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16/10/14 Problems and Solutions 1TP: Good stories include an interesting problem and
solutionBell work: Read the extract below. Where is the setting
for the story? Give reasons for your answers.The warm dusty draught flapped at her coat, revealing the lining and causing her to pull it tight around her. She thrust her ticket into the metal slit and strode forward confidently. The dull whirring of the escalators carried her down, lost in the
confusion of posters advertising West end shows and cheap phone calls. She thought she saw a familiar face passing upwards to her right and stared back to see if she were right…
Beginning /
Exposition
Rising
Action
Climax + Problem
Falling Action
Resolution
ShortStory
Mountain
What should we call the 5
steps?
Think/Pair/Share• Think of books you have read or films you
have seen. What problems did the main characters face? How were they solved?
• Pair up with the person sitting across from you and share your ideas.
Problem and solution idea• PROBLEM: What if the school cafeteria
became infested with frogs?• SOLUTION: What if one of the characters
dressed up as a frog and got the other frogs to follow her out the cafeteria?
Paired Work
• Create a list of your own ideas for story problems
• Decide on possible solutions for these problems
• Individually, choose one of the ideas you came up with and create a sketch of the problem and solution scenes
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