Piper by the sand

Creating a story map is a way to help you understand and summarize the stories you read.  When you make a story map, you identify the basic story elements, such as the characters, setting, conflict, and important plot events.

Story Map

Title: Piper in the sand

Author: John O'Brien

Characters: Mum dad and Dougal

Setting: At the beach and by the sand

Conflict: Dougal heard a sound from the bottom of the sand

Resolution: Dougal dug a hole in the sand and he found a piper

Beginning: They were at the beach. When they were at the beach Dougal saw a hole in the sand, he knelt down and listen to the piper

Middle: He heard a sound coming from the deep sand and he want to find out what the sound was.

End: He dug up the sand and he found a piper. He played with the piper and then he put it back into the sand from where it came from