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E-learn lesson for 1A!

Simple narrative

- For today’s lesson, we are going to try a simple narrative writing piece. This means you will write a short composition for me. But don’t worry, there will be help for you along the way.

What is a narrative?

A narrative is a story with a beginning, middle and end.

Think! What stories are

you familiar with?

Beginnings

There are some phrases which are commonly used to begin essays. This can get you started!

Phrases

1) It was a cloudless, sunny day and the sky was a clear blue..

Beginnings

2) It was a blazing hot day..

3) The alarm rang and I rolled over to turn it off..

4)It was a starry night..

Beginnings

However, remember that these are just a few

simple ways to begin a story. Get creative

guys! Try to make sure that your first paragraph

Gets the reader’s attention and tells the reader

a little bit about what is going to happen.

Example of beginning paragraph for the story “an unlucky day”

I rolled over and switched off my alarm clock,

saying to myself that I would just snooze for

another 5 minutes and then wake up. When I

opened one eye to check, I realized that it was

8 ‘o’ clock! Feeling panicked, I rushed towards

the shower. This was not a good start to the

day.

How to end things off?

Your story should not come to an end too

Abruptly. Imagine if a story ended with “My

teacher shouted and threw my book out of a

window.” The story did not tell you if the

matter was settled or how the person felt. You

Will need to say how you felt and how matters

In your story were settled.

Your assignment

You will be required to write me a composition

on “an unlucky day”. You will need to write at

least 120 words. Read the following slides for

tips to guide you along in the writing process.

The beginning

How did your unlucky day start off? Did you

wake up late for school? Were you meeting a

friend and they cancelled?

Did you lose something important?

There are many ways to begin, it all depends

on what you want.

The middle

Remember that your whole day was unlucky. What other unlucky things happened to you in the day? I would like all of you to make your best attempt at paragraphing for me please.

The End!

How did you feel throughout the day? How

did you feel at the end of the day? How were

matters settled? You need to include such

things in your final paragraph.

Instructions on how to e-mail me your work

Guys, you will need to send me your

assignment at missjaskaur@gmail.com

*Please ensure that in your assignment, you

include your name, class and register number.

Also do include a word count.

Instructions on how to e-mail me your work

Some of you may have Word in your computer,

if not, please do your assignment on Notepad

under accessories)

which all of you should have.1) Type out your

work at either one of these places.

2)Then you will need to save your work. You

can do that by clicking ‘file’ at the top left hand

corner of the screen and going to ‘save as’.

Instructions on how to e-mail me your work

3) After that, please go to your email account and attach the saved file to an email and send it to me at missjaskaur@gmail.com

I am looking forward to reading your stories 1A!Please do a good job for me =)

ThanksMiss Kaur