This document outlines the objectives and activities for a Creative Writing 11 class. The objectives are to differentiate between descriptive and narrative writing and have students write their own examples of each. Exploratory activities are used to generate ideas and examples of each type of writing are provided and compared. Students will analyze passages, write descriptions and stories based on pictures, and be assessed on a 100-word sample of their own narrative writing employing sensory details. The criteria focuses on topic, structure, imagery, and appeal to readers.

1. Creative Writing 11
Cindy Lou T. Lawas
SHS T2

2. Speech Chant
Images
Stories
Write

3. Objectives:
•Knowledge: Differentiate
descriptive and narrative
writing
•Skill: Write their own short
examples of creative
descriptive and narrative
pieces
•Attitude:

4. Exploratory Activity:
• Think of at least five (5) descriptions of the
house that you live in:
a. Harmonious
b.well-favored
c.peaceful
d.livable
e.respectful

5. •Relate at least five (5) events that
happened today before you came to
class:
a.walking
b.riding a motorcycle
c.eating food
d.taking a bath
e. waiting a motorcycle

6. Gallery Walk
• The class will be grouped based on the rows
they are seated.
• There are four passages posted in some
corners of the classroom. Groups will have a
Gallery walk of these passages to make
some observations of the words used in
each text.

7. • Each group will be given a bondpaper which
as their observation sheet.
• Afterwards, a representative from each
group will share to the class their
observations.

8. Questions:
• How do you find the walk or the activity?
• How are each passage or text written or
developed?
• What is descriptive writing?
• What is narrative writing?
• How do they differ from each other?

9. Descriptive Writing
• Descriptive writing paints a picture in
words that communicate an overriding
impression.
• It employs a language that appeals to
the reader’s imagination, emotions, and
senses.
• In writing a description, one should
carefully craft details involving sizes,
shapes, and colors. Solid nouns, precise
verbs and adjectives should be used
meticulously.

10. Compare these two descriptions:
A. The old lady sits alone in the bar, holding a
glass and looking at the wine display from
across the room.
B. The old, washed-up and bejeweled lady, a
woman in her late fifties or early sixties, sits
alone in the dimly-lit bar, holding a glass of
bourbon and whiskey and looking at the wide
array of wine display from across the dingy
room.

11. California is the most wonderful place to visit
because of its variety of weather and its beautiful
nature. Visitors to California can find any weather
they like. They can find cool temperatures in the
summer; also they can find warm weather in the
winter. They can find places that are difficult for
humans to live in the summer because they are so
hot. Or they can find places closed in the winter
because of the snow. On the other hand, visitors can
find the nature they like. They can find high
mountains and low valleys. Visitors can find a huge
forest, a dead desert, and a beautiful coast. So,
California is the most wonderful to visit because of its
weather and nature.

12. Narrative Writing
• Narrative Writing appears mainly in all
kinds of fiction---novels, novellas, short
stories and in nonfiction---biographies,
memoirs, journals.
• It is mainly in chronological order,
therefore, its emphasis is on the action,
the sequences, and the events relating
to the story itself.

13. •It has a definite sequence of events--a
beginning, a middle, and an end.
•Writer should use evocative details
such as specific nouns, action verbs,
and vivid adjectives to make the story
flow smoothly.

14. One day a father and his rich family took his young
son on a trip to the county with the firm purpose to show
how poor people can be. They spent a day and night in the
farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their
trip the father asked his son, “ How was the trip?” The boy
replied, “Very good Dad!” The father continued, “Did you
see how poor people can be?” The boy just said, “Yeah!”
The father asked again, “And what did you learn?” The boy
answered, “I saw that we have a dog at home, and they
have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the
garden; they have creek that has no end. We have imported
lamps in the garden, they have stars; our patio reaches to
the front yard, they have a whole horizon. When the little
boy was finishing, his father was speechless. The son added,
“Thanks Dad, for showing me how poor we are!”

15. Application:
Instruction:
Working with the
same group, their
representative will be
assigned to a picture and
they will write a paragraph
composed of 5-10
sentences describing the
image as well as telling a
story about it.

16. Group 1-Family Picnic

17. Group 2 - Farming

18. Group 3-Having an Experiment

19. Group 4-Having a dance practice

20. Assessment (Individual Activity)
• Recall some of the most
unforgetable scenes in any of
your subjects. Write a 100-word
paragraph narrating the events
of those scenarios in
chronological order at the
same time describing their
events employing strong
impressions, sensory images
and creative inputs.

21. Criteria for Creative Descriptive and
Narrative Writing
Criteria Score Points
 Interesting
Topic/Scenario
5
 Written Chronologically 10
 Use of strong
impression, sensory images
and creative inputs
10
 Appeal to the readers 5
Total Score:
30

22. Assignment:
•Post your
creative
descriptive and
narrative
writing on your
Facebook
Timeline.

23. Reflect:
“Writing is an exploration. You start
from nothing and learn as you go.”
-E.L. Doctorow