How the Crayons Saved the School
The schoolhouse on the hill was dull and boring! It was so dull, it lost all of its color and everything turned gray. At recess, bright colors appear and the students discover a playground full of crayons. The crayons are determined to help the students bring all of the color back to the school - making school fun again!
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story grammar
Main Character: colorful crayons and the students
Setting: at a school on a hill
Initiating Event: school was dull and boring, so it turned gray
Feelings: bored, determined
Plan: the students planned to use the crayons to draw their favorite things
Action: the students drew their favorite things but it didn't help
Solution: the students and crayons worked together to draw things that they love learning about in school
Ending: school was fun again and all of the color returned
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: the crayons
Wanted: to help the students
But: drawing their favorite things didn't help
So: they tried drawing their favorite things about school
Then: the students were having so much fun, all of the color returned
Past Tense Verbs
filled, played, rolled, roamed, rambled, shimmered, looked, explained, climbed, hatched, illustrated, went, said, found, ran, made, drew, saw
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Plural Nouns
children, classes, clouds, hallways, crayons, colors, sunsets, forests, desks, flowers, castles, toys, students, ideas, lines, kids, murals, oceans
Vocabulary
schoolhouse, dull, boring, rumble, creeping, sprinkle, grumpy, strange, roamed