Writing Imaginative Narratives Standard 1 1 Select a

Writing Imaginative Narratives Standard 1. 1: Select a focus, an organizational structure, point of view based upon purpose, audience, length, and format requirements Learning Objective: Use a tree map to help us understand the organizational structure of an imaginative narrative

Vocabulary Narrative- text that tells a story Organizational structure- how a narrative is put Together Characters: the main people or animals of a story Setting: where the story takes place Plot: the events of the story The problem/situation: gives the purpose of the story • Solution: the answer to the problem • •

Storytelling • Share with your partner a story that explains this picture

Storytelling • Characters and setting? • Problem? • Events to solve the problem? • Solution?

The 3 Little Pigs Imaginative Narrative Structure characters setting Problem/situation Event s to solve problem solution

The Importance of Understanding the structural organization of imaginative narratives To become better writer you have to understand to different styles of writing. In a few months you will be taking the writing performance , so you will need to know how to organize your writing

Steps for organizing an imaginative narrative • • • Step 1: Read the prompt Step 2: Create a tree map Step 3: Determine the characters and setting Step 4: Identify the problem or situation Step 5: Identify three attempts to solve the problem that fail Step 6: Identify an attempt to solve the problem that works Narrative Structure- One day a giant interrupts you class room characters setting Problem/situation Event s to solve problem solution

One day a giant has interrupts your classroom Imaginative Narrative Structure characters setting Problem/situation Event s to solve problem solution

Closure • What is the organizational structure of a narrative? • What should you use to organize your thoughts?