1. Writing a Literacy Narrative
Ways of Organizing a Literacy
Narrative

2. [Chronologically, from beginning to end]
Introduce the story.
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3. [Chronologically, from beginning to end]
Describe the setting and people.
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4. [Chronologically, from beginning to end]
Tell what happened.
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5. [Chronologically, from beginning to end]
Say how the story was resolved.
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6. [Chronologically, from beginning to end]
Say something about the significance.
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7. [Beginning in the middle]
Start in the middle of the action, giving
enough information to let readers
know what was happening.
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8. [Beginning in the middle]
Fill in the details; setting, people,
specific actions.
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9. [Beginning in the middle]
Make clear how the situation was
resolved.
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10. [Beginning in the middle]
Say something about the significance.
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11. [Beginning at the end]
Start at the end of the story; tell how
the story ends up, then introduce the
subject.
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12. [Beginning at the end]
Go back to the beginning of the story,
telling what happens chronologically
and describing the setting and people.
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13. [Beginning at the end]
Conclude by saying something about
the story’s significance.
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