1. yo Ho Ho and a bottle of fun
Pirate Narrative
yo Ho Ho and a bottle of fun

2. Prompt
For this project, you will be writing a story based on the picture prompt to the right.
Take a good, hard look. Think about who the main character will be in your story (Pirate or the Pirate Muncher?), what the setting is, and who the characters are. Next, think about what problem they will have to overcome.

3. Before you start writing your narrative story you need to plan it!
Story Plan
Before you start writing your narrative story you need to plan it!
Beginning
Characters
Setting
Problem
Middle
Attempt #1 – Fail
Attempt #2 – Fail
End
Attempt #3 - Solution

4. Here’s an example of what a good story plan looks like:

5. Beginning
The beginning of a narrative story should introduce the characters, describe the setting, and explain what the problem is.

6. Beginning Questions
By the end of your first paragraph you should be able to ask yourself these questions and answer “Yes” to each.

7. Writing Your First Sentence

9. Review Characters Pirate Captain Johnny Dolittle Horrible Sea Monster
Setting
Tiny island in the middle of the ocean
Problem
The pirates are stuck on a horrible sea monster!

10. Middle
The middle of a narrative contains the attempts that fail. These are things that the main character tries to do to solve the problem that don’t work.

11. Strategy
To write the attempts that fail we’ll be using a strategy called TIEFET.
You’ll use this amazing structure twice in the middle to write two fantazmonious attempts that fail.

12. Middle
Attempt #1 - Fail
Attempt #2 - Fail

15. End
The end contains the final attempt to solve the problem which works, resulting in the solution.

16. T – Transition I –Idea E – Event’s Action E – Emotion S - Solution
Strategy
To write the end of your narrative you’ll be using a new strategy: TIEES.

18. Completed Narrative

19. Congratulations!
I feel so accomplished.