Narrative Pre-Write

Narrative

What is a narrative?

A narrative is a story about something personal in your life! It could be a event or trip you went to, a fun memory with a family member or friend, or a story that you really want to tell.

Pick something that is fun for you or that you really want to write about! That will make it easier.

Multiple Choice

What is a narrative?

• Instructions

• Facts

• A story

Narrative Parts

• Topic- What do you want to talk about?

• Introduction- What are you telling me about?

• Body Paragraph 1- The first part of your story or event.

• Body Paragraph 1- The second part of your story or event.

• Body Paragraph 3- The third part of your story or event.

• Conclusion- Wrap up the story in a neat little bow!

• You can choose to write more than this, but this is where I would like you to start!

Multiple Choice

How many paragraphs should your narrative be (at least)?

• 3

• 1

• 5

• 7

Step 1: Pre-Write

Using the outline from the previous slide, outline what you would like to write about. Tell me your topic, intro, body paragraphs, and conclusion ideas. It is okay once you write if you change your mind!

Step 2: First Draft

Using your prepared outline, get all of your information into your brain onto the paper. It is okay to treat your first draft like a free write, spew all the information from your brain to the page.

Step 3: Revise Your Draft

Revision is when you go into the story and physically change its structure and parts. This may mean moving facts around to make the story flow better or adding parts you missed. You would use this step to add more to your story or remove some if needed. This is also where you may change your sentences around.

Multiple Choice

Review Question: A sentence can only be a sentence with these two parts.

• A subject and a compound subject.

• A predicate and a verb.

• A compound predicate and a verb.

• A subject and a predicate.

Step 4: Read Your Paper Aloud!

This will help you catch mistakes you may have missed!

Step 5: Edit Your Draft

Editing means to fix capitalization, punctuation, and other grammatical errors. If you're stuck on this, you may ask for my help! I'd love to help you learn to become better writers, so you may need assistance edit

Multiple Choice

Every sentence needs to begin with...

• A capitalized word

• Punctuation

• A verb

Step 6: Turn in Your Narrative

Your writing should be complete and nearly perfect, it is now time to turn it in!

Poll

Can you be successful in writing your narrative after this lesson? *No wrong answer, I'd just like to support you*

• I can be successful without support!

• I can be successful with some support!

• I need a lot more support to be successful!

• I really don't understand narrative writing.