In The Beginning
The beginning of a narrative story is called this.
What is a lead?
What are the actual words that someone speaks in a story?
A reason you would need to start a new paragraph.
1.
Three transition words to show the beginning of something.
First, first of all, in the beginning, to begin with, it all started out, etc.
Which option is a good Narrative topic?
-A story about my favorite rides at Disneyland.
-A story about my trip to Disneyland
-A story about when I dropped my ice cream at Disneyland.
What is A story about when I dropped my ice cream at Disneyland.
What type of lead is this:
Pop! Crash! Drip! Ring! Tick Tock!
What is a sound?
Find the error:
The police officer shouted, Come back here!”
There needs to be quotation marks before Come.
The police officer shouted, “Come back here!”
One reason you would need to change paragraphs.
2.
Three transition words to show the middle of your story.
Next, then, later, after, afterwards, eventually, etc.
The main character in your personal narrative.
Who is yourself?
What type of lead is this:
Have you ever wondered what a giraffe’s tongue feel’s like?
What is a question?
Find the error:
“My favorite is strawberry, said the little girl.
Add a quotation mark after the comma.
“My favorite is strawberry,” said the little girl.
Another reason you would need to start a new paragraph.
3.
Three words that show the end of your story.
Finally, in the end, last, lastly, etc.
Which option is a small moment seed story:
-A story about my day at school
-A story about when I won tickets on the radio.
-A story about going to a baseball game.
What is A story about when I won tickets on the radio.
What type of lead is this:
I ran to my room and slammed the door just as the tears came to my eyes!
What is an action?
Find the error:
The little boy asked “Do you want to ride my bike?”
There should be a comma after asked.
The little boy asked, “Do you want to ride my bike?”
The last reason you would need to start a new paragraph.
4.
Does “next” show the beginning, middle, or the end?
What is the middle?
What are at least 2 things you can do to give your reader a mental movie of your story?
Add lots of details, add lots of description, use juicy words, use exact dialogue, etc.
“Stay close to your chaperones,” Ms. Andersen called after the class.
What is dialogue?
“I did all of my homework last night”, she replied.
The comma needs to be before the quotation mark.
“I did all of my homework last night,” she replied.
You need to do this when you start a new paragraph.
What is go down to the next line and indent?
Does the word “afterwards” show the beginning, middle, or the end?
What is the middle?
Is a personal narrative story fiction or nonfiction?
What is nonfiction.