NARRATIVE WRITING

Year 8
 STARTER
• Have you watched the
movie?
• Who is she?
• What would you say
about her?
• What type of story does
she fit in?
• Hero or villain?

Discuss in your group and share your idea!

 NARRATIVE WRITING

Learning Objective:
1. to write an opening paragraph to a short story.
 NARRATIVE WRITING
Five Elements of Narrative Writing
1. Character
2. Setting
3. Plot
4. Conflict
5. Theme
 WHAT MAKES A GOOD NARRATIVE WRITING?

Well-structured
Strong adjectives

To vary sentences for clarity, purpose and

Lots of detail Varied sentence structure effect.

Use of connectives
Use of poetic devices
To select appropriate and effective
vocabulary
Interesting characters
 CAN WE DEFINE THESE?

Well-structured
Strong adjectives
Varied sentence structure

Lots of detail

Use of connectives

Interesting characters

Use of poetic devices

 TASK 1 – WRITE AN OPENING PARAGRAPH

You are to write an opening story about this character,

1. How would you introduce the character?
2. What would be the setting?
SUCCESS? Level 7: I use different sentence types to show the
purpose of my writing and to achieve my desired
effect. I rarely make mistakes. My vocabulary is
consistently, often imaginatively, well matched to
my purpose and audience.

Level 6: I can use simple and complex sentences in

my writing to show my purpose and achieve an
effect on my reader. I can start my sentences with –
ly and –ing words. I choose vocabulary which is
generally appropriate to my purpose and audience.

Level 5: I can use simple and complex sentences

in my writing to make my ideas clear. I regularly
use connectives in my work to show the
relationship between my ideas. I choose my
vocabulary to have an effect on my reader.

Level 4: I can use some types of connectives in my

writing: e.g. if, when, because. My writing shows some
evidence of deliberate vocabulary choices. I try to use
new vocabulary to match my topic.
 AN OPENING PARAGRAPH
Unbeknownst to the people of Capua, lived a winged
creature in their forbidden forest that laid over the
other end of King Stefan’s kingdom. Inhibited, pitch
dark, eerie, it entwined with. Hence, it was a no-man
land. She was well-known with the name of
Maleficent; a daunted soul who was intimidated in
the entire forest yet in her, lived a heart that could
resurrect the death to an excitable eternal life: a
heart as pure as white snow. Her kindness always
became the talk of all the mortals in the forest
despite the visage that nobody dared to gaze upon.
Therefore, She was regarded by the nature as the
guardian of the forest – emotionally connected.

Example
 Varied Sentence NARRATIVE WRITING Choice of vocabulary
Structure

Unbeknownst to the people of Capua, lived a winged creature in their forbidden forest that laid
over the other end of King Stefan’s kingdom. Inhibited, pitch dark, eerie, it entwined with. Hence,
it was a no-man land. She was well-known with the name of Maleficent; a daunted soul who was
intimidated in the entire forest yet in her, lived a heart that could resurrect the death to an
excitable eternal life: a heart as pure as white snow. Her kindness always became the talk of all
the mortals in the forest despite the visage that nobody dared to gaze upon. Therefore, she was
regarded by the nature as the guardian of the forest – emotionally connected.

Strong adjectives,
details
Effect?
Figurative language
Example Simile, Connectives
personification
 PLENARY

Sharing Session!!!
What have learnt best in this activity?
Where am I in the “ladder of success”?