This document provides guidance on writing short stories. It discusses key elements like characters, setting, plot, problem, and solution. It also offers a step-by-step process for writing a short story, including thinking of an idea, creating a character and setting, writing the beginning, middle, and ending, and then revising the story. Several examples of short stories are also provided based on pictures to demonstrate applying the elements.

1. Identify
features of
Journalistic
Writing

2. P R E – T E S T
Directions: Look at the
picture. Write the letter of
best answer to each
question on a sheet of
paper.

3. 1. What place is shown in
the picture?
A. a castle in an island
B. a castle near the sea
C. a castle on the mountain
D. a castle on the river bank

4. 2. If you are going to write
story based on the picture
above, who is a possible
character?
A. a king
B. a president
C. a superhero 7
D. an astronaut

5. 3. If you are going to write a
story based on the picture
above, what is a possible
setting?
A. on a rainy day
B. on a stormy day
C. on a sunny day
D. on a windy day

6. 4. If you are going to write a short
story, in what part of the story will
you write the problem faced by the
main character?
A. beginning
B. middle
C. ending
D. anywhere

7. 5. If you are going to write a short
story, in what part of the story will
you write the solution to the
problem faced by the main
character?
A. Beginning
B. middle
C. ending
D. anywhere

8. R E C A P
The two main categories separating the
genres of literature are fiction and
nonfiction. Fiction refers to literature
created from the imagination and its
main purpose is to entertain the reader.
Nonfiction refers to literature based in
fact and its main purpose is to inform the
reader.

9. The elements of a story are setting, character
and plot.
The characters are the people or animals in
the story.
The setting talks about the place and the time
that the events in the story happened.
The plot is made up of the events that
happened in the story. It is consists of the
beginning, the middle, and the ending. The
beginning gives the problem faced by the
main character.

10. The middle presents the
actions made by the
characters to solve the
problem.
The ending gives the
solution to the problem.

11. L E S S O N
Story writing helps children learn to
organize their thoughts and use
written language to communicate
with readers in a variety of ways.
Writing stories also helps children
better read, and understand,
stories written by other people.

12. A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Write a
Short Story
Step 1: Think of an idea. ...
A good place to start is by reading a book. Stop
and make predictions about how the story
might end. Your alternative ending may
become great material for a new and original
story. You can also write stories based on real
life experiences, such as your first day of
school, an adventure in the park or losing your
first tooth. Experience and imagination helps
to build a good plot.

13. Step 2: Create a character and a
setting. ...
Create a character and a setting.
A. The main character can be a child, an
adult or an animal. You can borrow
attribute from the people you know or
stranger you noticed.
B. The story can be set in the park, a
different country or outer space. Let
your imagination run wild!

14. Step 3: The Beginning. ...
Write a catchy first paragraph that will
hold the interest of the reader.
A. Introduce the main character right at
the beginning of the story. Tell about the
setting. 9
B. Tell about the problem faced by the
main character. You can also introduce
other characters to shake things up in
the story.

15. Step 4: The Middle. ...
Make a story more interesting by presenting
the actions made by the characters to solve
the problem. It can be a time where a
character discovers a hidden superpower or
a surprise that give twists to the whole
story. Think of something that the reader
would least expect. It doesn't always have to
make sense – this is your time to unlock
your imagination. Give the events in time
order, from first to last.

16. Step 5: The Ending. ...
A. Show how the characters solve
the problem.
B. Make a satisfying ending to
finish a story. Tell what happened
to the characters once their
problem is resolved. Tell also what
the characters were able to finally
achieve and the important lesson
they learned.

17. Step 6: The Polishing. ...
A. Re-read your short story.
B. Edit your short story
yourself.
C. Let someone proof read
and edits your short story.

18. Guided Practice
Write a short story on a sheet of paper based on the guide
question for each picture.
For the first paragraph of your story, answer the following
questions:
1. Who do you see in the picture?
Ant and Grasshopper are in the picture.
2. What is Ant doing?
Ant is gathering food.
3. What is Grasshopper doing?
Grasshopper is playing his guitar while singing.
4. What can you say about the weather?
It is a sunny day.
5. Where are they?

19. Ant and Grasshopper are in the field.
For the middle part of your story, answer the
following questions:
1. What is the weather?
It is a rainy day.
2. Where is Grasshopper while the rain is
pouring?
Grasshopper is outside his house.
3. Where do you think is Ant?
Ant is in his house.
4. Why do you think Grasshopper went to the
house of Ant?

20. Grasshopper went to the house of Ant because he is
hungry and he will ask for food.
For the ending of your story, answer the following
questions:
1. Why Ant did not give food to Grasshopper?
The food that Ant gathered is just enough for him.
2. What did Grasshopper learn from this experience?
Grasshopper learned that he must work and save for the
rainy days.
Do not forget to write the title of your story.
Compare. The story that you have written should be
almost the same as this:

21. The Ant and the Grasshopper
In the field one sunny day, a Grasshopper is playing his guitar while
singing and an Ant is gathering food.
When the rainy day came, the Ant is in his house while Grasshopper
is outside his house.
Grasshopper went to the house of Ant because he is hungry and he
will ask for food.
Ant did not give Grasshopper any food because the food that he
gathered is just enough for him.
Grasshopper learned that he must work and save for the rainy days.
Look closely at the picture and let it be your guide in writing a short
nonfiction story.
The story you have written should be almost the same as this.

22. A Visit to the Dentist
My tooth hurt one day. I told my mother
about my toothache so we went to a dental
clinic.
The dentist let me enter the clinic. She
made me sit on the dentist’s chair.
The dentist examined my hurting tooth.
She told me that she had to pull my tooth
because it was already damaged.
My visit to the dentist relieved me from
aching tooth.

23. Activity 1
Directions: Look at the pictures to be
able to write the middle events of the
short fiction story.
An Honest Woodcutter
Once there lived a poor woodcutter. He
used to cut trees on the woods. One
day he was cutting wood on the bank of
a very deep river.

25. The fairy was very
happy because of his
honesty. She rewarded
the woodcutter with
the other two axes.

26. Activity 2
Directions: Write a
short nonfiction
story based on the
pictures

28. Write the details that
are needed under
each event in the
story when writing a
short story.

30. Draw ↑ before the
number if the picture will
give you an idea if you are
going to write a short story
about civic-mindedness or
community involvement
and ↓ if not.

32. Directions: Use the
picture as a clue to
be able to write a
complete short
fiction story.