Task: As a group, students will construct a

narrative of a fictional event.

Resources: Students will need a lap top, paper,
pencils and one fictional book for reference.

Students will be in groups of four.

First, the group will choose a fictional narrative they would like
to use as their reference, to get a general idea how to construct a
narrative. Each student will then, individually read that resource.
The group will then be split up in to four roles in which they will
research different components of fictional narratives.
Role 1: Characters
Role 2: Point of View
Role 3: Plot
Role 4: Dialogue
Each student will use the link:
http://share.ehs.uen.org/system/files/Fictional%20Narrative%20
Elements_0.pdf in order to research their topics. Students will
also have unique links to use as well.

The student in this role will research how characters are used in
narratives and what types of characters there can be. The questions
below are to be answered to gain a better understanding.

What is a main character and a supporting character?

What are the different types of characters?

How are they used?

The link: http://udleditions.cast.org/craft_elm_characterization.html

may be used to research as well.

The student in this role will research the different types of point of view.

The questions are required to be answered and brought back to the

group.

What are the different types of point of view?

What are the differences between them?

Which point of view do you think is appropriate for your narrative?

Link: http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/ref/fiction/pov.html can be

used for research.

The role of this student is to research plot and what it means to fictional

narratives. Answer all of the questions below and report back to the group.

What is plot?

What are the six basic plots?

What are the complications of plot?

Which one do you believe would be the most interesting for your group to
use?

Link: http://www.sandhills.edu/academic-departments/english/film/narrativearc.html
can be used to research topic.

The role of this student is to research dialogue and how it is used in

fictional narratives. The student is to answer the questions below.

What can you do with dialogue?

When should it be used?

How is it structured in a narrative?

Link:
http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/wrobel/1121/Course%20Materials/Exerci

ses/basic_dialogue_format_for_narrat.htm can be used to research

dialogue format.

After the students have fulfilled the requirements of their tasks, they will

regroup and share with the group what they have learned.

The group will then discussion a topic for a two page narrative.

After deciding on a topic, the group will then write a two page narrative
with each student using their roles to act as an expert on each part of
the narrative.

The group will present their narrative to the class. The class will then
discuss the positives and weaknesses of the narrative.

Each student should hand in a description of

the topic they were assigned for their role
and the answers to the questions they were
assigned.
As a group, the students will give the teacher
the name of the fictional reference to be
checked. The students will also turn in the
narrative they wrote after presenting it to the
class.

http://udleditions.cast.org/craft_elm_characterization.html

http://share.ehs.uen.org/system/files/Fictional%20Narrative%20Elements_0.
pdf

http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/ref/fiction/pov.html

http://www.sandhills.edu/academicdepartments/english/film/narrativearc.html

http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/wrobel/1121/Course%20Materials/Exercises/
basic_dialogue_format_for_narrat.htm