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Improving N arrative W riting. By Britni Padilla. 7 th grade ELA standards. 2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives: a . Develop a standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement ) and point of view.
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Improving Narrative Writing By Britni Padilla
7th grade ELA standards 2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives: • a. Develop a standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement) and point of view. • b. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. • c. Use a range of appropriate strategies (e.g., dialogue; suspense; naming of specific narrative action, including movement, gestures, and expressions).
Differing Perspectives • Narratives can often be told from multiple points of view • Brain storm with your partner different fairy tales that you have heard or read • Create a story using one of this fairy tales plot structure but from a different characters point of view.
Creative Character Development • Pick a character from the images in front of you • Write your number on that characters page • Analyze your picture. What does your character look like? Write down a detailed description. • Pass it to the person next to you..
Creative Character Development • Analyze your new picture. What is your characters job? Write down a detailed description. • Analyze your new picture. What does your character do in their free time? Write down a detailed description. • Analyze your new picture. How are your characters relationships (how they are with other people)? Write down a detailed description. • Analyze your new picture. What are your characters faults, fears, and good points? Write down a detailed description. • Analyze your new picture. What are your characters talents, hobbies, and family members? Write down a detailed description.
Reread your characters biography Where they anything like you thought? Did others have similar descriptions as you?
Writing Prompt • Directions: Take the next few minutes to create a narrative piece of writing on a topic of you choice. Possible topics are… Your worst day ever Life lessons A time you were scared Betrayal
Crafting Leads for Narratives • Talking lead (ex. What in the world did you do that for,” yelled my brother.) • Sound effect lead (ex. Snap! Crackle! Pop! That was the sound of the dry twigs beneath our feet as we ran through the woods at the end of our street.) • Action lead (ex. I gulped my milk, pushed away from the table, and bolted out of the kitchen, slamming the broken screen door behind me.)
Example Piece It was a day at the end of June. My mom, dad, brother and I were at our camp on Rangeley Lake. We arrived the night before at 10:00, so it was dark when we got up there and unpacked. We went straight to bed. The next morning, when I was eating breakfast, my dad started yelling for me from down at the dock at the top of his lungs. He said there was a car in the lake. With a partner create sample leads for this narrative piece
Creating Leads • Now create your own action, dialogue, and sound effect lead. When finished choose one of your leads to write onto the board. Share your narrative with a parter.