1: Organize your story

Use transition words such as first, next, then, and finally

2: Make your characters speak

Use dialogue by putting quotation  marks around words that your characters say. For example:

"Nothing cool ever happens at Manchester Elementary," I said to my best friend Jade.

"I know. This school is so boring," Jade agreed.

3: Activate the senses

Describe how things look, taste, sound, smell, and feel.

4: Use your best vocabulary words

Use the best words you know. Don't say big when you can say enormous. Don't say cold when you can say people are shivering. You can even use science and history words in your narrative.

5: Check your conventions

Conventions are spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. Check each sentence you wrote and fix careless mistakes.

I = Intrduce the setting and characters

C = Create a problem for the characters to solve

E123 = Write about 3 events; the 3rd event is the solution

E = End the story with a strong conclusion