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Problem and Resolution: Writing the Middle and End of a Story — Answers

Answer sheet with model answers and success criteria for the Year 4 narrative writing worksheet.

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Problem and Resolution: Writing the Middle and End of a Story — Answers

Part A: Read the story

Look back at the story to answer.

1.What is the problem in the story?
  1. AOmar makes a kite.
  2. BOmar's kite is missing.
  3. COmar's kite flies high.

Answer: Omar's kite is missing.

The problem is the thing that goes wrong: the kite is gone.

2.How is the problem solved?
  1. AOmar makes a new kite.
  2. BOmar stays home.
  3. COmar and the man next door use a ladder to get the kite down.

Answer: Omar and the man next door use a ladder to get the kite down.

The resolution is how the problem is fixed.

3.Why was the kite in the tree next door?

Answer: The wind blew it over the fence in the night.

4.What do you think Omar felt when he found the kite gone? Give a reason.

Answer: He probably felt worried or upset because it was the morning of kite day and he had worked hard on it.

Part B: Choose the resolution

A good resolution fixes the problem in a way that makes sense.

5.Problem: Lily's cat climbed a tall tree and would not come down. Which is the best resolution?
  1. ALily went to bed.
  2. BLily put a bowl of food at the bottom of the tree and the cat climbed down.
  3. CLily bought a dog.

Answer: Lily put a bowl of food at the bottom of the tree and the cat climbed down.

This resolution fixes the problem in a sensible way.

6.Problem: Jack forgot his lines in the school play. Which is the best resolution?
  1. AHis friend whispered the first word and Jack remembered the rest.
  2. BThe play was about pirates.
  3. CJack ate lunch.

Answer: His friend whispered the first word and Jack remembered the rest.

This resolution solves the problem of the forgotten lines.

Part C: Plan the middle and end

Plan how the character solves the problem. Stories are more exciting when the first try does not work.

7.Problem: A girl is lost in a busy department store. What does she try first?

Answer: She goes back to the toy section, where she last saw her dad.

8.What happens when she tries that?

Answer: He is not there, so she feels even more worried.

9.How is the problem finally solved?

Answer: She asks a worker at the information desk, who calls her dad's name over the speaker. Her dad comes to find her.

Part D: Your turn

10.Your turn: use your plan from Part C to write the middle and end of the story about the lost girl. Show how she feels, and make the first try fail before the problem is solved.

Model answer: Mia turned around and her dad was gone. Her heart pounded. She ran back to the toy section where she had last seen him, but he was not there. Tears stung her eyes. Then she remembered what her dad had told her: find someone who works here. She walked to the information desk and told the worker her name. A moment later, her dad's name boomed over the speaker. Soon she saw him rushing towards her with his arms open wide.

Success criteria:

  • The middle shows the character trying to solve the problem
  • The first try does not work
  • The ending solves the problem in a way that makes sense
  • The character's feelings are shown
  • Sentences are in order and use time words or linking words
  • Correct capital letters and end marks
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