The document provides a comprehensive overview of narrative writing, detailing the structure and components of a narrative paragraph, including its parts: topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusions. It outlines the process of creating a narrative through visualization, planning, and writing, and includes examples of first-person and third-person narration. Additionally, it features classroom activities and homework assignments designed to enhance students' understanding and application of narrative writing techniques.

1. Paragraph writing
(Narrative paragraph)

2. Objective this session
The students will be able to
1. Understand the mechanics of narrative
writing
2. Read a narrative text for analyzing its pattern
of development
3. Synthesize their own narratives by following
different steps involved in writing process

3. Paragraph
O A paragraph is a group of related
sentences that develops the main idea.
Paragraph usually describes or explains
something, tells stories or present
arguments.

4. Parts of a paragraph
A paragraph has three parts
O Topic sentence: It briefly indicates what the
paragraph is going to discuss.
O Supporting details: it explains or prove the topic
sentence
O Conclusions: It signals the end of the paragraph and
leaves the reader with the most important ideas to
remember

5. Paragraph !!!

6. Example

7. Role of supporting
details
O Supporting details give the support to main
ideas

8. Narrative paragraph
O Narrative paragraph tell a story or sequence of events.
A narrative paragraph
O tells a story
O gives background information in the opening
sentence(s)
O has a beginning, a middle, and an end
O entertains and informs

9. Types of Narrative Paragraph
O Use first person narration (autobiography)
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You describe a personal experience from your own point
of view. You are directly involved in the story.
O Use third person narration
You describe what happened to somebody else. The story
is told in the third person using he, she, it. You might tell
a story about your brother’s childhood.

10. 1st
person Narration 3rd
person Narration
O This has been the most
incredible day of my life.
As I was doing my
homework I heard this
strange noise so I rushed
straight to the window and
I couldn’t believe what I
had seen. It was shining
like mad in my eyes. I
could hardly see it. The
strange thing was shaped
like an oval.
O Larry suddenly woke up from
a deep sleep. The sun was
dazzling his half-open eyes,
and he couldn’t figure out
what time it was. The door
to his room was closed; the
house was immersed in
some sort of reckless
silence.

11. Common Transitions in Narrative writing
O Before
O After
O During
O First
O Next
O Second
O Then
O Finally
O while
O Later
O At last
O Last
O Eventually
O Meanwhile
O Since
O Now
O Soon
O when
Transitions words or phrases link sentences and paragraphs
together smoothly so that there are no abrupt jumps or
breaks between ideas.

12. Laying the Groundwork for Narrative
Writing
O Visualizing
O Planning
O Writing

13. Stage one
visualization
O In visualization you create an image or story in your mind.
O Look at the photograph
of the “store “ imagine that
you as a child got lost in the
store generate several
examples Of what happened
with you.

14. Stage two planning
O Plan a paragraph, and think about the incidents in
chronological order (arrange in an order) what
happened with you, assigning a sentence or two to
each, or just one example of what happened with you.

15. Stage three Writing
O Write a paragraph that follows the plan
you set up. Take one of the examples
and write it up in detail, describing all
of the circumstances that led you to get
lost.

16. Example
My Fifth Avenue's Nightmare
I will never forget the first time I got lost in New York
City. I was traveling with my parents during summer
vacation. We were in Macy's department store, and I was so
excited to see such a huge place. Suddenly, I turned around
to ask my mom something, but she was gone! I began
crying and screaming at the top of my lungs. A salesclerk
came up to me and asked if I was okay. He got on the
public address (P.4.) system and notified the customers that
a little boy with blue jeans and a red cap was lost. Two
minutes later my mom and dad came running toward me.
We all cried and hugged each other. Every time I remember
Fifth Avenue's , I am reminded of that terrified boy.
Topic
sentence
Supporting
details
Conclusion

17. Classroom Activity --- 15 min
O Activity 3: sequencing sentences in a
paragraph
O Activity 4: copying paragraph

18. Activity 2__ 10min
O Template to give a clear picture to
students of narrative writing and its
steps

19. Activity 3___30min
O Experience the story
(Allocate the different areas of university to
students like photocopier shop, juice shop,
parking area, hospital etc, ask them to observe
what is happening there, visualize the scene
and come up with a story)

20. Home Task
O Imagine that once you attended a festival.
Narrate a story what you did there by taking
help form picture.