Making a story.

Starting a story.

It was summer and, and I went with some friends to

a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat.

• I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan, and I decided to go hiking in the mountains.

• At university , I shared a flat with three other guys.

Making a story.

1 who

2 which

3 where

4 what

If you heard this what questions could you ask to get more detail?

1 It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat.

You might ask questions like ?

• Who were your friends ?
• Why did you go to this beach ?
• What was the place like ?
• Were there any other peple there ?

1 It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat.

1 It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat.

People had been going there for years, and there were benches and tables , places to camp , fire places and so on.It was kind of a hippy place , with everyone walking around naked and doing whatever they felt like.

3 At university , I shared a flat with three other guys

• At university , I shared a flat with three other guys.We were all good friends, but like lots of guys in that situation , we played a lot of prunks on each other.

What makes a story , a story ?

• A story needs two things:
• 1 they need to be a goal ( a person or people in the story should want smth)
• 2 they need to be tension.( adding tension to your story)
• Putting a goal.
• 1 What do people in the story want ?

What do people in the story want ?

It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat

People had been going there for years, and there were benches and tables , places to camp , fire places and so on.It was kind of a hippy place , with everyone walking around naked and doing whatever they felt like . On the last day , we had to catch a train in the evening .

2 I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan, and I decided to go hiking in the mountains

• I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan and I decided to go hiking in the mountains planned a route which I hoped I could do in five days.I took a tent , food and a stove , but I mostly ended up staying with local people in their yurts .To reach Issyk-Kul lake , which was the end of my jouney , I had to cross a mountain pass , almost 4,000m high .

Adding tension

• I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan and I decided to go hiking in the mountains planned a route which I hoped I could do in five days.I took a tent , food and a stove , but I mostly ended up staying with local people in their yurts.On the 3 rd day I had to cross a mountain pass , almost 4,000m high . It was so hard, because the air is thin up there and I was carrying a very heavy pack.It seemed to take forever, but finally I got close to the top……and then a storm boiled over the ridge and landed right on my head.There was lightning all around me , even below me! The noise was unbelievable .

Adding tension

• At university , I shared a flat with three other guys.We were all good friends, but like lots of guys in that situation , we played a lot of prunks on each other. One weekend, I was going home to visit my parents , I said bye to my flatmates, and told them not to do anything to my room.Don’t worry.We won’t.Have a good weekend», they said.
• I knew they were going to do something, but I couldn’t believe what they actually did…………….

1 It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat

It was summer and, and I went with some friends to a beach in Crimea which you could only get to by boat

People had been going there for years, and there were benches and tables , places to camp , fire places and so on.It was kind of a hippy place , with everyone walking around naked and doing whatever they felt like . On the last day , we had to catch a train in the evening in the evening , so the boat was supposed to pick us up in the morning, but the boat never came .It was hard to get a phone signal,but finally we heard the news: there was an old World War 2 mine in the harbour,and no boats could leave! What could we do!

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• We loaded our stuff onto a kayak and swam almost a kilometre around the cliffs. A naked hippy paddled the kayak, which was piled high with our things and looked like it could sink at any minute.We made it to land , and after several hours of hitchhiking and walking we caught our train. It was stressful at the time, but looking back now it makes a good story.

2 I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan, and I decided to go hiking in the mountains.

• I was travelling in Kyrgyzstan and I decided to go hiking in the mountains planned a route which I hoped I could do in five days.I took a tent , food and a stove , but I mostly ended up staying with local people in their yurts.On the 3 rd day I had to cross a mountain pass , almost 4,000m high. It was so hard, because the air is thin up there and I was carrying a very heavy pack.It seemed to take forever, but finally I got close to the top……and then a storm boiled over the ridge and landed right on my head.There was lightning all around me , even below me! The noise was unbelievable . I forgot how tired I was and ran down the slopes to get to safety. I stayed the night lower down and tried again the next day. I made it over the pass, but it was a very frightening experience.

3 At university , I shared a flat with three other guys

• At university , I shared a flat with three other guys.We were all good friends, but like lots of guys in that situation , we played a lot of prunks on each other. One weekend, I was going home to visit my parents , I said bye to my flatmates, and told them not to do anything to my room.Don’t worry.We won’t.Have a good weekend», they said.
• I knew they were going to do something, but I couldn’t believe what they actually did : they made my room into a jungle! I’m not kidding : there were flowers, plants,three whole trees, jungle animals made from paper, and sounds of the forest mix playing on my stereo .It took me three hours to clean up, and also I have hay fever- an allergy to pollen – so I was sneezing and blowing my nose the whole time.For my flatmates , that just made it funnier ……