A "Just So"
story is a story in which the author imagines an explanation as to how or why a
plant or animal came to be.
The explanation
develops systematically which leads naturally to the ending. All the essential (important) parts of a good
story should be used: a beginning, introduction of characters, setting, plot (or
problem), development, and ending.
The JOST SO STORIES is
a book written by a very famous teller of tales, Rudyard Kipling. Maybe you also know that Kipling spent his
boyhood in India. His nurse told him
many of the old legends of the people of India, and later he wrote these down
and called them JUST SO STORIES.
One of Kipling's
funniest stories is "The Elephant's Child," in which he explains that
the elephant got his trunk because he asked too many questions. You may want to
go to the library and read that story to see how Kipling handled this story
writing task.
Following is a list of
examples--possible themes you may want to think about or use. It would be nice if you could think of your
own question to base your story upon, however.
1. How the camel got its hump.
2. How the leopard got her spots.
3. How the rhinoceros got his skin.
4. How the starfish came to be.
5. Why the weeping willow weeps.
6. Why the octopus has so many arms.
7. How the Bald Eagle became bald.
8. Why the pig's tail is curly.
9. Why mice have long tails.
10.
Why mice love cheese.
11.
Where the zebra got its stripes.
12.
Why the chipmonk has stripes.
13.
Why the rabbit has long ears.
14. Why
the guinea pig has no tail.
Be imaginative. Make your story something you might want to
read to or have read to the class, or perhaps to another class.
(Taken from Rick Swallow Website:
http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/)
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