The document provides guidance for writing a story about a girl trapped inside a glass jar. It instructs the writer to describe what the girl sees happening outside the jar, her thoughts and feelings of entrapment, and hints about how she ended up trapped and what may happen to her. The writer is encouraged to include clues, foreshadowing, and suspense to craft a special and magical story that leaves the reader wondering what will happen next.

1. Task

2. write a
detailed
account of
what the girl
sees and feels
as she is in the
jar.

3. Use your
planning from
yesterday to
describe what
she sees
happening
outside of the
jar…

4. Try to describe
her thoughts and
feelings…

5. Maybe you want
to hint at what is
going to happen
to her…

6. Maybe you want
to drop clues
about why she is
there…

7. Maybe you could
include clues about
how she ended up in
the jar.
You can introduce this
information by using phrases
such as:
“How she wished she hadn’t…

8. Maybe you could include
clues about how she
ended up in the jar.
You can introduce this
information by using phrases
such as:
“How she wished she hadn’t…

9. Maybe you could include
her thoughts about
escape … or her
hopelessness and the
impossibility of escape.

10. Maybe you want to
describe the strange
cloud…

11. Finish your writing by
leaving your reader in
suspense.
“There was only one thing she could do,
one last hope…”
“A shaft of light refracted suddenly through the
glass as the oaken door creaked open…”
“Opening her eyes she became aware of a huge
shadow looming over the glass vessel…”

12. Create a truly special
piece of writing.
Go back through the
slides and yesterday’s
planning if you need
reminders when you are
writing.

13. Create a truly magical
piece of writing.