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Matt Grose

The Unexpected Phone Call

Grades: 6th Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade
Subjects: Writing

Student Instructions

Using the picture, write a narrative about an unexpected phone call. You MUST choose one of these sentence starters in your story! The silent phone began vibrating on the coffee table… It was an unknown number so I decided to… I woke up to the sound of my phone ringing… After I ended the call… Remember... Five Ws and One H Who is the character? Where is the character? When did the event take place? Why... Why is the character there? Why did this happen? Did something cause this to happen? What... What is happening? Can you provide more detailed information? How... How did the character get there? How did the character get out of their situation? How did this happen? Can you provide more information to prove this?

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