Day 1-4 NARRATIVE STORY ELEMENTS
During the next few classes we will be examining components of Narrative (story) writing. We will read several selected short children stories and look at the common features of each. We will gradually build toward the School Board Wide Assessment of students ability in this genre of reading and writing by completing a CASI (reading) test and later an OWA (writing) test.
For a general idea of the elements that the students will be exposed to follow these weblinks (give or take a few points):
http://bit.ly/6vg9b1
http://bit.ly/9kOA0y
We will do mini-lessons on each of the following:
1. Maintaining proper tense when writing a narrative
For a general idea of the elements that the students will be exposed to follow these weblinks (give or take a few points):
http://bit.ly/6vg9b1
http://bit.ly/9kOA0y
We will do mini-lessons on each of the following:
1. Maintaining proper tense when writing a narrative
maintaining_proper_tense_when_writing_a_narrative_mini_lesson.docx | |
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2. When to make a new paragraph.
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3. Writing Effective Dialogue in Narrative Stories
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As well, the following clip gives a good general break down of a plot structure using the story of "Aladdin" (a story most students will be familiar with).
The following clip provides a recap of the five basic elements of a short story (plot, character, conflict, theme and setting) put together in a catchy song that might help the students to remember them for the future:
This clip (also put to music) has taken the lyrics to a popular song "Airplane" and inserted new lyrics that match the elements of a short story (I have attached a copy of the new lyrics to the file below the clip):
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We followed this up by looking at the following short story and analyzed the short story elements using a story map organizer (see file under the clip):
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Review of How to Write a Short Story