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# 🏝️ NOW WHAT? ### How will this help my writing? You have explored how authors use **structure** and **language features** to communicate ideas. Now it is your turn to think like an author! ### ✏️ Your task Complete each sentence to show what you will do when you create your **imaginary island story or picture book**. **1. An effective author structures their story by...** Think about how your story will begin, what will happen in the middle and how it will end. **2. An effective author uses language by...** Think about interesting words, sensory details, dialogue and imagery. **3. An effective author uses the setting by...** Think about how your island looks, sounds, feels and how it affects what happens in your story. **4. An effective author connects the characters, setting and events by...** Think about how your characters interact with your island and how the environment might create a problem or change what happens. **5. An effective author engages the audience by...** Think about how you will make your reader want to keep reading, feel something or imagine your island. ### 💭 Remember There is **more than one good answer**! Use what you discovered when comparing our mentor texts. **Think like an author:** > *What choices will I make to help my audience imagine, feel or understand my idea?* 🎤 You can **write, draw or record your thinking** in Seesaw.