Writing Lesson Plan

Introducing How to Write a Narrative

Background:

This is a level 3 writing class. The class has just finished learning howto write a comparing and contrasting essay and have passed in that essay.Class time expected is 65 minutes. The students in this class are studentsinterested in learning English on an academic level and not for survival.

Objectives:

To teach the students how to write a narrative and have them create one inclass together and then on their own. The students will learn what partsare important for writing their next paper and will be able to go throughthem that night for their next paper. Future classes will look more closelyat the details of writing a paper that will be mentioned today, such asreviewing the past tense.

Materials:

Cartoon (for example, one of an embarrassing experience -4 pictures onseparate pieces ofpaper)
4 pieces of blank paper that you can write on -black marker oranother writing utensil that shows up well -chalk
chalkboard
eraser
short story or children's book (for example, The Little Enginethat Could) -outline for each student to help with their paper that relatesto what present in thepresentation

Warm-up:

Question: What are the important parts for writing a comparing andcontrasting essay? Introduction, information (details of whatis similar and different),conclusion, etc.

Introduction:

-Today we are going to learn how to write narratives. -Narrativesis the name given to the style of writing used to tell a story. -Tell theclass that you are going to read a story (the children's book). Beforereading, tellthe students that you want them to be thinking what is different from andwhat is similar towhat they learned in comparing and contrasting.
Similarities:
Differences:

introduction -characters
middle -action
conclusion -tense, etc.
title, etc.

Write the important parts of narratives on the board:

Parts: characters
Events: setting and order took place
Verb tense- past tense, past progressive, and dialog 4) Title

Presentation:

Put the pictures up on the board, purposely out of order, trying to keepthem as separate as possible. Also place a blank piece of paper under eachpicture.

Hand out outline now so that the students can take notes if wanted to helpthem understand it better

Practice:
Have the students say who the characters are in the story. Write that onthe blank paper under each picture.
hat are the personalities, feelings, or moods of the characters in eachpicture? Write that under each picture.

Events of the story
A. Where does this take place?
What are the events?
In what order did they take place?
Practice:
Where is this story taking place?
What is happening in each picture? Write this under the picture on the blank piece of paper.
Read or have the student read the story as it appears on the board-out of order.
Ask the students if it makes sense. What would make it better? (Putting it in order.)
Put the pictures in order. Read the story again. Ask if makes sense now? State the importance of order in a story or telling it so it makes sense.
Tense
A. Told in past tense and past progressive.
B. Exception: Dialog which is written exactly how the person said it.Ways to write dialog:
He said, "yes."
"yes," he said.
"yes."
Practice:
Is this story written in past tense? Where does it need to be changed?
Is there dialog anywhere? Fix that, if needed.
Title
A. Relates to the story and what is happening.
Practice:
write a title to this story

Evaluation:

Have you ever had an embarrassing experience?

Write a short paragraph on an embarrassing experience had using principles.
Have students share their=20experience with each other and see if the stepswere used.
Choose a few students to tell their experience to the class.

Application:

Writing assignment- students write a rough draft of their experience. Theycan expand ontheir paragraphs from class if they want to.
Choose and experience (happy, sad, funny, exciting, etc.)
Write characters: personalities,moods, or feelings
Write events: in the setting and in the order theyhappened (tenses of events and a title are not important right nowbecause it is a rough draft).