Friday, July 29, 2011

Narratives

Read this page and learn to write an interesting and entertaining narrative.


LET'S GET STARTED

Learn the elements of a story by seeing how they are used in the famous tale of Cinderella.



Visit this site and click on the 'Narrative' link.  Read the examples and learn how to write an entertaining story.



asTTle: NARRATE
Hit 'Web Link' for some fun online activities.  Customise the level to between 2 and 3 in the blue column to the right.



What makes a good narrative.  Visit this site and figure it out!




Peek inside the toolbox for a cool collection of story writing 'recipes'.




Click on a link next to 'Explore, imagine and entertain'... and have fun!



Click the various parts, e.g., 'Belief', to highlight these elements in the text.




FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Read this guide to similes and brighten up your writing.




LEARN TO ELABORATE

Example one.



Example two.



Write your own telescopic text here!




SENTENCE STARTERS

Check out these fantastic sentence starters...
  1. List 1
  2. List 2
  3. List 3
  4. List 4
  5. List 5 (Advanced)



OTHER A+ WORDS

Make use of the top quality words on the two writing 'blackboards'.  Mix it up, crank out a few complex sentences and improve your writing.



The title says it all...




FINALLY, CHECK YOUR PUNCTUATION!

"Roll your mouse over the punctuation mark to find out its name and how it's used."




SPEECH MARKS

Practise adding speech marks to these sentences.

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