Teaching resources
Teachers and educators! We are here to help. Below you can find some inspiration for your students. We have a downloadable worksheet with story writing tips and space for students to note down ideas, as well as some suggested starting points for their stories.
Once your budding writers have completed their story, be sure to enter the competition by submitting the story HERE
Short story starting point
Write a story about a ship carrying a cargo including gold coins that sails into a storm and gets into trouble. What happens next?
What will happen in your story?
Does the ship sink or is it saved?
Is the wreck recovered by archaeologists many years later?