Writing Stories

You should divide your story into clear paragraphs.

• TRUE

• FALSE

You should use your senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to make the story more interesting.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Your story should have a clear beginning, middle and end.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why do people write stories?

• because their teacher told them to

• It is a fun way of using imagination

• because it is boring

What is narrative writing?

• Writing to share your opinion

• Writing to explain something

• Writing to tell a story

You have read the passage adapted from “The First Night at Sea,” which focuses on the narrator’s first night aboard a sailboat on a two-year journey. Write a continuation of the passage that describes what happens next. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage. Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Narrative

• Informative

• Argumentative

A piece of writing that describes an incident and includes a personal response to and reflection on the event.

• Fiction

• Narrative

• Nonfiction

• Memoir

an essay that includes a story about a personal experience told from the author or narrator's perspective

• argumentative

• persausive

• informative

• narrative

You have read the passage “Taco Head,” a story about a student who struggles with their identity and culture during lunch at school. Write an alternative ending about the narrated events in the story to show how the main character stands up to their bullies. Provide key details and examples from the passage to support your writing.

Which type of writing is the prompt asking you to do?

• Argumentative

• Informative

• Narrative

What is narrative writing?

• A paper done with research and facts

• A story about myself

• A true story written about another person

• Fictional story with a problem, events, and a solution