Simple story mountain

A simplified version of Pie Corbett’s story mountain, this poster focuses on three main paragraphs within a creative writing story:

• Beginning
• Problem
• Ending

I have suggested to children that they should imagine their story taking place over the space of a day, the beginning of the story taking place in the morning, and the ending at night. Starting the story with the word “as” allows for an immediate simile and description and it seems to give children a starter for ten when faced with a blank sheet of paper.

The mountain also mentions including senses to describe the setting, speech between characters and description of characters feelings.