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Creating a Narrative: prewriting and drafting
aCTIvITy 1.8
Learning Targets
• Apply an understanding of narrative elements, including characterization and an effective sequence of events, by drafting a narrative.
• Apply the writing process while drafting a personal narrative.
• Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to create coherence in a narrative.
1. Prewriting: Using the topic from your Memory Map or another topic of your choice, think about whether there are additional questions you might ask. Use the reporter’s questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) to fill in details of the narrative plan.
my Notes
2. Planning: Organize the answers to your questions in a graphic organizer such as the one below (see the Resources for a full-page version).
Incident
Cause
Effect
Unit 1 • Stories of Change 37
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Prewriting, Rereading, Drafting, Graphic Organizer
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