NARRATIVES

NARRATIVEA Narrative is a STORY.Narrative ~ A fictional story: you can make up all of the events.

Personal Narrative~ A TRUE story about an event in your life.

NARRATIVEFantasy ~ Could not happen

Narrative ~ Could happen

Clichés ~ Overused ideas

Woke up and it was a dream….NO!

CONFLICTExternal Conflict: Outside

Internal Conflict: Inside (Thought/feelings)

How do you react to conflict? How does it affect you?

ORDERBeginning: Introduce characters, placeMiddle: Events happen (Rising Action)

Use details Keep the events progressing forward (No two pages on how the dude made a sandwich).

End: Result (Falling Action)

NARRATIVETell a fictional story.Write the events in order. Remember your plot diagrams.You can do flashbacks.Paragraphs can be any size. INDENT!

Still proper grammar, spelling and capitalization.

DIALOGUEIndent for each new speaker.Use quotation marks. Use commas inside the quotation marks, then who said the words or a period inside the quotation marks if it is at the end of the sentence.

“Wow,” Jim said as he walked down the eerie hallway to his destination. “I can’t believe it.”

“Hey, wait up,” Joe yelled as he saw his friends shadow disappear around the corner. Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, Blah,blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah.

Jim retorted, “Relax, my homie.” Indent for each new speaker. Use quotation marks. Use commas inside the quotation marks,

then who said the words or a period inside the quotation marks if it is at the end of the sentence.

BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION “Look at that,” Jim said. “I know,” whispered Joe. “How do you know?” “I just do.” “Yeah, right J. Dawg.”

(You can stop using their names each time when they talk back and forth right away).

CONTINUED TALKINGNo Capital letter if you continue after you write: I said or Joe said

“Sir,” I said to the officer, “the kid just broke his arm.”

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL

Vocabulary:Cause and effect: Do something, something happens

Chronological order: Events go in order of TIME

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONALVocabulary:Flashback: Go back in time to explain an event or feeling

Foreshadowing: Hints to future events

Adjectives: Describe nounsSensory language: See, hear, feel, taste, smell

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL

Figurative Language:Vocabulary:Idiom: Piece of cakePersonification: The wind was screaming…

Oxymoron: Jumbo shrimp

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONALVocabulary:Simile: She was like a tiger on the court.

Metaphor: She was a tiger…Hyperbole: I am so hungry I could eat a horse. I am so tired I could die.

Alliteration: Billy Bob bought a new bright blue BMW.

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONALVocabulary:Pick a Point of View:First Person: Character is the narrator. Use “I” and “we”

Second Person: When the narrator puts the reader in place of the main character. Uses “you”

Third Person Limited: Only see the perspective of one character.

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONALVocabulary:Third Person Omniscient:The narrator knows the thoughts of all characters. You see the story from many perspectives.

FAST WRITEFast Write Chart ~ Name, Date, PeriodStaple chart on top and five sheets of

paper behind the chart.Week 1 Topic: Rules: One minute THINKFour Minutes WRITE DO NOT START UNTIL I SAY “GO.”Narrative not fantasy. Probably could

happen.Count words: + for and does not count.Put Number of words at bottom of chart

and graph it.

SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORYRoll the dice, look at the projector, and

write down setting. Roll the dice, write down character. Roll the dice write down problem. You must use what you got in your

narrative. You can add other characters and problems.

Plan a short Pre-write: Beginning Middle EndDon’t stop keep writing.Use the six writing traits.

SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORYLOST (Setting) CHARACTER YOU HAVE NO____

In a forest Doctor Water

At sea Kid Food

In a mall Police Officer Medical Supplies

In a desert Teacher Way to make a fire

In Alaska U.S. Marine Flares

FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE FREE CHOICE

SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORY Setting: Character: Problem:

Pre-write: Plan two ideas per part. Beginning: 1. 2. Middle: 1. 2. End: 1. 2.

Go! Write Rough Draft! Don’t stop keep writing.

Use the six writing traits.

SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE RUBRIC

FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORYRules:SilenceSCHOOL APPROPRIATE!Get all your cra-cra out in a good way!Write ~ don’t stop Write NEATLY and in different colored ink per

person per row, put your name in the marginPass swiftly, silentlyRow becomes a group, take turns reading

each story a loud LISTEN!Choose the best one in your row and a readerStory time, share with whole class

FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORY

Up the hill I saw a very interesting…

FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORY

Round 1 2 minutesRound 2 3 minutesRound 3 3 minutesRound 4 3 minutes10 minutes warm up and rules, 11 write, 10 groups, share

FANTASY NARRATIVE Rules: Fantasy Narrative School Appropriate! Proper grammar. Pre-write and Rough Draft ONLY Pre-write: Plan Events: Use Story Map

PERSONAL NARRATIVEBetty Ann Questions:Restate the question and answer in COMPLETE sentences.

1. Describe what Margie is like.2. Describe what Betty Ann is like.3. How did the girls in the class treat Betty Ann?

4. Why did the girls treat Betty Ann that way?

5. What does the narrator regret?6. What is the moral of the story?

PERSONAL NARRATIVEDUE TUESDAY!1. Everyone must make pre-write outline,

web, or story map.2. Everyone must write a rough draft or

make a sketch.3. Everyone must make a final copy on their

own time.A time where you overcame a problem or

goal: TRIUMPH OVER TRIAL. STORY!What was the problem or goal? What events happened?Why it was difficult?What happened in the end?How do you feel about it now?

MONSTER’S INC. ~ CONFLICTSetting:External Conflict:Characters: (Name at least seven).

Events: (Name at least ten). *Bonus: Internal Conflict:

BALLAD Write a Ballad about 7th grade survival in the

style of “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”

bal·lad /ˈbaləd/ Noun A poem or song narrating a story in short

stanzas. A slow sentimental or romantic song

THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE

The poem is about a freezing-cold winter trip in the Yukon, back in the days of the Klondike Gold Rush. The poem’s speaker tells us a story about his friend, Sam McGee, who freezes to death on the trail.

Sam hates the cold and doesn’t want to be buried in the frozen ground. So, as his dying wish, he asks our speaker to cremate him (which is a fancy way of saying "burn his corpse"). The speaker promises he will, but it’s tough to find a way to do it in the dead of winter. He ends up having a lousy trip, carrying Sam’s frozen corpse until he finds a spot to burn Sam’s body.

He starts to burn Sam, but is pretty grossed out by the whole thing. Then, when he goes to see if Sam is "cooked," he finds his friend alive and well and cozy! Apparently Sam just needed to defrost a little, and the raging fire did the trick.

PERSONAL NARRATIVES

Write about a personal struggle you face daily such as school rules, bullies, peer pressure, friendship issues…