1. Writing Imaginative Narratives
Standard 1.1: Select a focus, an organizational structure, point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements
Learning Objective: Use a tree map to help us understand the organizational structure of an imaginative narrative
Do gestures with students. Fact - hit hand opinion-finger to brain in expository text-open hands like a book
What are we going to do?

2. Vocabulary Narrative- text that tells a story
Organizational structure- how a narrative is put
Together
Characters: the main people or animals of a story
Setting: where the story takes place
Plot: the events of the story
The problem/situation: gives the purpose of the story
Solution: the answer to the problem

3. Share with your partner a story that explains this picture
Storytelling
Share with your partner a story that explains this picture

4. Characters and setting? Problem? Events to solve the problem?
Storytelling
Characters and setting?
Problem?
Events to solve the problem?
Solution?
Teacher identifies facts from passage for modeling using think aloud
Students will identify facts from passage
RAJ
R-restate
A-Apply
J-Justify

5. Imaginative Narrative Structure
The 3 Little Pigs
Imaginative Narrative Structure
characters
setting
Problem/situation
Event s to solve problem
solution

6. The Importance of Understanding the structural organization of imaginative narratives
To become better writer you have to understand to different styles of writing. In a few months you will be taking the writing performance , so you will need to know how to organize your writing

7. Steps for organizing an imaginative narrative
Step 1: Read the prompt
Step 2: Create a tree map
Step 3: Determine the characters and setting
Step 4: Identify the problem or situation
Step 5: Identify three attempts to solve the problem that fail
Step 6: Identify an attempt to solve the problem that works
Narrative Structure- One day a giant interrupts you class room
characters
setting
Problem/situation
Event s to solve problem
solution

8. One day a giant has interrupts your classroom
Imaginative Narrative Structure
characters
setting
Problem/situation
Event s to solve problem
solution

9. Closure What is the organizational structure of a narrative?
What should you use to organize your thoughts?