Planning Guide for Writing Books

When writing a story or a book, authors plan their writing.  They think about who is going to read their story. That is called the reading audience. The audience that you will be writing is for other children in our school and community. Authors make sure that their writings contain an interesting plot or sequence of events in the story. All good stories and books have a beginning, middle and end. Use this idea sheet as you work either by yourself or with your group to create your book.

Our/my book will be about: (an animal, a rescue (shelter) group)

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Some words (adjectives) that we/I will use to describe my/our animal or rescue group are:

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Problem that needs to be solved:

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Beginning

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Middle:

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End: How was the problem solved?

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Here are some other questions for you or your group to consider.

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