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LET’S CHECK OUT NARRATIVES!


SO WHAT EXACTLY IS A NARRATIVE?

A story

A tale

An

anecdote

A yarn

A myth

A legend

An account


NARRATIVES CAN BE..

Real life

Magical

Funny

In the past

In the future

Scary

Adventurous

In another world


WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

An ORIENTATION

A COMPLICATION

A RESOLUTION


SOME HAVE

More than one complication

A moral or a lesson to be learnt

A twist to the plot

A resolution that still leaves you wondering


ORIENTATION

This “sets the scene”

It introduces the main characters

It tells about time and place

It makes the reader want to know

more


HERE’S HOW!

Jessica sat in her bedroom and stared angrily around her.

She didn’t really see the comfortable bed, the posters of

bands and movie stars on the wall, the desk with the laptop

on it or the wardrobe full of clothes that her parents had

supplied for her. As she blinked the angry tears out of her

eyes, all she could see was the unfairness of it. She heard

her older brother, Sam, knock on her door and she turned

round. “Jess, open the door and let me explain,” he pleaded.


AND THIS!

Once, long ago in the time of magic, there lived a

very naughty pixie. His little house in a large

toadstool was always in a mess, his clothes always

needed washing and mending, and he was always

borrowing things from the other pixies in Green Forest

Village and then never returning them. It was a pity

that Paddy was so naughty because everyone else in

the village lived happily together as good friends and

neighbours.


COMPLICATION

A series of events that happen to the characters

How the characters react to situations or

circumstances

How the characters interact with each other

The problems/dramas/events that the

characters have to solve


HERE’S HOW! Pete and Josh sprinted along the river bank, each trying to

out-pace the other. Josh had narrowly won their last contest

and so Pete was determined to reach the end of the pathway

first. He began to pull ahead of Josh as the finish line came in

sight, “I’m going to beat you this time!” he gasped as he

gathered himself for a final spurt. Suddenly Josh’s arm snaked

out and grabbed Pete’s shirt and he was dragged to a halt.

“Not fair!” he shouted angrily, but stopped when he saw Josh’s

face, which was white and shaken. He looked to where Josh

was pointing and that was when he saw it! Floating face down

in the river appeared to be a body.


AND THIS!

Ella rushed through the front door, hardly stopping to throw

down her school bag on the way to the kitchen, “Mum, mum, you

won’t believe where we’re going on school camp this year!” she

yelled excitedly as she burst into the room where her mother

was sitting. “It’s only to Briar Farm Horse Camp,” she added

with her eyes sparkling with pleasure. “And it’s only going to

cost $250.00,” she finished triumphantly. Her mother looked

down at a letter in her hand, “Oh dear,“ she said sadly, “I think

we may have a problem finding the money. I’ve just lost my job!”


RESOLUTION

How the characters solve the

complication

The things that happen because of the

events

How it turns out in the end


LIKE THIS!

Josie held her breath as she peered round the broomstick she

was hiding behind. She saw Evilia hunched over the cauldron

stirring the foul-smelling brew and adding a variety of

disgusting looking ingredients to it. She slowly and carefully

stretched out her hand and replaced the glass bottle on the

shelf with the one that the kindly old lady had given her. She

watched as Evilia grabbed it without looking and added it to the

potion. There was an almighty blinding flash of light and when

Josie looked again – there was no Evilia – only a tiny green frog!


AND THIS!

Hunter climbed up the wall and leant down to help Cooper. Silently

they dropped to the other side and scurried under the overhanging

branches of a tree. They looked towards the mansion and saw the

light on in the ballroom. “They are definitely after the silver!”

whispered Cooper. Hunter nodded and they crept across the garden

to the house. Peering into the window they spotted the gang filling

up bags with the silver cups and trophies. Silently the two boys slid

round a corner and Hunter pressed triple zero on his mobile. It was

only a few minutes later when they heard the sirens and the saw the

flashing blue lights arrive.


CHARACTERS

Make them real – even though they’re

not!

Give them a “look”

Give them conversation

Give them emotions

Give them a personality


HERE’S HOW!

Miserea cackled softly to herself as she stared into the

cauldron. Her cruel eyes blinked in the foul-smelling

smoke and the wart hairs on the end of her nose

twitched as she slowly stirred the potion that would

soon make her beautiful. She patted her stringy black

hair with the talon like fingers of one hand and imagined

what she would look like once the spell was complete.


AND THIS!

Mr Drummond stamped into the classroom and slammed the

door. The class all hunched their shoulders waiting for the

explosion. “Which of you hideous children broke my coffee

cup yesterday?” he demanded, sweeping his beady eyes

round the room. Jamie began to tremble, his brown curly hair

flopped across his forehead with each shake, he tried to sink

into his seat and become invisible but he knew he’d have to

own up. Slowly, painfully, he raised his skinny arm.


SETTINGS

Describe the “time and place” of your story

Help the reader to visualise where and when

this is happening

Make the setting and the time fit the events in

the story


HERE’S HOW!

It was the hottest day of summer. The sun frizzled the dry,

brown grass and baked the bare patches of earth in Jack’s

back yard. He wandered past the washing line, down the

cracked cement path to the old tin shed. The padlock on the

door was gaping open and he wrestled it out and shot the

bolt. The door squeaked harshly as it swung open. Inside it

was dark and a mouldy smell wafted out. “Don’t be long

Jack,” he heard his mother shout, “it’s nearly teatime.”


AND THIS!

Once long ago, so long ago that history has forgotten it,

there was the kingdom of Futasia. Oh! What a place it was!

High rolling mountains, clear, fresh rivers, green lush fields,

picturesque villages and bustling towns. One particular

village, called Puddlestone, was the home of Conrad, a

strong lad who worked for the blacksmith. Conrad loved the

forge where he worked. The clanging of the metal and the

sparks from the fire excited him every day.


REMEMBER THESE

Don’t just “tell” your reader – “show” them

Vary your sentence starters

Vary the length and types of your sentences

Stay in one verb tense – usually 3rd person past tense

Replace overused vocabulary with more imaginative

words

Use figurative language such as simile, metaphor,

alliteration or onomatopoeia

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