This document provides guidance on how to write a story in first or third person perspective with a past tense structure. It includes suggestions for: using pronouns like I, you, she, he in first and third person; setting the context with time and location words; ordering events chronologically; describing the events with adjectives and verbs; and concluding with how things finished and potential future events. The document aims to help structure a story with perspective, tense, descriptive language, and a beginning, middle and end.

1. Tell a story

2. Write in first person
• I
• Me
• We
• My
Write in third person
• She
• Her
• He
• His
• Their
• Him
• Them
• They

3. Write mainly in the past tense
Add ‘ed’ to most words to make them past tense

4. Mum
Dad
Sister
Brother
Teacher
Friend
Aunty
Uncle
Cousin
Policeman
Fireman
Next door neighbour

5. Yesterday
Last week
Last night
An hour ago
Last year
At 2.30 pm…

6. Home
School
Playground
Supermarket
Rainbows End
The Town Centre
The school field

7. Birthday
Special day or event
Wedding
Holiday
Christmas
Easter
Ceremonies

8. What was happening?

9. • What happened first?
• What happened next?
• What happened last?
We got on the bus
We
arrived at
the zoo
We saw the giraffes

10. • A few minutes later
• Meanwhile
• Afterwards
• Then
• Next
• Finally
• After that
• First
• When
• Later
• The next day
• After

11. The dog ran after me.
The ferocious dog ran after me.
Pleasant
Delicious
Tender
Lovely
Gentle
Special
Sweet
Cute
Kind
Fine
Excellent
Brilliant
Outstanding
Tremendous
Okay
Terrific
Dazzling
Marvellous
Amazing
Incredible
Great
Awful
Terrible
Dreadful
Shocking
Ghastly
Horrific
Unpleasant
Poor
Frightening
Horrifying
Horrible
Great
Wonderful
Awesome
Fantastic
Brilliant
Depressing
Miserable
Unhappy
Dejected
Gloomy

12. • WWhhiimmppeerreedd
• IInntteerrrruupptteedd
• SSoobbbbeedd
• MMuummbblleedd
• SSqquueeaalleedd
• AAsskkeedd
• EExxppllaaiinneedd
• OObbjjeecctteedd
• WWaarrnneedd
• CCoonnttiinnuuee dd
• PPlleeaaddeedd
• SSccrreeaammeedd
• WWhhiissppeerreedd
• SShhoouutteedd
• YYeelllleedd
• RRooaarreedd
• SSttaammmmeerreedd
• BBeelllloowweedd
• EExxccllaaiimmeedd
• LLaauugghheedd
• AAnnsswweerreedd
• RReepplliieedd
• TToolldd
• TTeeaasseedd
• AAddddeedd
• RRaavveedd
• GGaassppeedd
• YYeelllleedd
• DDeemmaannddeedd
• RReessppoonnddeedd
• MMuutttteerreedd
• AAddmmiitttteedd
• MMooaanneedd

13. • What was the
last thing that
happened?
• How did it finish?

17. Self Assessment
I have written in first person by using words like I, me, we, you, she,
he,
I have written in third person by using words like them, they, him, their,
she, her, his
I have written mainly in the past tense using words was, were, saw or
words that end in ‘ed’
I have written an introduction that has told the reader ‘who, when, why
and where”
I have written all the events in order of time that they happened in
I have used interesting adjectives to create a picture for the reader
I have used strong verbs to describe what happened in the story like
scream, plead, shout etc
I have described the feelings of the person telling the story
I have written a conclusion that says how the writer feels, how things
went and have mentioned something that might happen later