1. Get Daily Grammar Packet out from last semester.

2. TN Standard:   Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.  

3. Narrative
Narratives are stories; the series of events are told by a narrator in either first or third person
Narrative writers always “show” instead of “tell” by using figurative language.

4. 5 Major Components 1)Sensory details 2) Vivid verbs
Detailed description of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and touch
2) Vivid verbs
3) Figures of Speech/figurative language
Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, understatement

5. 4) Dialogue
Dialogue is always meaningful
5) Theme
The story itself may seem simple, but there is always a purpose for telling the story.

6. Divergent video clip “Drowning”

7. Your turn! Create 5-7 sentences telling about something school appropriate. Use 1. only vivid verbs 2. no 1st/2nd person 3. 2 sensory details 4. 3 words of dialogue 5. put your name on the bottom corner and fold the corner up to cover you name. 6. Turn in before you leave!