Transcript Narrative Notes

NARRATIVES
NARRATIVE
A
Narrative is a STORY.
Narrative ~ A fictional
story: you can make up all
of the events.
Personal Narrative~ A
TRUE story about an
event in your life.
NARRATIVE
Fantasy
~ Could not
happen
Narrative ~ Could happen
Clichés ~ Overused ideas
Woke
up and it was a
dream….NO!
CONFLICT
External
Conflict: Outside
Internal
Conflict: Inside
(Thought/feelings)
How
do you react to
conflict? How does it affect
you?
ORDER
Beginning:
Introduce
characters, place
Middle:
Events
happen (Rising Action)
Use details
Keep the events progressing
forward (No two pages on how the dude made a
sandwich).
End:
Result
(Falling Action)
NARRATIVE
 Tell
a fictional story.
 Write the events in order.
 Remember your plot diagrams.
 You can do flashbacks.
 Paragraphs can be any size.
INDENT!
 Still proper grammar, spelling and
capitalization.
DIALOGUE
 Indent
for each new speaker.
 Use quotation marks.
 Use commas inside the quotation
marks, then who said the words or
a period inside the quotation
marks if it is at the end of the
sentence.
“Wow,” Jim said as he walked down the
eerie hallway to his destination. “I can’t believe
it.”
“Hey, wait up,” Joe yelled as he saw his
friends shadow disappear around the corner.
Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah,
Blah,blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah, blah Blah.
Jim retorted, “Relax, my homie.”
 Indent for each new speaker.
 Use quotation marks.
 Use commas inside the quotation marks, then
who said the words or a period inside the
quotation marks if it is at the end of the
sentence.
BACK AND FORTH
CONVERSATION
“Look at that,” Jim said.
“I know,” whispered Joe.
“How do you know?”
“I just do.”
“Yeah, right J. Dawg.”
(You can stop using their names
each time when they talk back
and forth right away).
CONTINUED TALKING
 No
Capital letter if you continue
after you write: I said or Joe
said
“Sir,” I said to the officer, “the
kid just broke his arm.”
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Vocabulary:
Cause
and effect: Do
something, something
happens
Chronological order:
Events go in order of TIME
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Vocabulary:
Flashback:
Go back in time to
explain an event or feeling
Foreshadowing: Hints to future
events
Adjectives: Describe nouns
Sensory language: See, hear, feel,
taste, smell
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Figurative Language:
Vocabulary:
Idiom: Piece of cake
Personification: The wind was
screaming…
Oxymoron: Jumbo shrimp
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Vocabulary:
Simile:
She was like a tiger on the
court.
Metaphor: She was a tiger…
Hyperbole: I am so hungry I could
eat a horse. I am so tired I could die.
Alliteration: Billy Bob bought a
new bright blue BMW.
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Vocabulary:
Pick
a Point of View:
First Person: Character is the
narrator. Use “I” and “we”
Second Person: When the narrator
puts the reader in place of the main
character. Uses “you”
Third Person Limited: Only see
the perspective of one character.
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS
NARRATIVE ~ FICTIONAL
Vocabulary:
Third
Person Omniscient:
The narrator knows the thoughts of
all characters. You see the story from
many perspectives.
FAST WRITE
 Fast
Write Chart ~ Name, Date, Period
 Staple chart on top and five sheets of paper
behind the chart.
 Week 1
Topic:
 Rules:
 One minute THINK
 Four Minutes WRITE
 DO NOT START UNTIL I SAY “GO.”
 Narrative not fantasy. Probably could happen.
 Count words: + for and does not count.
 Put Number of words at bottom of chart and
graph it.
SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORY
 Roll
the dice, look at the projector, and write
down setting.
 Roll the dice, write down character.
 Roll the dice write down problem.
 You must use what you got in your narrative.
You can add other characters and problems.
 Plan a short Pre-write:
 Beginning
Middle
End
 Don’t stop keep writing.
 Use the six writing traits.
SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORY
LOST (Setting)
CHARACTER
YOU HAVE NO____
In a forest
Doctor
Water
At sea
Kid
Food
In a mall
Police Officer
Medical Supplies
In a desert
Teacher
Way to make a fire
In Alaska
U.S. Marine
Flares
FREE CHOICE
FREE CHOICE
FREE CHOICE
SURVIVAL NARRATIVE DICE STORY
 Setting:
 Character:
 Problem:
 Pre-write:
Plan two ideas per part.
 Beginning: 1.
2.
 Middle:
1.
2.
 End:
1.
2.
 Go!
Write Rough Draft! Don’t stop keep
writing.
 Use the six writing traits.
SURVIVAL IN THE WILDERNESS NARRATIVE
RUBRIC
FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORY
 Rules:
 Silence
 SCHOOL
APPROPRIATE!
 Get all your cra-cra out in a good way!
 Write ~ don’t stop
 Write NEATLY and in different colored ink per
person per row, put your name in the margin
 Pass swiftly, silently
 Row becomes a group, take turns reading each
story a loud LISTEN!
 Choose the best one in your row and a reader
 Story time, share with whole class
FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORY
Up
the hill I saw a
very interesting…
FANTASY WRITE AND PASS STORY
Round
1 2 minutes
Round 2 3 minutes
Round 3 3 minutes
Round 4 3 minutes
 10
minutes warm up and rules, 11 write,
10 groups, share
FANTASY NARRATIVE
Rules: Fantasy Narrative
 School Appropriate! Proper grammar.
 Pre-write and Rough Draft ONLY
 Pre-write: Plan Events:
 Use Story Map
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PERSONAL NARRATIVE
Betty
Ann Questions:
Restate the question and answer in
COMPLETE sentences.
1. Describe what Margie is like.
2. Describe what Betty Ann is like.
3. How did the girls in the class
treat Betty Ann?
4. Why did the girls treat Betty Ann
that way?
5. What does the narrator regret?
6. What is the moral of the story?
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
 DUE
TUESDAY!
 1. Everyone must make pre-write outline,
web, or story map.
 2. Everyone must write a rough draft or
make a sketch.
 3. Everyone must make a final copy on
their own time.
 A time where you overcame a problem or
goal: TRIUMPH OVER TRIAL. STORY!
 What was the problem or goal?
 What events happened?
 Why it was difficult?
 What happened in the end?
 How do you feel about it now?
MONSTER’S INC. ~ CONFLICT
Setting:
External
Conflict:
Characters: (Name at
least seven).
Events: (Name at least
ten). *Bonus: Internal Conflict:
BALLAD

Write a Ballad about 7th grade survival in the
style of “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”
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bal·lad
/ˈbaləd/
Noun
A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas.
A slow sentimental or romantic song
THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE
The poem is about a freezing-cold winter trip in
the Yukon, back in the days of the Klondike Gold
Rush. The poem’s speaker tells us a story about
his friend, Sam McGee, who freezes to death on
the trail.
 Sam hates the cold and doesn’t want to be buried
in the frozen ground. So, as his dying wish, he
asks our speaker to cremate him (which is a
fancy way of saying "burn his corpse"). The
speaker promises he will, but it’s tough to find a
way to do it in the dead of winter. He ends up
having a lousy trip, carrying Sam’s frozen corpse
until he finds a spot to burn Sam’s body.
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He starts to burn Sam, but is pretty grossed out
by the whole thing. Then, when he goes to see if
Sam is "cooked," he finds his friend alive and well
and cozy! Apparently Sam just needed to defrost
a little, and the raging fire did the trick.
PERSONAL
NARRATIVES

Write about a personal struggle you face daily
such as school rules, bullies, peer pressure,
friendship issues…