 Narration is story writing.  When you write a narrative paragraph, you write about events in the order that they happen – or in other words, you use time order to organize your sentences.  Please turn to page 24 to read the example of a narrative paragraph.

 Now that we have read the paragraph on page 24, what words or phrases showed when different actions took place?

 In these paragraphs, the writer tells about something in the order that they happen.  In other words, the writer uses time order to tell what happened first, what happened next, what happened after that, and so on.  There are kinds of words and phrases used to show time order. These are called time order signals because they signal the order in which events happen.

 With time order signals, writers place a comma after a time order signal that comes before the subject at the beginning of the sentence. The exception to this rule is for signals then, soon, and now that are usually not followed by a comma.  Examples: At first, none of us realized what was happening. For a minute or two, we were too scared to move. Then we tried to call our parents at work.

 Look at the narrative paragraph again on page 24. Write down any time order signal words or phrases you found in the paragraph.  Then turn to page 27 exercise C. The sentences are not in the correct time order. Number the sentences in the correct order in your books.

 Now that you have practiced looking for time order signals and you have put all of the sentences in the correct order, please turn to page 28. Write the sentences into a paragraph using time order signals at the beginning of some of the sentences. Combine some of the sentences to form simple sentences with one subject and two verbs. You can see the example on page 28 to help you know what to do.

 You learned about simple sentences in the last chapter, or sentences that have one subject-verb combination.  Another kind of sentence is a compound sentence, or a sentence with two or more subject-verb combinations.

 A compound sentence is composed of at least two simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction. A compound sentence has this formula: The gold disappeared with the mice, so the greedy man got nothing. You can see the bolded words are the subjects, the underlined words are the verbs, and the word in italic is the coordinating conjunction.

 There are seven coordinating conjunctions (connecting words between phrases or sentences) in English: and, but, so, or, for, nor, and yet. We will study the first four in this chapter.

 And joins sentences that are alike.  Example: He dropped a rice ball, and it rolled into a hole in the ground.  But joins sentences that are opposite or show contrast.  Example: They were happy, but they were poor.

 So joins sentences when the second sentence expresses the result of something described in the first sentence.  Example: The greedy man wanted all of the mice’s gold, so he pretended to be a cat.  Or joins sentences that give choices or alternatives.  Example: He could choose a big box, or he could choose a small one.

 The rules for using coordinating conjunctions: Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in compound sentences only. Do not use a comma to join two words or two phrases in a simple sentence.

 Compound sentences so you use a comma: Yesterday we went shopping, but we didn’t buy anything. The stores were crowded, and they were noisy. We ate lunch, and then we went home.

 Simple sentences where you do not need to use a comma: Yesterday we went shopping but didn’t buy anything. The stores were crowded and noisy. We ate lunch and then went home.

 Exercise 1B 1-2 pg  Rough Draft of Narrative Paragraph pg. 36 Steps 1-3