# Lesson 18: Write an Imaginative Adventure Story

✍️ WRITING (40 Lessons) • 🟡 C. Creative Writing

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## Objective

I can plan and write an imaginative adventure story with: a hero, a clear goal, obstacles that make it exciting, and a ending that solves the problem.

## Materials

- Pencil ✏️ and eraser
- Ruled paper or tablet
- Tracing Pad (below) to sketch names, places, and key words

Tip: Use the story arc Beginning → Middle → Ending. Keep the adventure focused on one main goal.

## Mini-lesson — How to build an adventure

1. Hero & Goal: Who is the hero and what do they want? Example: Maya wants to find the lighthouse key.
2. Setting: Where and when does it happen? Example: A stormy beach at night.
3. Obstacles: What problems make the journey hard? Example: crashing waves, a missing map, a tight cave.
4. Climax: The most exciting moment. Example: Maya climbs the lighthouse ladder as the wind howls.
5. Ending: The goal is reached or changed. Example: She finds the key and saves the ships with the light.

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## Guided Practice — Trace on the Pad

Brainstorm with the pad, then draft a short adventure (4–6 sentences):

- Hero & Goal: who + wants what?
- Obstacles: list 2–3 tough parts.
- Climax: the biggest moment.
- Ending: how does it finish?

Key words: hero, goal, danger, climb, search, rescue, finally

Tracing Pad
Lines
Letter
Pen

## Drag & Drop — Build an Adventure Sequence

Make clear sentences that could belong to an adventure story. Keep punctuation at the end.

Maya finds a torn map on the beach.
The lighthouse light is dark during the storm.
She climbs the rocks and the wind howls loudly.
Inside the cave the key glitters under shells.
Because the door is stuck she pushes with all her might.
First Maya studies the map then she follows the clues.
Next she unlocks the lamp room with the key.
Finally the light shines and boats find the harbor.
Adventure stories use strong action words to show motion.
The climax is the most exciting part of the story.
Obstacles make the goal harder and more interesting.
A strong ending shows how the problem is solved.

## Quick Check (15 questions)

#### 1) Which sentence best states a goal?

The rocks are tall. Maya wants to turn the lighthouse light back on. Waves crash at night.

#### 2) A setting detail for an adventure is…

triangle breakfast cereal a stormy beach at night

#### 3) Obstacles should…

make the goal harder be easy and short repeat the goal

#### 4) The climax is…

the first sentence the most exciting moment the list of characters

#### 5) Which belongs in an ending?

a new obstacle a new hero the problem is solved or changed

#### 6) Which word adds action?

dashes is was

#### 7) Best order for an adventure:

Middle → Ending → Beginning Beginning → Middle → Ending Ending → Beginning → Middle

#### 8) Which is a climax?

Maya eats lunch. Maya draws a boat. Maya unlocks the lamp room as the wind roars.

#### 9) A hero is…

the main character who tries to reach a goal the place of the story the last sentence

#### 10) A strong verb for an adventure:

is scrambles seems

#### 11) Which sentence fits this lesson?

My dog sleeps all day. Penguins are birds. The cave door groaned as Maya pushed it open.

#### 12) To make the middle exciting, add…

obstacles and rising action two endings only setting

#### 13) Which transition helps story flow?

sandwich finally triangle

#### 14) Read your story aloud to check…

if it rhymes if it is long if events go Beginning → Middle → Ending

#### 15) Best ending for this adventure:

The light shines and ships reach the harbor safely. The story starts again. She forgets the key.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Story has a clear hero and goal Includes 2–3 obstacles that raise tension Has a clear climax and a resolved ending Uses action verbs and simple transitions

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can write an exciting adventure 🙂 I need more ideas for obstacles 😅 The ending was tricky

#### I will practice…

Planning hero + goal Adding 2–3 obstacles Reading aloud for flow
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