This document provides guidance and templates for planning and writing different types of narratives, including descriptive, process, persuasive, and informative writing. It outlines the key elements for each type, such as the who, what, where, when, why for narratives, the steps for process writing, reasons and details for persuasive writing, and topic paragraphs for informative writing. Templates are included to help students structure their writing for each genre.

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Main Topic or Title
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Main detail or Event
Main detail or Event
Main detail or Event
Main detail or Event
For Narrative Writing

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Somebody
Who is your story about?
Explain their characteristics.
Wanted
What does your character
want? Why do they want it?
But…
What or who gets in their
way? What is the problem?
So…
How is the problem resolved?
How will your story end?
For Narrative Writing

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Beginning
Middle
End
For Narrative Writing

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Who?
What?
Where?When?
Why?
For Narrative Writing

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Setting
Characters
Problem
Solution
For Narrative Writing

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Title:
What does it look like?
What does it sound like?
What does it feel like? What does it smell or taste like?
For Descriptive Writing

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Step One
Step Two
Step Three
Step Six
Step Five
Step Four
Step Seven
Step Eight
Step Nine
For Process Writing

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Main Goal
Reason
Detail
Detail
Detail
Reason
Detail
Detail
Detail
Reason
Detail
Detail
Detail
For Persuasive Writing

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Paragraph
Topic
Paragraph
Topic
Paragraph
Topic
Paragraph
Topic
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For Informative Writing
Title:

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