Narrative Writing-Pre Instruction

Narrative Writing

Open Ended

Based on what you may have already learned in school, what do you think of when I say we're going to start narrative writing? What do you think narrative writing is?

​Narrative Writing

• Tells a story!​

• Five components: the characters, the setting, the plot, the conflict, and the resolution.

  • These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow.​

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of a story?

• The story being told

• The location of the story

• The conflict of the story

• The main problem of the story

Multiple Choice

What is the plot of a story?

• The timeline of the story

• The location of the story

• The back story

• The actual story being told

The actual story​

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Begining, middle, and end

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Clear start and finish to story​

​Plot

Location of the story

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Where and when the story takes place​

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Describe the environment and/or ​surroundings​

Setting

Setting vs. Plot

Soultion

Problem/Conflict

Problem / Soultion

​The struggle or issue

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The plot is centered on this conflict and the ways in which the characters attempt to resolve the problem.

​The solution to the problem is the way the action is resolved. (The end)

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The resolution must fit the rest of the story in tone, and creativity and solve all parts of the conflict.

Open Ended

Based on what you've learned in school so far, what do you think sensory details are?

Sensory details

​Sensory details are words that stir any of the five senses: touch, taste, sound, smell, and sight.

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“She drank the lemonade,” -----> “She felt her tongue tingle as she sipped the frosty glass of tart, sugary lemonade.”

Open Ended

Your turn!! Add sensory details to the following sentence:

"Mike rode his bike."

Open Ended

Your turn!! Add sensory details to the following sentence:

"I walked home from school in the rain."

Open Ended

Your turn!! Add sensory details to the following sentence:

"We all ate dinner at the table."

Open Ended

Your turn!! Add sensory details to the following sentence:

"She was so nervous for the first day of school."

Poll

How do you feel about us jumping into narrative writing and starting a five paragraph essay?

• I'M SO EXCITED!! Writing = ❤

• It will be okay I guess, I think I may need lots of help.

• I know I'm a strong writer, so I'm not too worried about it.

• YIKES! ...5 paragraphs is a lot, I don't know if I can do that.

• Hmmm....a little nervous because I struggle to come up with ideas.