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Writing Prompt - The Dragon's Egg
This narrative writing prompt will encourage your students to write creatively during English. The story writing prompt is in the fantasy genre. Your students could write about how the main character has stolen a magical dragon egg, or perhaps the protagonist is looking to retrieve an egg on behalf of a dragon. There are many ways in which students could shape their story. Their main character could be brave and daring, or possibly foolish and naive. I imagine the setting to be underneath the darkness of night with dragon cries heard for miles. Remember to encourage your students to characterise and set the scene as they begin their writing journey.
Narrative Writing Example
This narrative writing example tells the tale of Patrick who has stolen a dragon’s egg from its mother. When the dragon finds Patrick, it’s response is surprising. This story writing example uses a lot of strong adjectives to describe characters, and it also has a range of sentence types for your students to observe. Have them identify some of the openers used on complex sentences, and then have them use them in their writing
Writing Tip
It’s important to use a variety of sentence types when writing. This keeps the reader engaged. Too many long sentences and your story becomes boring. Too many short sentences and the impact of situations is lost. Remember to use simple, compound and complex sentences. Your complex sentences don’t have to be long, just add a subordinate clause at the start to use as an opener.Â
