Narrative Writing

Purpose:

• The writing entertains, amuses or instructs.

Structure:

• The writing has a title, an orientation (who, when, where), a complication, a series of events, resolution, and coda.
• A variety of connectives link sentences and paragraphs. (Once upon a time, last week, later that night, etc.)

Grammar:

• A range of nouns and noun groups (common and proper) are used to describe people and places
• Descriptive words and sentences are used. (size, colour, shape, number, texture, etc.)
• Understanding of noun-pronoun relationship is demonstrated (eg. he, they)
• Action verbs and relating verbs are used. (is, was)
• Mostly simple and compound sentences, but some complex sentences.
• Some complex sentences are used.
• Appropriate use of direct speech

Writing Features:

• The writing uses consistent tense (past or present)
• Characters are personified or given names
• Student begins to express a point of view or opinion (e.g. lives happily ever after)
• Work is edited for spelling and punctuation
• Paragraphs are developed.
• Spelling is correct.
• Work is edited and checked.