Narrative Structure
This part of a story introduces characters, setting, and the initial conflict.
What is the exposition?
This was the first rehearse grade you had for your personal narrative essay.
What is the Prewriting/Brainstorming worksheet?
This element of a scene tells the reader where and when the action takes place.
What is setting?
This is how we start our class every day.
What are the agenda and announcements?
The turning point in a story where the main conflict reaches its peak.
What is the climax?
We used this activity to further develop your narratives before the final draft.
What is Focused Scene Writing?
What is "show, don't tell?"
This is what we use to complete the word wall. You all typically draw on them instead.
What is a whiteboard?
This is what we do after announcements.
What is the writing prompt?
This narrative element follows the climax and lead to the resolution.
What is the falling action?
Using this step in the writing process, you were able to acquire feedback on your work.
What is peer review?
What are sensory details?
These are what each word wall letter stands for.
What are question, hear/heard, and teach?
These are the 3 instances in which you should not be talking.
What are when Ms. Boone is talking, when a classmate is speaking to the class, and when there is an announcement?
The series of event that build tension and develop the conflict.
What is the rising action?
This is the format your header needed to be in -- list the labels.
These help guide the reader through the story by signaling what each paragraph will focus on – whether it's a specific event, feeling, or reflection.
What are topic sentences?
The Sensory Snapshot game helped you build your use of sensory details using this popular game.
What is Taboo?
Your writing prompt journals use a specific format. Describe the format.
What is write the date in the top left corner, directly underneath write the writing prompt #, and skip a line?
This is the number of steps in the writing process. Double the points if EACH member of your group can name them all.
What is 7?
What are prewriting, drafting, revision, editing, publishing, peer review, and reflection.
This is the number of minimum words your final narratives had to be.
What is 500?
These are the 4 key aspects of creative nonfiction.
What are narrative, point of view, tone, and style?
The story cubes activity helped you all develop stories using random characters, objects, tone, setting, and this.
What is conflict?
This is how your writing prompt journals must be placed on the shelf.
What are in separate stacks and alternated.