Descriptive Narrative TASK OVERVIEW When you are asked to write a short story, or asked to do some "creative writing", you are doing what is called "Narrative Writing". Narrative writing is meant to entertain! Part of being human is getting to tell great stories! Examples: Story (personal, true, imaginative), Fable, Myth, Poem, Play, Biography People enjoy reading stories and watching films about interesting people, animals and other characters. If the characters are fascinating, we are interested in the rest of the story like the setting (place) and the plot (events in the story). If the characters are boring, most of us won't care to read or to watch a film about them, even if the rest of the story is good. INSTRUCTIONS Descriptive Narrative First you will complete handout activities on the following 1) the four kinds of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative & exclamatory) 2) the three sentence types (simple, compound & complex) 3) the three different ways to use quotation marks You will be applying the skills obtained from the above activities into a descriptive narrative. A Narrative Outline The plot is the main story of a piece of writing. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the beginning, we learn about the characters, the setting, and typically, about a problem or problems that our hero needs to resolve. In the middle is where most of the action takes place. Here is where our hero discovers that  his/her problem is not so easily solved! The ending is where our hero finally resolves the problem, or problems, and lives happily ever after. (Well, at least in fairy tales.) 4) Complete the narrative plan outline provided to help you with the structure of your descriptive narrative. (this is your brainstorm) 5) Continue with the writing process (rough draft, revise and edit, self assess, good copy, self assess * make sure your final copy demonstrates proper use of all the types and kinds of sentences studied, along with quotation marks. (CLEARLY LABEL EACH TYPE OF SENTENCE) * you are to hand in only your final copy, however, make sure you can produce all worksheets and rough work if necessary ASSESSED SKILLS Communication communicates ideas and information for a variety of purposes (to inform, to persuade, to explain) and to specific Organization of Ideas organizes information to convey  a central idea, using well-linked paragraphs Communication uses a variety  of sentence types (e.g. questions, statements)  and sentence structures (e.g. complex sentences) appropriate for their purposes Reasoning revises and edits own work in collaboration with others, seeking evaluating feedback, and focusing on content, organization, and appropriateness of vocabulary for audience Application of Language Conventions proofreads and corrects final drafts, focusing on grammar, punctuation, spelling, and conventions of style Application of Language Conventions uses adjective and adverb phrases correctly and effectively