Starting a story Entry Level Exploring Narratives Read

Starting a story Entry Level: Exploring Narratives Read the short story below and highlight the following: Who What Where When It was a dark and cold night. There was a little light leaking through the curtains from the street lights outside. It made parts of the bedroom glow orange. But in the dark shadows by the door, Jim was sure he could see a black figure. He rubbed his eyes and stared into the blackness. Then he shut them as tight as he could and saw bright lights swim in front of his eyes. He would never sleep. And then he heard a noise …

Starting a story Fill in the table with what the reader learns from the start to this story. Entry Level: Exploring Narratives From the story: What do we learn about it? 1. Jim 2. 1. The night 2. 1. The bedroom 2.

Entry Level: Exploring Narratives Match the sentences from stories to the genre (type of story) it would come from. Romance The bat flew through the broken window and turned into the pale shape of a man. The girl’s screams rang through the castle. Horror With a clank, the door of the spaceship opened. The lights inside were blinding as a four-legged creature walked out. Action/Adventure They walked hand in hand across the white sand of the beach looking into each others’ eyes as the sun set. Science Fiction His pushed back his hat to take a closer look at the bloody body. In all his years on the force he’d never seen anything like this. Crime/Detective Map in hand, he walked through the door and didn’t look back. He knew he was about to see something not seen by any human for 1000 years.

Put each genre of story in the grid according to what type of person would enjoy reading it. Explain your decisions to the rest of the group. Entry Level: Exploring Narratives OLD MALE FEMALE YOUNG ROMANCE CRIME ACTION HORROR SCIENCE FICTION

Survey of preferred genres Y axis 20 19 Entry Level: Exploring Narratives 18 Key Horror 17 16 15 Romance 14 13 12 11 10 9 Action Crime 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Science Fiction

Put each of the aspects of a story in the diagram according to where it would first be introduced. Beginning Middle Main character Problem solved Entry Level: Exploring Narratives Setting Change in setting Problem As bad as it can be Back to first setting Other characters Tension End Back to normal

Structure of a story: Sort the aspects to show END BEGINNING Entry Level: Exploring Narratives what order they would appear in the story. Back to normal Other characters Back to first setting Setting Problem Tension/ Excitement Change in setting As bad as it can be Problem solved Main character

Entry Level: Exploring Narratives Show which part of the story are the different aspects of narratives. It was a dark and cold night. There was a little light leaking through the curtains from the street lights outside. It made parts of the bedroom glow orange. But in the dark shadows by the door, Jim was sure he could see a black figure. He rubbed his eyes and stared into the blackness. Then he shut them as tight as he could and saw bright lights swim in front of his eyes. He would never sleep. And then he heard a noise … There was a slow creak on the floorboards outside Jim’s bedroom door. His eyes shot to the door. He watched in terror as the handle turned. Downstairs Jim’s mum was busy in the kitchen. She did not know that her son was still awake, stiff with fear, in the darkness upstairs. She was quietly singing to herself while she peeled potatoes for dinner the next day. Suddenly, a scream cut through the house. It came from upstairs. It came from Jim’s room. It came from Jim. She flew up the stairs. With a shaking hand she opened Jim’s bedroom door, not sure of what she would find. “Look, mum, he’s been!” Jim laughed as he pulled toys from his Christmas stocking. Main character Problem solved Setting Problem Back to normal As bad as it can be Back to first setting Other characters Tension Change in setting