Question

Think of one of your favourite interesting stories and fill in/ draw an outline-chart like the one shown below.

• Many times, the climax is near the end. A few stories end with a climax to achieve a greater effect.

Answer 1

The Real Castaways (Title)

Change / Problem / Challenge

The famous explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew of 28 men left England aboard the ship Endurance on August 8, 1914, to fulfil his dream of crossing the South Polar continent from sea to sea.

Scene 1

During the expedition, the ship became trapped in ice, and Shackleton and his men were marooned in Antarctica for five months.

Scene 2

They lived on top of floating ice, fed on seals, and kept warm by playing hockey and dog-sled racing.

In April 1916, Shackleton and 5 of his men set off in three small lifeboats they had recovered to find help on Elephant Island.

Scene 3

The six men spent sixteen days crossing 1,300 km of ocean before landing on an uninhabited part of the island.

Climax

Their last hope was to cross 26 miles of treacherous mountains and glaciers until they finally reached a whaling station, where they found help.

The problem resolved/Normalcy restored/ End.

Shackleton returned to rescue the men on Elephant Island, and amazingly, apart from some missing toes from frostbites, not one member of the 28-man crew was lost.