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Free Year 7 Writing Satisfying Story Endings Worksheet

Students learn what makes a story ending satisfying: it resolves the main problem, comes from the character's own actions, and leaves the reader with a final feeling or image. They name four kinds of ending, spot weak endings such as it was all a dream, write endings for three story set-ups and craft the final paragraph of a story of their own.

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Year
Year 7
Subject
English
Topic
Narrative Writing
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
30 minutes
Curriculum
New Zealand Curriculum
Questions
14
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4), print or complete online

Students will practise

  • identifying types of story endings
  • explaining why an ending is weak or strong
  • resolving the main problem through the character's actions
  • finishing with a final image or feeling
  • writing a satisfying final paragraph

Curriculum: New Zealand Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

What's next?

Completed: Writing Satisfying Story Endings

  1. 1Explain How It Works — Explanation Writing
  2. 2Note-Taking and Paraphrasing for Information Writing
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How to use this worksheet

  1. Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

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Who is this worksheet for?

Year 7 students (typically ages 11–12) working on narrative writing. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.

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Success TutoringWorksheetsYear 7 · English · Narrative Writing

Writing Satisfying Story Endings

Name

Date

Score /

A satisfying ending answers the story's main question and leaves the reader with a feeling.

Part A: Kinds of endings

Circle the kind of ending each writer used.

1.Max finally found the missing key under the dog's blanket, and the door swung open at last.
  1. Aproblem solved
  2. Ba twist
  3. Ca lesson learned
  4. Da circular ending
2.Lily opened the letter. It was signed by the person she had been searching for all along: her own grandmother.
  1. Aproblem solved
  2. Ba twist
  3. Ca lesson learned
  4. Da circular ending
3.From then on, Sam never laughed when someone else made a mistake.
  1. Aproblem solved
  2. Ba twist
  3. Ca lesson learned
  4. Da circular ending
4.The story began with Ella waiting alone at the bus stop. It ends: Ella sat at the same bus stop, but this time three friends sat beside her.
  1. Aproblem solved
  2. Ba twist
  3. Ca lesson learned
  4. Da circular ending

Part B: Weak or strong?

5.Which ending is the weakest?
  1. ASuddenly a wizard appeared and fixed everything.
  2. BMia remembered the trail of white stones she had left and followed them all the way home.
  3. CTired and muddy, the friends finally reached the road, laughing at how lost they had been.
6.Which ending is the weakest?
  1. ABen handed back the wallet, and the old man's smile was worth more than any reward.
  2. BThen I woke up, and it was all a dream.
  3. CRuby took a deep breath, stepped onto the stage and began to sing.
7.A good ending answers the main problem of the story. ☐ True   ☐ False
8.The main character should solve the problem themselves, where possible. ☐ True   ☐ False
9.An ending must be long to be good. ☐ True   ☐ False
10.A final image or line of dialogue can leave the reader with a strong feeling. ☐ True   ☐ False

Part C: Write the ending

Write an ending for each story set-up.

11.Set-up: Noah has been preparing for the spelling bee for weeks, but on the day he freezes on the very first word. Write a two-to-three-sentence ending in which Noah solves the problem himself. (answer space)
12.Set-up: Aisha's kite is stuck at the top of a tall tree, and her little brother is the one who let go of it. Write a two-to-three-sentence ending that shows a lesson learned. (answer space)
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