Homework - English Week 2

What does a narrative do?

• Tells information about a topic

• Tells how to make or do something

• Tells an imaginative story

• Expresses an opinion

What is the PURPOSE of a narrative?

• Persuade the reader

• Inform the reader

• Entertain the reader

What is the STRUCTURE of a narrative?

• Start, Middle, End

• Open, Funny Bits, Conclusion

• Orientation, Complication, Resolution

Put the Structure of the Narrative in Order:

• Resolution

• Orientation

• Complication

SELECT ANY ANSWERS that explain what the ORIENTATION does?

• Introduces the characters and setting

• Gives the Who, What, Where, When of the story

• Gives an interesting start to hook the reader in

• Tells the problem of the story

Which of these texts is an example of a narrative?

• Information Report about Kangaroos

• Description of a beautiful beach

• A Recount of your Holidays

• A Picture Book about a lost puppy who finds its way home

_______means the place and time in which events happen in a story.

• setting

• transition words

• dialogue

• chronological order

True or False. Descriptive words are important because they add detail to the story.

• True

• False

True or False. It is a good idea to "hook" the reader at the beginning of the story.

• True

• False

The Complication tells us the ......... of the story