Story Building Blocks

What you'll need to construct a story

Series 1 | Lesson 3

Creators | George Ivanoff & Nova Weetman

So you’ve got a story idea - that’s great! But what do you do next with your idea?

Find out about the story building blocks, and how each of them can help us construct our story.

An introduction to the five of the key story ‘building blocks’: Setting, Character, Problem, Plot and Resolution
How these elements fit together to construct a great story

Explorative ways of thinking about the different elements of story ‘building blocks’
Ways of using ‘building blocks’ as a framework when planning and writing stories

Resources include lesson plans for middle and upper primary students,

each with their own activities and supporting resources.

"These resources could work well in extra-curricular programs, as well as the classroom."

- Karys, Secondary educator

George is an author of award-winning fiction and non-fiction books for young kids, teens and adults, plus many school readers and educational books.

Writing about science fiction, fantasy, adventure, plus interactive stories, George has two children and an uncontrollable imagination.

Nova is a writer of many shortlisted and award-winning books for younger readers, including The Secrets We Keep and Sick Bay.

Nova is a regular on ABC Radio talking about historic children’s books in Australia.

Her latest book The Jammer was released in October 2022.

Ford Street Publishing | The University of Queensland Press Pty Ltd | Pearson Education Australia