Students were given 35-45 minutes to begin their narrative after we explored and discussed different examples of narrative beginnings and what hooks a reader.
Need more examples? More Narrative Beginning Examples
Tuesday 9/19
Students were given time after their plot mountain assessment to continue typing their exposition and begin their rising action.
Thursday 9/21 - NARRATIVE CHARACTERIZATION
Students were given time to discuss and expand on character traits. These discussions will lead to adding character traits into their narrative
Need more explanation on developing characters? Character Development
Friday 9/22 - NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION: SHOW, DON'T TELL
Students were given 30 minutes to deepen their characters and add descriptive language to their narrative. More ideas? ---> Descriptive words: what do I say instead of...?
Monday 9/25 - PURPOSEFUL DIALOGUE
Students were given 20 minutes to make sure their dialogue had purpose in their story and continue writing.
Tuesday 9/26 - DIALOGUE FORMATTING
Students were asked to make sure they had 2 elements of dialogue formatting:
- each time a new person speaks, start a new paragraph
- quotation marks around anything that's spoken aloud
Wednesday 9/27 - STRONG NARRATIVE CONCLUSIONS & HOW TO CONCLUDE A NARRATIVE
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