1) Narrative Paragraph.ppt

Narrative Paragraph

1. Narrative Paragraphs

2. WHAT IS A NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH?
Narrativestellstories.Everyonehasreadstories,
watchedthemontelevisionorheardthemfrom
otherpeople.Anarrativeparagraphtellsashort
storyordescribesanevent.
Inotherwords,itisastoryaboutapersonal
memory.
It’saboutatimesoimportantthatyoudon’t
everwanttoforget.

3. What Would Make a Good Narrative and
What Wouldn’t?
Good Choice
A house fire
A car accident
A death
Getting lost
A scary time
Bad Choice
Getting out of bed
Eating dinner
Meeting your
friend

4. A Personal Narrative is...
a story that really happened ( a true story).
a story that happened to or observed by the
writer.
a story that makes the reader think or feel
the same as the writer felt at that time
a story that shows strong feelings.
It presents the events in a clear order, usually
according to whenit happened.
a story that is written in the first person. Use
these words:
I, me, my, us, we

5. Common time transitions
Before
After
During
First
Next
Second
Then
Finally
while
Later
At last
Last
Eventually
Meanwhile
Since
Now
Soon
when

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8. Writing a Narrative Paragraph
A narrative paragraph has 3 parts:
1.The topic sentence –introduces the
experience
2.The body sentences –share details that
re-create the experience
3.The concluding sentence –reflects on the
experience

9. A UFO Sighting
Ineverbelievedinaliensbeforeonenight
lastyear.Itwasacold,darkwinterevening,andI
waswalkinghomefromafriend’shouse.Istopped
totiemyshoe.WhenIlookedupagain,Isawa
roundobjectcomingtowardme.Itwasverylarge
andshiny.Icouldn’tbelievewhatIwasseeing.
BeforeIcouldshoutorrun,theobjectsuddenly
movedandthendisappeared.Aftertheobject
disappeared,Iranallthewayhomeandcalledmy
bestfriend.Whenshepickedupthephone,Icouldn’t
sayanything.IknewshewouldthinkIwascrazy.I
nevertoldanyoneaboutmyUFOsighting.

10. Ask yourself questions:
1.Whenwasanimportanttimeinmylife?
2.WhathashappenedinmyexperiencethatIwould
enjoywritingabout?
3.Isthereaneventinmylifethatotherpeople
wouldenjoyhearingabout?
4.HowdidIfeelaboutaparticularexperience?
5.Whowasinvolved?
6.WhydoIrememberthiseventsostrongly?
7.Whateffectdidithaveonme?
8.Didanythingchangebecauseofthisexperience?
9.WhatinterestingexperiencesdoIknowofthat
happenedtootherpeople?

11. AFrightintheforest
Igrewupinasmalltowninthecountryside.Nearmy
housewasalargeforest,andmyparentstoldmenotto
playthere.Oneday,Iwasplayingintheforestwithsome
ofmyschoolfriends.SuddenlyIfeltverycoldandscared
…………………………………… ........................................
.......………Afterthatday,Ineverwentbacktotheforest.
A Strange Day in Class:
IhavebeenstudyingEnglishforafewyearsandI
reallyenjoytheclasses.Onedaysomethingunusual
happenedinclass.Theteacherwasexplaininggrammar
whenIsawsomethingstrange…………………… ........
………………………………………………………………
……………… ..Iheardeveryonelaughing.Iwokeupand
realizeditwasadream.

12. 1.Writeaboutarecentexperienceor
incidentyouwitnessedthatleftastrong
impressiononyou.
2.Writeaboutaneventwhenyouwere
proudofsomeoneinyourfamily.
3.Thinkofatimewhenyouhadtodo
somethingagainstyourwishes.
4.Thinkofamemorableexperienceyouhavehad
–itcouldbefrighteningoramusing.