Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of Fun

1. Pirate Narrative
YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF FUN

2. Prompt
For this project, you
will be writing a story
based on the picture
prompt to the right.
Take a good, hard look.
Think about who the
main character will be
in your story (Pirate or
the Pirate
Muncher?), what the
setting is, and who the
characters are.
Next, think about what
problem they will have
to overcome.

3. Story Plan
BEFORE YOU START WRITING YOUR
NARRATIVE STORY YOU NEED TO PLAN IT!
Beginning
• Characters
• Setting
• Problem
Middle
• Attempt #1 – Fail
• Attempt #2 – Fail
End
• Attempt #3 - Solution

4. Here’s an example of
what a good story
plan looks like:

5. Beginning
THE BEGINNING OF A NARRATIVE STORY
SHOULD INTRODUCE THE
CHARACTERS, DESCRIBE THE SETTING, AND
EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

6. Beginning
Questions
By the end of your first
paragraph you should
be able to ask yourself
these questions and
answer “Yes” to each.

7. Writing Your First Sentence

9. Review
• Pirate Captain
Characters • Johnny Dolittle
• Horrible Sea Monster
• Tiny island in the middle of
Setting the ocean
• The pirates are stuck on a
Problem horrible sea monster!

10. Middle
THE MIDDLE OF A NARRATIVE CONTAINS THE ATTEMPTS
THAT FAIL. THESE ARE THINGS THAT THE MAIN
CHARACTER TRIES TO DO TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT
DON’T WORK.

11. Strategy
To write the attempts
that fail we’ll be using a
strategy called TIEFET.
You’ll use this amazing
structure twice in the
middle to write two
fantazmonious
attempts that fail.

12. Middle
Attempt #1 - Fail Attempt #2 - Fail

15. End
THE END CONTAINS THE FINAL ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEM WHICH WORKS, RESULTING IN THE SOLUTION.

16. T – Transition
Strategy
To write the end of your
narrative you’ll be using
a new strategy: TIEES.
I –Idea
E – Event’s Action
E – Emotion
S - Solution

18. Completed Narrative

19. Congratulations!
I feel so
accomplished.