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How to write Outstanding Narratives
Written by Jacqui Sharphttp://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com
Write in second person
• You
Write in third person
• She• Her• He• His•Their•Him•Them•They• It
ate• Past
eat• Present
Was• Past
is• Present
Yesterday they ate cake at the birthday party.She is going to eat her lunch now.
He was in the classroom yesterday.He is not here now.
Write in the Past
• Write a title • Write an introduction
– Set the scene and mood
– Introduce characters– Use second or third
person– Use past tense
• How the kiwi lost his wings
• Tanemahuta was looking very sad because his children were dying one by one.
IntroductionSetting the Scene or the mood
The Problem or Conflict
What was the problem?
When you write the
problem make it interesting!
They were being eaten by bugs.
Tanemahuta’s children, the towering Totara and
the kingly Kauri were being eaten by ravenous,
crawling bugs.
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Activity
What happens next?
What happens after?
What happens later?
What happens finally?
He asked them one by one.
First he asked…
Pukeko replied with a shiver in his voice …
Finally Tanemahuta
asked the Kiwi who answered
bravely in a strong, clear
voice…
ImportantPoints in orderResponse
Action
Tanemahuta called out to all his children of the air and
asked them for a volunteer to live on the forest floor.
ConclusionWrite a conclusion and or a resolution here…
Does it have a summary or a moral?
Tanemahuta punished the birds that would not help him by giving the Tui two white feathers at his throat
as a mark of cowardice. Pukeko would have to… … The gallant and brave kiwi was rewarded with the knowledge, that he would always be remembered as
the most well known and famous bird of them all.
Conjunctions join sentences
Other words for ‘and’ButOr SoAs
As ifAs long as
Neither
EitherBeforeAfter
When WhileUntil
Although
SinceEven if
BecauseNot only
NorBut also
once
Games
Action Verbs express actionJumped
RanTalked
ListenedGiggling
buzz
LearnedSeeing
HoppedShowedRepliedraced
Game
Look at your sentence, is a person or an object doing something. Ask yourselfthe question ‘Can you <insert word>?
Use Vivid Verbs
Walked Plodded Stomped
Talked gossiped nattered chattered
Listened snooped eavesdropped
Think considered contemplated
Get fished hooked
What are vivid verbs?They are Power Words!
Adjectives: describes objects, people
http://www.brianpcleary.com/words/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar.shtml
Have I Yes/No
Written in the past tense?
Written in second and third person?
Written an introduction that sets the scene?
Said ‘What the problem is?
Said ‘what the response was (happens next and after)?
Said what the Action was?
Said what the Outcome was?
Have I used other conjunctions for ‘and’?
Have I used vivid verbs?
Have I used interesting adjectives?
Publishing Examples
Use Word or Pages, add a frame, WordArt heading and a graphic
Use the transferButton
in Inspiration
and edit the text to
form a narrative.
Create some
cartoon pictures in KidPix or
Paint.Insert into Comic Life,
Word or Pages.
Put your graphics in Autoshapes
and make a comic slideshow in PowerPoint or
Keynote.Upload into Slideshare and add it to our Wiki!
Make a movie inPhoto Story.Insert thePicturesyou make in KidPix or Paint.
Upload into Youtube and add it to our Wiki!