Narrative Writing
What is narrative writing?
Narrative writing tells a story. In a school setting, it normally takes the form of an essay. Think of it as a story that is a reflection of a value or belief that you, the author, want to tell in the form of a story. You can choose to write narratives on a variety of subjects but most common topics include: a time or even from your past, an inportant person or even an event from the past or present.
Qualities of a narrative essay: It is a piece of writing that recreates an experience. You may write in the first person (I, me, we) because it is a story about YOU! Narrative essays commonly offer a main idea or a lesson that you have learned.
Narrative writing tells a story. In a school setting, it normally takes the form of an essay. Think of it as a story that is a reflection of a value or belief that you, the author, want to tell in the form of a story. You can choose to write narratives on a variety of subjects but most common topics include: a time or even from your past, an inportant person or even an event from the past or present.
Qualities of a narrative essay: It is a piece of writing that recreates an experience. You may write in the first person (I, me, we) because it is a story about YOU! Narrative essays commonly offer a main idea or a lesson that you have learned.
Georgia Standards of Excellence
ELAGSE7W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. c. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.* ELAGSE7L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt). b. Spell correctly
ELAGSE7W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.
CONVENTIONS OF STANDARD ENGLISH ELAGSE7L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences. b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas. c. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.* ELAGSE7L2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt). b. Spell correctly