Primary Longman Elect

Using 5W1H questions

to write a story
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When Who What How Why Where

Beginning Questions
1 Where were Mr and Mrs Chan?
on Lantau
What did they do there?
went hiking

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2 What happened to them?
got lost
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sunset — it was getting dark

get lost How did they feel?

afraid
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4 What did they do?
walked a long way to the bus stop

What happened next?

arrived at the bus stop, missed the
miss
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went home by taxi

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What happened in the end?
arrived home at midnight

How did they feel? Why?

tired but happy — didn’t need to
stay overnight on Lantau
Well done! Now you can use your notes
in the story map to write the story.
 Setting
Time: Last Sunday afternoon Place: Lantau
Main Characters
Mr Chan and Mrs Chan
Beginning
Where were Mr and Mrs Chan? on Lantau
What did they do there? went hiking

Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau.

Put your ideas in the story map into

sentences.
 Middle
What happened to them? got lost
When was it? sunset — it was getting dark
How did they feel? afraid
Who did they meet? a man
What did they do? Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is
it to the nearest bus stop?’
What did the man do? showed them a map and said, ‘It’s
one kilometre.’
What did they do? walked a long way to the bus stop
What happened next? arrived at the bus stop, missed the
last bus home

They got lost at sunset

sunset.and
It was
it was
getting
getting
dark.
dark.
They
They
were
were
afraid.
afraid.

Link the sentences using linking

words like and.
 Middle
What happened to them? got lost
When was it? sunset — it was getting dark
How did they feel? afraid
Who did they meet? a man
What did they do? Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is
it to the nearest bus stop?’
What did the man do? showed them a map and said, ‘It’s
one kilometre.’
What did they do? walked a long way to the bus stop
What happened next? arrived at the bus stop, missed the
last bus home

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kilometre.’

Use pronouns and different reporting

verbs in your story.
 Middle
What happened to them? got lost
When was it? sunset — it was getting dark
How did they feel? afraid
Who did they meet? a man
What did they do? Mrs Chan asked the man, ‘How far is
it to the nearest bus stop?’
What did the man do? showed them a map and said, ‘It’s
one kilometre.’
What did they do? walked a long way to the bus stop
What happened next? arrived at the bus stop, missed the
last bus home

They got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid.
They met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the nearest bus stop?’
The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’
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they arrived
at the at thestop.
bus bus They
stop,
they missed
missed thebus
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bus home.

Link the sentences using linking

words like when.
 Ending
What did they do? went home by taxi
What happened in the end? arrived home at midnight
How did they feel? Why? tired but happy — didn’t need to
stay overnight on Lantau

They went home by taxi

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midnight. They
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stay overnight on Lantau!
on Lantau!

Link the sentences using linking

words like and and because.
Last
Last
Sunday
Sundayafternoon
afternoon
Mr Mr
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MrsMrs
Chan
Chanwent
went
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hiking
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Lantau.
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at sunset
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got lost it was getting
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getting TheyMrs
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were shouted, ‘Help!
afraid.
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a man.
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stop?’
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The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one kilometre.’

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walked
walked
a long
a long
wayway
to the
to the
busbus
stop.
stop.
When
When
they
they
arrived
arrived
at the
at the
busbus
stop,
stop,
they missed the last bus home.
Mr Chan said, ‘Don’t worry. I have an idea. Let’s call a taxi to take us home.’
They
They
went
went
home
homeby by
taxitaxi
andand
arrived
arrived
home
home
at midnight.
at midnight.
They
Theywere
were
tired
tired
butbut
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happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on Lantau!

You can add details such as dialogues to

make thethe
Now put story more interesting.
sentences into paragraphs.
 Lost on Lantau
Last Sunday afternoon Mr and Mrs Chan went hiking on Lantau. They
got lost at sunset and it was getting dark. They were afraid. Mrs Chan
shouted, ‘Help! Can anyone help us?’

Luckily they met a man. Mrs Chan asked him, ‘How far is it to the
nearest bus stop?’ The man showed them a map and replied, ‘It’s one
kilometre.’

They walked a long way to the bus stop. When they arrived at the bus
stop, they missed the last bus home.

Mr Chan said, ‘Don’t worry. I have an idea. Let’s call a taxi to take us
home.’ They went home by taxi and arrived home at midnight. They
were tired but happy because they didn’t need to stay overnight on
Lantau!
The End