Chapter 1- Introduction Does your story start at school or at home?

This is where you start the story.  (Start with either a conversation, description of setting, an action of a character or description of character)           Who tells the main character about the trip on the SS Kate?  (teacher/parent)     What is the reaction? How do you know this?      You need to have a conversation between the main character and his/her friend about the trip.            Make sure by the end of this chapter the reader knows what your character is like (appearance and personality) and where the story starts. (school classroom or home)

Chapter 2- Planning for the trip

Who else are you going to tell about the trip? (family/parents)            Here you need to describe the other setting. (home/school)     What plans are made to prepare for the trip (food/fundraising event/clothes)      There must be at least one conversation in this chapter.     Will the wooden box with shells be in your story and if so, what makes your main character take the box on the trip? Will this wooden box be a really important part of your story?

Chapter 3- The Trip

How did the main character get to the river?           How was everybody feeling?     Describe the paddle steamer.  Use your senses to describe the experience.          There must be at least one conversation here with the main character and the friend.

Chapter 4- Oh no…

Does the big problem in your story happen while the main character is on the boat or when he/she is at Redland Bay?           How are the characters feeling?           How does the teacher or friend help or not help?

Chapter 5- The Solution

What does the main character do to solve the problem?  Does the friend help or not?             How does the problem being solved change the attitudes of everyone?      Is the wooden box with shells important here?

Chapter 6- The ending

How does the story finish?  What happens to the characters? How do they feel by the end of the trip?            If you used the wooden box in your story, how/why does it get lost/hidden.