1. 16/10/14Problems and Solutions 1 TP: Good stories include an interesting problem and solution Bell 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…

2. Beginning / Exposition Rising Action Climax + Problem Falling Action Resolution What should we call the 5 steps?

3. 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.

4. 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?

7. 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