1. Adding Details or Rewriting a Section
Narrative Writing
Adding Details or Rewriting a Section
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2. Narrative Writing Standard
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well structured event sequences.

3. Three Types of Narrative Prompts:
REWRITE THE BEGINNING
ADD DETAILS/REWRITE A PORTION
REWRITE THE ENDING

4. Adding Details and Descriptive Language
When rewriting a section of the text, the reader may be asked to:
respond from another character’s point of view.
add descriptive language.
add details to the story, keeping in mind the characters, setting, and plot.

5. Tips to Consider When Reading the Prompt:
What part of the text will I rewrite/change?
From whose point of view will I write?
When Reading the Text:
Identify key ideas in the story.
Remember to stay consistent with the storyline.
When Planning to Write:
What do you know about the characters? The setting?
Whose point of view will the response be in?

6. Narrative Prompt:
Kayla has decided to cook dinner for her family, but nothing seems to be going right.
Rewrite the following two paragraphs adding details and more descriptive language.
Kayla added some freshly chopped onion and green pepper to the jarred sauce and when the water was boiling, she added the pasta. Then, she placed the bread in the oven to warm.
In the meantime, she set the table, adding a vase of flowers to the table.
Compose your answer in the space provided.

7. A Home-Cooked Meal Disaster
by Sandy Collinger
Kayla had always been interested in cooking. As a child, her favorite toy was her Easy Bake Oven, and she often perched on a kitchen stool watching her mother or her father while they cooked. By the age of 13, Kayla had made many parts of meals—such as the appetizer or the dessert—but had never prepared an entire meal herself. She wanted to meet this challenge, and what better audience than her family of four? She approached her mom about taking over the cooking of a weeknight meal on a regular basis.

8. Directions
With a partner, read the rest of the story and underline any other details you will need to consider when responding to the prompt.