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Imaginative Narrative Writing. Detail of an event or experience in story form or in the order they happen. Narrative Writing Attributes. covers an event can contain personal comments and ideas a description of the event. Narrative Writing Elements.
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Imaginative Narrative Writing Detail of an event or experience in story form or in the order they happen.
Narrative Writing Attributes • covers an event • can contain personal comments and ideas • a description of the event
Narrative Writing Elements • Character – a person or something a personified animal or object • Plot – the sequence of events showing character and action • Setting – the time and place in which the depiction of characters and working out of the plot occur • Point of view – the viewpoint from which the story is told ( can be a character or an objective observer) • Style – how an author says something as opposed to what he or she says ( the best possible words for a particular story) • Theme – the idea that pervades and gives universality to the action • Tone – how the author feels about his or her subject
Topics for Imaginative Narrative Writing • Tell about a time when your teacher found lollipops growing on a tree outside the school. • Tell about a time you took a ride on an elephant. • Tell about a time the principal let you be in charge of the school. • Tell about a time you found a zebra in your bedroom • Tell about a time your mother woke up with purple hair.
Prompt: Tell about an old lady who found an elephant on her front porch. Focus on Story Elements • Who are the characters? • What is the setting of the story? • What is the problem or situation? • What are some ways that the problem might be solved or what are some events that could happen as a result of the situation? • How is the problem solved or how does the story end?
Sequence for Writing • Use the Flow map to construct the sequence of attempts to solve the problem or the sequence of events as a result of the situation. • The last box in your Flow Map should tell how the problem was solved or how the situation ended. • Write an opening sentence that tells who, did what, and when.
Extend with Details • Can you tell the reader more about each of the events you are going to write about. Add the details to your Flow Map.
Think Aloud • Get together with a partner and talk thought your story up to this point.
Select Transition Words/Phrases • Think about transitional words and phrases that could be used to tell the order in which each event happened. Write these words or phrases on top of the boxes of the Flow map.
Writing a Closing Paragraph • Add a closing sentence that tells about the main character’s feelings, opinions, hopes, or memories, etc.
Closing Paragraph • Add a closing sentence that tells how you felt, your opinion, what you hope, why you will never forget the trip, etc.
Orally Rehearse Using the Flow Map • Get together with two or three other students. Use your Flow Map to tell them what you are going to write.
Draft/Write • Write your story by taking your information off the Flow Map.
Revise/Edit Revise and edit your “Imaginative Narrative” piece. Your writing should: • Target a specific audience and purpose. • Organize clear ideas into a meaningful sequence. • Be written in appropriate format. • Be edited for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
Publish • Remember that published is “perfect”. • Rewrite your final copy in your best handwriting. • Pay attention to conventions.
