5 different story starters inspired by the same picture

5 different story starters inspired by the same picture.
In order to encourage your students to think creatively show them the picture of the gate with the rusty chain and the new padlock. Now ask them to think about how the picture might inspire the start of a story. Once they have thought of one possible start of a story ask them to write it down and then think about and also write down a different one based on the same picture.
There are 5 versions below of starts of stories based on the picture to show your students to inspire them.