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Writing Summer Homework  

 

Choose one of the following prompts and write a narrative following the plot 

diagram.  

 

● Write a story about your favorite memory from 5th grade.  

● Write a story about your dream summer. (This can be fictional.)  

● Make up any story you want. (Use your imagination.)  

 

Exposition: Write 5 sentences. Introduce your characters and your setting (where and when 

your story takes place).  

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Rising Action: Write 5 sentences. Introduce the conflict (problem) and start building 

suspense.  

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Climax: Write 5 sentences. Describe the most exciting part of the story. Use lots adjectives!  

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Falling Action: Write 5 sentences. Describe how the story starts wrapping up. 

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Resolution / Denouement: Write 5 sentences. Make the story have either a happy or sad 

ending. 

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For a merit - draw and color a picture from your story: