The Dinosaur Who Discovered Hamburgers
Scout, a foodie dinosaur, believes there's a delicious new dish waiting to be discovered! He sets off on an adventure through different terrains and finds tasty ingredients like buns that grow on trees, pickles that bloom on flowers, and rivers flowing with ketchup. When he needs help, Scout turns to the brilliant scientist Dr. Ham. Together, they invent something amazing — the hamburger!
(affiliate link)
story grammar
Main Character: Scout, the dinosaur
Setting: different environments like the jungle, mountains, desert, swamp, forest, valley
Initiating Event: dinosaurs love to eat but Scout thought there was a great dish still missing
Feelings: determined
Plan: Scout packed his backpack and set out on an adventure to find the missing dish
Action: Scout discovered delicious ingredients on his journey. At home, Scout tried to make a great dish using different combinations of the ingredients, but something was still missing.
Consequence: Scout visited Dr. Ham who invented three new ingredients. Scout used them to make a great new dish.
Ending: Scout named his perfect dish after Dr. Hamburger and dinosaurs around the world loved it
summary (SWBST)
Somebody: Scout
Wanted: to create a great new dish
But: something was missing
So: he asked Dr. Ham for help
Then: together they created the hamburger
Past Tense Verbs
loved, decided, packed, searched, crossed, appeared, seemed, filled, toasted, grabbed, continued, entered, looked, dipped, overjoyed, wandered, reached, pulled, started, grilled, suggested, agreed, stood, left, felt, began, took, kept, went, came
Activities you'll love!
Plural Nouns
restaurants, nuggets, binoculars, deserts, buns, flowers, petals, pickles, rivers, ingredients, fields, swamps, mountains, combinations, formulas, machines, beakers, gauges, seeds, names, dinosaurs, creations, tests, slices, burgers, claws, dishes, bushes, leaves
Vocabulary
perks, foodie, journey, sushi, ingredients, venture, treacherous, terrain, exhausted, aroma