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How to write Narratives
The document provides guidelines on writing engaging narratives, emphasizing the use of second and third person perspectives and past tense. It outlines the structure of a narrative, including the introduction, conflict, action, and resolution while encouraging the use of vivid verbs and descriptive adjectives. Additionally, it highlights the importance of creating an interesting problem and ensuring all parts of the narrative are covered.
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How to write Narratives
- 1. The Purpose is toentertain, motivate or teach How to write Outstanding Narratives Written by Jacqui Sharp http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com
- 2. Write in secondperson • You Write in third person • She • Her • He • His •Their •Him •Them •They •It
- 3. ate • Past eat • Present Was •Past is • Present Yesterday they ate cake at the birthday party. She is going to eat her lunch now. He was in the classroom yesterday. He is not here now. Write in the Past
- 4. • Write atitle • Write an introduction – Set the scene and mood – Introduce characters – Use second or third person – Use past tense • How the kiwi lost his wings • Tanemahuta was looking very sad because his children were dying one by one.
- 5. The Problem orConflict What was the problem? When you write the problem make it interesting! They were being eaten by bugs. Tanemahuta’s children, the towering Totara and the kingly Kauri were being eaten by ravenous, crawling bugs. http://www.telescopictext.com/
- 6. What happens next? What happens after? What happens later? What happens finally? He asked them oneby one. First he asked… Pukeko replied with a shiver in his voice … Finally Tanemahuta asked the Kiwi who answered bravely in a strong, clear voice… Response Action Tanemahuta called out to all his children of the air and asked them for a volunteer to live on the forest floor.
- 7. Write a conclusionand or a resolution here… Does it have a summary or a moral? Tanemahuta punished the birds that would not help him by giving the Tui two white feathers at his throat as a mark of cowardice. Pukeko would have to… … The gallant and brave kiwi was rewarded with the knowledge, that he would always be remembered as the most well known and famous bird of them all.
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- 9. Action Verbs expressaction Look at your sentence, is a person or an object doing something. Ask yourself the question ‘Can you <insert word>?
- 10. Use Vivid Verbs WalkedPlodded Stomped Talked gossiped nattered chattered Listened snooped eavesdropped Think considered contemplated Get fished hooked What are vivid verbs? They are Power Words!
- 11. Adjectives: describes objects,people http://www.brianpcleary.com/words/index.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/spelling_grammar.shtml
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- 14. Have I Yes/No Writtenin the past tense? Written in second and third person? Written an introduction that sets the scene? Said ‘What the problem is? Said ‘what the response was (happens next and after)? Said what the Action was? Said what the Outcome was? Have I used other conjunctions for ‘and’? Have I used vivid verbs? Have I used interesting adjectives?
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