Narrative Writing

CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT

Narrative Writing

What is he looking at?Where do you think he is?What are his thoughts, feelings, desires, and fearsWho do think he is?

Outcomes

• You will be able to choose vocabulary that will convey what is thought felt and imagined.

• Understand and use a range of appropriate vocabulary.

This is a scene from a film. What type of film do you think it is?

How would you describe it? See? Hear? Feel?

Music

As you listen to the piece of music consider what settings, feelings or experiences it evokes

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpZILWWnaxw

http://www.soundboard.com/sb/Military_Movie_Theme_Song

Using a variety of sentence openers to make our writing more interesting.

One of the most common ways to start a sentence is to begin with the thing being described as subject(first word). So we start with ‘the...’, or ‘she/he/it...’, followed by the verb (action).

Eg: The lanky, unkempt fellow slinked down the canal path...

Starting sentences

Using a variety of ways to start your sentences

Outcome

You will be able to use accurate and effective use of a range of sentence structures.

DNA:

Exchange your work with a partner. You will assess how effective the creative piece is.

• Have the sentences been started in different ways?

• Does the writing use interesting and varied vocabulary?

• Is there a clear sense of place?

Home Work

Use the card you have been given to practise sentence and vocabulary.

Open your sentence with words indicating location:

• Along the canal towpath , the lanky, unkempt fellow ambled slowly...

• Now you have a go …

Start the sentence using a word ending in “ing”:

Ambling along the canal tow path, the intoxicated thief spied his victim...

‘Drop in’ clause or ‘comma sandwich’:

The inebriated man, who was lanky and unkempt, stumbled along the canal towpath...

Use a variety of sentence lengths, from short and punchy, to more complex:

She froze.They waited.He fell to the ground, with a thud.

Use ‘although’, or ‘despite’ as a sentence

starter:

Although he was intoxicated, the thief managed to escape through the deserted canal towpaths which criss-crossed the city...

Despite his intoxicated state, the thief was able to escape through the deserted canal towpaths...

Now your turn