“Rikki Tikki Tavi” Story Planner

Ms. Cerulli’s seventh grade class

Write a story in which you (as an animal) must fight an animal foe. Planning Steps: A) Pick an animal for yourself.

B) Pick an animal foe. What’s his/her name? What’s his personality like?

C) What will be the setting of your story? Think of three details to describe it.

D) What will be the interesting problem in your tale?

English 7/October 4 (Friday)

Aim: How can you begin writing a rough draft of your legendary stories?

Do Now: * Vocabulary unit 1 exam!

HW: *Final legendary animal stories due Monday.

What elements of “Rikki Tikki” made it a memorable, legendary story?

Your assignment:Paragraph 1: Set the scene. Use sensory details to

describe the setting of your tale.Paragraph 2: Introduce your hero. Incorporate description of physical and personality details.

Paragraph 3: Introduce your villain and the conflict.Paragraphs 4-6**: Explain the story. You may want to

use dialogue. Paragraph 7: End with a lesson.

Rules: TypedThird PersonMulti-paragraph storyStory has a beginning, middle and endPerfect spelling and grammar

**You may decide you need more paragraphs.