Matakuliah : Writing III Tahun : 2006-2007 Versi : 3 Pertemuan 4 Narrative

By the end of this session the students are expected to be able to Learning Outcomes By the end of this session the students are expected to be able to explore ideas by free-writing choose which details to be included understand what narrative paragraph is to recognize adequate development in narration

Free-writing technique Necessary or unnecessary details Outline of Materials Free-writing technique Necessary or unnecessary details Narrative paragraphs Developing the narrative paragraph or essay

Free-writing Free-writing is writing about a topic for a fixed period of time without worrying about grammar, spelling, or organization. The purpose is to explore a topic and gather ideas You can later select the parts that you need and delete the rest

Necessary Details Having done your writing freely, you must now read it again to eliminate unnecessary details. You can ask yourself, “What is my main point?” Then (re)-write your topic sentence Look at the rest of the paragraph, what details are important to support you main idea, and which are not. Cross out those which do not support it. Ask focused questions to develop your ideas.

The description of the event should be as vivid as possible Narrative Paragraphs Narrative is the type of writing used to tell a story, or an event in our lives in the past. The description of the event should be as vivid as possible Usually, a narrative text use first personal pronoun I, or we, but it can also be she/he.

Developing Narrative Paragraphs There are two kinds of development: Background information This is to give readers information on where or when the story took place. Supporting details Readers need details, especially sensory details, to support the writer’s main point.

When you write a narrative paragraph you use mainly past tenses Example: When I was in college, I kept wondering what kind of work I would do after graduation. I talked to my sister several times and she invited me to come see her in the capital, Bogota. Most of all, I needed to learn what companies were there and how I could find a job there. From Engaging writing page 32

Conclusions A writer can generate ideas by free-writing After that, the writer can select necessary or unnecessary details from his/her text Asking focused questions can help the writer to get more ideas Narrative is a type of writing that tells a story Narrative is usually written in past tenses