1. NARRATIVE WRITING: HOW TO WRITE YOUR BEST STORY!
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2. Narrative Writing is like playing make-believe…
Think back to your childhood…
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3. Narrative Writing Did YOU Know?
NARRATIVES are FUN to write
When writing a NARRATIVE, it is best to use your IMAGINATION and BE CREATIVE.
A NARRATIVE tells a STORY and includes ALL story elements.
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4. Narrative Writing TURN TO SOMEONE NEAR YOU AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION.
What are the six elements of a story?
DID YOU ANSWER CORRECTLY?
Character
Setting
Plot (including Climax and Resolution)
Conflict
Theme
Point of View
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5. Narrative Writing Did YOU Know?
NARRATIVE writing can be based on make-believe people, places, events, and situations.
It is important to use dazzling WORD CHOICE when creating your STORY.
A great way to help you with vivid WORD CHOICE is to remember your five senses.
What are your five senses?
You can use those five senses to Show, Don’t Tell
At the end of the slide, ask the audience to raise their hand if they can remember one of the five senses.
Also, remind them of their sixth sense, which is like the feeling inside – your heart, your intuition, your INSIGHT. The word insight is an NJASJK word, so it is good to teach it.
PS – you have way way way too much on that one slide. Try never to go below 30 point.
ALSO – IF YOUR BULLET POINT IS A SENTENCE, use a period.

6. The First Rule of Writing
Show, Don't Tell
The First Rule of Writing

7. What is Show, Don’t Tell?
The Show, Don’t Tell method of writing is when the writer is able to create a picture in the reader's mind, to get away from the repetition of such empty words like went, big, or said.

8. Which is better? I missed the bus.
I raced down the road, wildly waving my hands, and yelling, “Stop, stop,” but the bus traveled on down the road without stopping.

9. Which is better?
The broken windows and creaking hinges made me tremble as I slowly crossed the shadowed yard towards the dilapidated house.
I was scared as I walked towards the haunted house.

10. Which is better?
My teeth chattered as I blew warm breath on my numb fingers.
I am cold.

11. Flocabulary

12. Your Turn
Complete the Show, Don’t Tell practice sheet “Let’s Start the Show”

13. Narrative Writing
The way you ORGANIZE the NARRATIVE will allow your AUDIENCE to understand and follow along with the story.
NARRATIVE WRITING gives the author POWER to CONNECT with his/her readers.
You will have 45 minutes to read a passage and write an narrative essay on the PARCC.
The time changed to 30-minutes on the speculative, explanatory prompts.

14. Planning and Pre-Writing
Planning and pre-writing are important steps in writing a superb essay.
You have a focus.
It’s easier to avoid plot holes.
You are less stressed.

15. B.M.E.
One way to pre-write for a narrative is to use the method of BME.
Beginning
Middle
End
You simply jot down some ideas as to what will happen in the story in each part…

17. S.T.O.R.Y. Graphic Organizer:

18. Your Turn
Choose ONE story to write at least THREE Show, Not Tell sentences and complete one of the two graphic organizers as pre-writing practice.
1. Imagine a flyer saucer just landed in the field of GWJHS. You have never believed in these but now you can’t deny the fact they exist…what happens next?
2. Choose a vivid memory from your childhood and tell us all about it!

19. DAY 2…

20. Narrative Writing – The Main Ingredients
Character
Setting
Plot
Conflict
Theme
Point of View

21. CHARACTER The Main Ingredients MAIN CHARACTER
PROTAGONIST (hero or the good guy -- PRO!)
ANTAGONIST (the bad guy – ANTI!)
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS
Way too many words for the powerpoint – I broke it into two slides.
Now – Use this as an activity – pick a well-known kids movie – that you saw and know – to use as an example – (Example – Disney’s Hercules) – Ask aloud these questions one at a time.
Raise your hand if you saw the movie XXXXXXXXXXXXX.
Raise your hand if you can name the PROTAGONIST of that movie.
Raise your hand if you can name the antagonist of that movie.
Raise your hand if you can name of supporting character.

22. Direct vs. Indirect Characters

23. Flat vs. Round Characters
Create a visual as to what you think a FLAT character looks like and write character tics next to it
Next, draw a ROUND character and jot down its characteristics

24. Round vs. Flat

25. Static vs. Dynamic Characters

26. Speculative Writing - Narratives The Main Ingredients
SETTING
Time and place! It could include: weather conditions, social conditions, historical time period, and/or the mood you create.
Create a mental picture for the reader using your five senses.
Make the setting come to LIFE using lots of details and strong word choices!
Way too many words for the powerpoint – so I split it again.
Using the same movie or another popular movie or school appropriate television series, ask the audience the setting
You might try a metaphor here – Think of setting as a plate, and all the other parts of the story are piled high on that plate. Without the setting, sometimes a story can be dull. It needs the plate to hold all the other pieces tightly together.

27. Try it Out!
Write a few sentences describing the setting of a fun night out with friends or family!

28. Narrative Writing The Main Ingredients
PLOT
The Story Steps: What happens first, next, after that, then, and last. This is known as the RISING and FALLING ACTION of the story
Every story has a problem, situation, or CONFLICT that is clearly introduced early in the story (the opening).
The story builds towards (build-up) solving the problem (climax).
At the end of the story, the problem is resolved (resolution) and a lesson is learned.
As you end the slide, ask them why you chose a MOUNTAIN for the powerpoint presentation? See if kids can connect a mountain to rising and falling action.

29. Narrative
Problem
Solution
Lesson Learned

30. Speculative Writing - Narratives The Main Ingredients
THEME
The theme is the controlling idea or central insight. 
It is the author's underlying meaning or main idea being conveyed.
The theme may be the author's thoughts about a topic or view of human nature. 
What is the author’s message(s) in the story?
Take out the part about the title? They do not need to write a title, and I do not get how it fits with theme. If I don’t get it, they won’t get it.
Using another common movie or a book everyone read – ask them what the author’s messages were. For example: In Happy Feet there were a few messages: Respect people’s differences; take care of our environment, etc.

31. Katie Clean invited Messy Missy to her house to work on their biology project, but Katie Clean had no idea what a visit from Messy Missy entailed. First of all, it was raining and Messy Missy neither bothered to take her boots off nor thoroughly wiped them on the doormat. Then Messy Missy ate a bag of hot chips on Katie Clean’s white bedspread without asking, and Messy Missy is a sloppy eater, so hot chip powder got all over the bedspread.

32. Katie Clean tried to be polite and ignore Messy Missy’s sloppy behavior, but then Messy Missy threw her chip wrapper on the floor. Offended, Katie Clean pretended that she was sick and asked Messy Missy to leave. The next day Katie Clean asked the teacher if she could work by herself. After explaining her situation, the teacher allowed Katie to work alone. Messy Missy would have finished the assignment by herself, but she spilled grape soda all over her assignment.

33. Speculative Writing - Narratives The Main Ingredients
POINT OF VIEW
The point of view is told by the narrator of the story (YOU).
The narrator may be a FIRST-PERSON character who tells the story from an “insider” perspective.
Another choice is for the narrator to tell the story from an outside perspective called the THIRD-PERSON point of view.
Ask aloud – if you were writing in first person – would you hear “I” or “YOU” over and over again? Then ask, what number does a capital “I” look like? You can remember first person because “I” looks like a ONE.

34. POV
There are other kinds of POV, but we will touch upon those at a later time!

35. Speculative Writing - Narratives The Main Ingredients
ORGANIZATION
It is BEST to tell your story in the order or sequence in which the events happen – CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Try using some of these organizational techniques in your narrative.
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Time lapse
Make sure you give examples of these three items. What exactly is setback? I never taught this one.

36. INCLUDING VIVID and DAZZLING LANGUAGE MEANS TO REMEMBER:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Onomatopoeia
Oxymoron
Hyperbole
Allusion
Idiom

37. Try it out!
Use at least one type of figurative language to show, don’t tell this scenario in your own words...
Naomi and Jake go on a skiing trip and though Jake is hesitant to try skiing for the first time, he feels pressured by Naomi who is a pro...in the end he breaks his leg....Ow!

38. REMINDERS

39. Narrative Writing WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
Be sure to INCLUDE:
Introduction -- The beginning of the story is where the characters and the setting are explained. Grab reader’s interest quickly. Draw the reader in.
Rising Action – The events in the story become complicated and the conflict in the story is revealed.
Climactic Moment – The highest point of interest and the turning point of the story are brought to the forefront of the story.  The reader wonders what will happen next. Will the conflict be resolved or not?
SAY THIS INSTEAD: Open your narrative with an effective topic sentence so that your reader does not want to “change the channel”.

40. Narrative Writing WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO?
Be sure to INCLUDE:
Falling Action – The events and complications begin to resolve themselves.  The reader knows what has happened next and if the conflict was resolved or not.
Denouement – The final outcome or untangling of events in the story are revealed. Close with a moral or lesson learned.
SAY THIS INSTEAD: Open your narrative with an effective topic sentence so that your reader does not want to “change the channel”.