Narrative writing

The .......................tells the time and place that the events of the story take place.

• character

• plot

• setting

• solution

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The people, animal or objects that carry out the actions in the story are called........

• characters

• chapters

• plots

• clowns

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the plot in a story?

• The series (beginning, middle and end) of events in a story

• a piece of land

• the solution to the problem

• the high point of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Identify the different techniques and descriptive details used at the beginning of this story

b

c

d

a

e

title

Setting

simile

dialogue

description of characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Reorder the following events in the order they occur.

• Very carefully, I picked him up.I carried him home cradled in one arm, and his tail, long and bare and very stiff, stuck out.

• Warming him against my heavy jacket didn’t waken him. I laid him gently inside the oven.

• One chilly day when I was in first grade, walking home alone from school, taking a shortcut through an alley behind my house, I found what I thought was a very cold mouse, asleep.

• I guess I got busy with my paper dolls and forgot to check on him for a while. I don’t remember, exactly. But that would explain why it was my mother who first notice that there was something baking.

• I felt sorry for him and thought that if only I could get him warm, he would wake up, do cute little mousy things, and perhaps I would be allowed to keep him as a pet.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Which statement best describes the sequence of a narrative?

• the most interesting details should come first

• the narrative should be in chronological order

• the narrative should start with the lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

How quickly or slowly the action of a story is narrated is called

• pacing

• brainstorming

• dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

When writing the beginning of a personal narrative, it is important to

• describe the lesson learned

• build the intensity of the story

• introduce key people, places, and events

Select the sentence that would best appear in the beginning of a narrative.

• on my way home, I found a lonely and hungry-looking dog roaming the neighborhood

• It was my birthday, and I was hoping that my wish for a dog would come true.

• My experience with my dog has taught me to never give up hope.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Select the sentence that would best appear in the end of a narrative.

• My experience with my dog has taught me to never give up hope.

• It was my birthday, and I was hoping that my wish for a dog would come true.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10