characters, dialogue and description, pacing, events in a logical order and a real ending. Each sheet works on one of those parts while the student plans and writes a full story.

Read the topic box and the definition at the top together, then talk the story through before any writing. Once the organizer is filled in, it works like a map, and page two becomes turning each box into a paragraph.

Pacing is how fast or slow a story moves. Writers slow down for an important moment with details and thoughts, and speed up through less important parts. The Secret Signal sheet has students plan one slow moment and one fast moment before writing.

Every child writes a different story, so there is no single right answer. Use the organizer as a checklist instead: does the draft include each part your child planned? On the two-page sheets, also look for at least four paragraphs.