This document discusses narrative storytelling and outlines a story mapping strategy. Story mapping provides a framework for students to identify key elements in narrative stories, including setting, characters, problem/conflict, events, and resolution. Teachers can introduce story mapping by explaining story grammar and having students identify these elements for stories. Story maps help improve students' reading comprehension and can also be used as a pre-writing tool to develop original stories.

1. Carol P. Savare
DIT – 1A

2. Narrative
Derived from the Latin word “gnarus”
and the Indo-European root “ gnu”
meaning “to know”
Some kind of retelling, often in words of
something that happened.
“Oral narrative”“Written narrative”

3. is about two things:
The Story (content of the
story)
The Plot (form used to
tell the story)
Answer the questions: “who”, “what”,
“where”
Answer the questions: “how” & “when”

4. The story elements shape not only
your writing but your reporting.
“who” can be name & some basic
details
“when” a time and date
“where” a place

5. “Setting” demands description &
relationship in time & place to other
events & places.
“Plot” not a set of events, but a series
of events, each flowing from the one
before and leading to the next
“Conflict” demands resolution, or
explanation of the inability to resolve

6. Story elements may help
you write your lead.
Which is the most important
element for this story?
What is the climax?

7. If a quote just gives the reader
information, perhaps you
should do that in your own
words.
Quotes as dialogue

8. Help the reader picture the
characters, setting and
action of your story. Use
your senses to complete the
experience for the reader

9. In shorter narratives,
you have to identify
the most important
elements, the most
compelling
characters, the key
moments, and the
most telling details.

10. A type of strategy for
cognitive literacy for
elementary school students.
It aims to improve students’
comprehension in reading by
giving them framework they
can use when reading stories.
The three basic elements
were: setting, plot & theme.

11. Templates that provide students a concrete
framework for identifying the elements of the
narrative stories.
•Setting – when & where the story occurs
•Characters – the most important players in the story

12. •Problems/Conflict – the focal point around which
the story is centered
•Events – the attempts by the main character(s) to
resolve the problem or conflict
•Resolution/Solution/Conclusion – the outcome of
the attempts to resolve the problems or conflict
•Theme – main idea or moral of the story
The story of 3 little pigs
(play)

13. To effectively use the strategy,
teachers should introduce the
story map by explaining the
story grammar.
Remind students that stories
have:
Beginning Event
Goal

14. •Setting – where did the story occur?
•Characters– who is the main character?
•Problem/Conflict – What major problem
does the main character face? What was
the character hope to achieve?
•Events – What did the main character
do?
•Resolution/Conclusion – Does the
character solve the problem? How does
the character solve the problem? How did

15. “Why are story maps an excellent tool to
summarize a story?”
“How can story maps be used in developing
original stories?”
“How did this strategy help you as a
reader?”

16. Students can use story maps as pre-reading strategy
Students can use their story maps as notes for oral
book reports
Students can use their story maps
in preparing media presentations
Students can use story maps as
prewriting tool in developing their
own stories

17. In history, story maps
can be used to organize
a historical event or a
current event article.
In math, story maps can be used
to help students solve open-
ended math problems. Or
students can use the story map
to create their own math
problems.
In science, the story map can be
modified and serve as a format
for laboratory investigation.