Narrative Writing Strategy

What period of time should your narrative cover?

• No more than a year

• No more than a day

• No more than 2 hours

• About 15 minutes

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following are wrong?

• anyways

• always

• a lot

• won't

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What's wrong with the following:

"I never usually get nervous but this was the most nervous I’ve ever been"

• 1st person

• tenses

• timescale

• 3rd person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the most common narrative writing error made by our class?

• missing full stops

• writing in present tense

• starting from when you woke up

• less than two pages

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How should you start your narrative?

• Hint at some backstory – what do we know about the narrator’s past?

• Tell the reader something more about one of your characters

• Start with a big and bold statement that tells us something interesting about the narrator’s life.

• Foreshadow what might happen later in the story.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

How should you start your build up?

• Describe some sounds.

• Tell the reader what’s in front of you.

• Introduce some awkward silences.

• Start a sentence with ‘above’, ‘below’ or ‘in front’ to describe your surroundings.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

How can you slow the problem section down? (Slow motion)

• Dialogue (follow the rules)

• Break the moment up with description of silence

• Show-not-tell

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

What is the most important part of a narrative?

• The opening

• The build up

• The problem

• The reaction

• The resolution

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following metaphors are you most likely to use?

• Terror gripped me like a vice

• I blinked sweat from my eyes

• The silence hung in the air

• I felt the night-air crushing down on me

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

How many characters should you have (ideally), including the narrator?

• One: the narrator

• Two

• Three

• Four

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4