Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Email- full name and class in subject line
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Narrative paragraphs -telling a story
“Narrative Writing” HANDOUT
Practice- PLAN, then WRITE
Paragraph format, structure- grabbers
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Finish with “Adult Hobby”
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Sentence overview “Overview of Sentence Types”
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DISTRIBUTE Next week’s article, Thought Questions,
and crossword
Thursday
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Narrative paragraphs
Continue from last class
Review paragraph structure and format
Test 1 tomorrow- narrative paragraph
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Sentence work
Friday
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 1
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Test 1- narrative paragraph
MODES OF WRITING
Narrative writing
- tell a story, personal story
- happened to you or someone close to you
-first person point-of-view- “I” “we” “my sister”
LITERARY TERM
point-of-view- the place of the narrator in the story
-first-person- “I” – the narrator is inside the story , tell
the story from their perspective, though their eyes
-third-person – “he” “she” the narrator is not in the story
-second-person – “you” UNUSUAL Bible,
- Usually the story is told through your eyes, your
perspective
- tell a story, and illustrate a point using that story
-illustrate a point- have some deeper meaning
-deeper meaning – What
you learned from the experience.
What other people could learn
from the experience.
Commentary on
human nature.
-storytelling- storytelling
-stories that inform us or enlighten us, teach us something
about life, -about humanity
- most people enjoy hearing stories, transmit knowledge
- storytelling podcasts:
-general stories The Moth
-scary, ghost stories that happened to them- Jim Harold’s
Campfire, Uncanny
** get podcast software, listen for free, e.g. Overcast,
(iphone) Podcasts
Spotify, Google Music, etc.
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narrative mode is very effective, storytelling
is universal
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the oral tradition – transmission of cultural knowledge
through stories-
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First Nations- oral transmission of knowledge,
no writing system
nominal literacy rate- not necessarily a
high level of literacy
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teaching- telling stories, impact, more
meaningful
Narrative paragraph
Beginning
Middle
End
BEGIN WITH A GRABBER/HOOK
Topic sentence-
topic, controlling idea
Middle- events of the
story, usually in order of time
End- concluding sentence, wrap up
Grabber/Hook
Topic sentence – topic, controlling idea
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Grabber- hook your reader’s attention
OPTIONAL – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
MY ADVICE: When you are writing a paragraph
or essay, begin your paragraph or essay with a grabber/hook.
Grabbers/Hooks- used in advertising
Grabber
-usually first sentence, before the Topic
Sentence
-grabs the reader’s attention, hooks your
reader attention
-makes them pay attention, makes them want
to read your writing
-effective attention-getting device for
writing, highly recommended
MY ADVICE: Use a grabber. It will make your
writing way more interesting.
PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
Good for paragraphs, for essays, for
speeches, e.g. TED Talks https://www.ted.com/ TEDVancouver- downtown VPL
**
Seven
different kinds of grabbers/hooks to choose from:
1. -
a funnel, general to specific statement
-say
something big and general, then narrow it down to you specific topic funnel
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NARRATIVE
Everybody
has had an embarrassing experience. The time I met my husband’s parents for the
first time was very embarrassing for me.
movie
Meet the Parents
PROCESS
How
to eat a taco.
GRABBER-FUNNEL
Some
food is eaten with knife and fork; some food is eaten with chopsticks. Howver,
tacos are eaten by hand. It cna be a mess! TS
2. -write
a short anecdote- short personal story to illustrate a point, very short (1-2
short sentences)
VOCAB
anecdote- a short personal story that illustrates a point
personalizes
your writing, establishes a connection to your reader,
establishes
empathy- same feeling
sympathy – feel sorry about someone’s situation
anecdote
is told first-person point-of-view “I”
first
person is very personal, friendly-sounding, close
PROCESS
I
eat a lot of tacos because my mother used to make them for me. They can be
messy, but I will teach how to eat them.
3. -historical
reference- knowledge about history
PROCESS
Tacos
are a traditional food from Mexico. However, that have spread all of over the
world. However, if you don’t know how to eat it, it will spread all over your
shirt.
4. -fact
or statistic- numbers
80%, four out of five, 2/3 of ...,
37,000,000 people...
Millions of tacos are eaten every day; also,
billions of napkins are wasted wiping food off tables.
5.
-ask a question, the topic sentence or thesis
statement will be the answer PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY
PROCESS
Are you a messy eater? Have you ever made a
big mess eating taco? Have you ever embarrassed yourself eating a taco?
If so, I can tell you how to do it right.
6.
-relevant quotation by a famous/important person
James Beard said, "Food is our common
ground, a universal experience.” Another universal experience is dropping taco
all over yourself.
***PRO
TIP: Books of quotations.- Have some quotations in your memory. It is very
helpful to reference when you are writing.
Look up quotations organized by theme.
Debating teams- technique to begin with a
relevant quotation
7. -relevant
idiom, proverb, or saying from any language,
-sometimes
don’t translate well
-have
a lot of meaning
-these
can be really fun and colourful
In Japanese, people say “Even monkeys fall
from trees”
In Mandarin, we say “If you are gold, you will
shine eventually.”
In English, we say, “Cream rises to the
top.”
In French, they say, “La creme de la creme.”
The best of the best.
We say, “All that glitters is not gold.”
In Ukranian we say “A little gold is
expensive, too.”
In Korean, we say, “Time is golden.”
In Chinese, we say that a good government job
is a ‘golden rice bowl.’
In Farsi, we say that a person who is making
good money at a job has their “bread in the oil.”
There is a saying in Japanese: ‘Even monkeys
fall from trees.’ It means everyone makes mistakes. It’s important to keep
going after you did something wrong.
IDIOM The
apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. (English)
Christmas
cake. (Japanese)
Playing
piano/violin (music) to a cow. (Chinese)
Pearls
before swine. (English) -showing beautiful pearls to a
pig
In one ear and out the other. – a person
won’t listen to you
REVIEW of ways to do
grabbers/hooks:
1. funnel
2. anecdote
3. history
4. fact/statistic
5. question
EASIEST
6. quotation
7. idiom/saying
Choose
one. Start your paragraph off with it. It will make your paragraph, essay,
or presentation more lively and engaging.
PROFESSIONAL: ADVICE: When writing a
paragraph or essay, write the grabber last. You can mull it over (think about
it, roll it around in your mind) as you are writing the rough draft. A good
grabber might jump out at you. If not, if you can’t think of anything for a
grabber, just ask a question. The question is the easiest way to do a grabber.
Homework for tomorrow:
Put together a narrative paragraph (150-200 ww)
Tomorrow, we can read them out loud tomorrow.
Choose one of the topics:
1. Write
about an important lesson that you learned from an experience.
2. Write
about a scary/funny/embarrassing experience you had.
SLANG scaredy-cat, a chicken – a person who is afraid of
everything
He is a big scaredy-cat.
trauma-
Writing- format
Write in pen.
Double space
Use lined, ruled paper.
Respect the margins. Write withing the margins. red lines
Full name, class and date top right corner
Title- centre top line
Indent the first word of the paragraph
REMINDER - Structure of a paragraph
Grabber
Topic sentence
Supporting sentences 5-7 sentences
Concluding sentence
Write at least 150 words. 150-200+ words is the sweet spot for
paragraph length.
VOCAB the sweet spot- ideal length
VOCAB the Goldilocks Zone- not too short, not too long
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