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PLEASUREABLE AND PREPOSTEROUS PLOTS TO PONDER 1
Consider the story starters below and then choose one to write about.
Survivor
You are drifting at sea on a life raft, the sole survivor of a shipwreck. Storm clouds are gathering. Land is just visible on the misty horizon. Describe your adventure from now until you are rescued.
Oh no!
I thought that drink tasted strange. What’s happening to me? Oh no!
Goliath the Gorilla
Goliath was the biggest, meanest, scariest gorilla of them all. He was afraid of nothing. Nothing, that is, except … mice!
Harry Hough
His nose is long and green. His hair stands up in spikes. Wispy hairs stick out from each ear. Enormous bushy eyebrows hang out over droopy eyes. This is Harry Hough, who lives in a hole. Who is Harry, and what is his secret?
Money!
It’s relaxing sitting under this tree. I watch as a leaf floats to the ground. Then another. And another. But wait … they’re not leaves … it’s … money!
The Haunted House
I am trapped in a haunted house. There are no lights and it is totally dark. I reach out but all I feel are cobwebs. Begin by describing your feelings, emotions and thoughts together with any physical symptoms you may be experiencing. Then describe what you hear, if anything. Lastly, tell all that happens as you manage, eventually, to escape to freedom.
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PLEASUREABLE AND PREPOSTEROUS PLOTS TO PONDER 2
Consider the story starters below and then choose one to write about.
Scruffy Sam, Girl in Rags
Poor scruffy Sam. She looks so different from the other girls who come to school in their smart, freshly-ironed school uniforms. No one wants to sit next to Sam. No one lets her join in games. She gets no invitations to parties. But Sam has a secret. She’s actually rich. Very, very rich. How things change when Sam’s secret gets out!
The Mysterious Tola People
Deep beneath the sea live the Tola People. No one sees them. No one hears them. But when they emerge from the murky depths the Tola People see everything, they hear everything and they know everything … about everyone.
Rainbow of Gold
Two children hiking through the countryside see a magnificent rainbow in the distance. They make their way towards it, hoping to find the end of it. Eventually they reach the end of the rainbow, and … it’s a pot of gold!
The Magic Football
When Marty is eleven he helps an old man who has fallen over on the pavement. The old man tells Marty (a football fan) that on his 12th birthday Marty will receive a special surprise in the post. The day comes and a package arrives addressed to ‘Marty … Football Fan’. Inside is a magnificent golden football which Marty, after hastily gathering some of his friends, takes to the park to practise his skills. What a ball! When Marty’s boot connects with it the ball unfailingly travels like a bullet to its target, bending past opponents at such speed that they are powerless to stop it.
Linda’s Lucky Lantern
When the power goes off at Linda’s house she remembers the lantern that her great grandfather used to speak of. It had been gathering dust in the garden shed for as long as anyone could remember. What Linda didn’t know was that this was no ordinary lantern. When she lit the wick something very strange happened …
Magical Gaze
You wake up one morning and discover you have magical powers. By gazing at something for more than five seconds you can turn it into whatever you want … for an hour. The thought occurs to you that you’ll be able to have some fun with your friends … and your enemies!
Read my Mind
You are on your way back to class when you trip over and hit your head.
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