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Developing Narrative SkillsA program for 6 to 8 year olds.
This learning resource contains a instructional
manual, 11 colour narrative structure A4 cards and
a story narrratives A3 colour poster.
The narrative program has been specifcally
designed for 6 to 8 year olds and is the third
in a series of four resources.
Research reports that narrative ability
correlates with literacy and academic
achievement. In addition, narrative pro-
grams typically enhance comprehension
and written expression ability.
Designed by Speech Pathologists, the pro-gram empowers educators
with a process
that explicitly instructs this vital skill.
The program presents a range of narrative
tasks in the order of ascending complexity
(i.e. pre-narrative, oral narrative retells, writ-
ten narrative retells and fnally narrative gen-
eration tasks).
The manual outlines how to instruct 6 to 8
year old narrative ability and recommendsover 45 suitable
picture books. It includes
summaries on how the narrative structure
relates to each book.
The accompanying cards and poster make
this an ideal all in one teaching resource.
Other resources in this range are:
Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills -
A program for 4 year olds.
Developing News Telling and Narrative Skills -
A program for 5 year olds.
Developing Narrative Skills - A program for
9 to 12 year olds.
Visit our website www.pld-literacy.org to view
these and other learning resources.
InstructionalManual
StoryNarratives
A3ColourPoster
11ColourNarrative
StructureA4Cards
PackContents
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2/8Contents Developing Narrative Skills (6 to 8 year olds) PLD
Organisation Pty. Ltd. 1
Overview Of Contents
Introduction
A Note From The Author 2
The structure of Story Narratives for 6 to 8 year olds 3
Observations which constitute a potential Speech Pathology
referral 4
Overview of the stages of narrative development 5
Teaching narrative over a full school year 6
Stage 0: Preparation For Narratives: News Telling and News
Writing
Recommended news telling resources 8
News writing formats 1 to 9 9-20
Stage 1: Develop An Understanding Of Narrative StructureThrough
Oral Retells Of Familiar Picture Books
Recommended books for 6 to 8 year olds 22
Recommended use for resources contained within this package
24
Narrative structure card set instructions 23
6 to 8 Year Old Narative Structure applied to familiar picture
books 25
Multiple examples of how the recommended picture books
fit the story schema components 26-72
Narrative structure template 73
Stage 2: Full Oral Retells Of Familiar Picture Books Followed By
Partial RewritesOf Familiar Picture Books Consisting Of: Beginning
or Introduction Problem
or Complication Character(s) Feelings and Thoughts Subsequent
EventsSuggestions to support quality of writing output 76
Narrative summary formats 1 to 8 77-94
Stage 3: Application Of 6 To 8 Year Old Narrative Structure to
NarrativeGeneration Tasks With: Multiple Pictures For Support
A Single Picture For Support No Pictorial SupportFormats for
planning and writing narratives 96-112
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3/8Narrative Structural Analysis Developing Narrative Skills (6
to 8 year olds) PLD Organisation Pty. Ltd. 45
Beginning
When? Once upon a timeWho? a duck
What? lived and worked
Where? on a farm in the country.
Remember: Ask the children to recall at least 5 jobs (household
or farmbased) that the duck attended to.
Problem or Event
The poor duck had to do all the work while the lazy farmer
stayed inbed and ate chocolates.
Character(s) Feelings
The duck felt exhausted,frustrated, annoyed, upset
and confused.
Character(s) Thoughts
Implied: the duck wished
that he didnt have to do all
the jobs by himself and that
he could get some help. He
wished that the farmer wasnt
so lazy and mean to him.
Events
One night the ducks friends (the cow, the sheep and the hens)
gath-ered in the barn/shed and made a plan to chase the farmer off
his farm.
They waited until it was nearly dawn/sun rise.
The animals quietly crept into the house and up the stairs.
They climbed under the farmers bed so that they could push him
out ofbed and then chased him off the farm.
Ending
The next morning the animals found the duck (by himself as usual
doinghis jobs) and explained that the farmer was longer on the
farm.
Character(s) Feelings
The duck felt excited, re-lieved, thrilled and proud.
Character(s) Thoughts
The duck thought howlucky he was to have suchgreat friends, or
that he
could do the jobs togetherwith his friends, or that hewas glad
that the farmerwas no longer able to bosshim around.
Narrative Story Structure for Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
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2nd
3rd
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Implied
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Stated
Stated
Stated
The text below outlines the language model teachers should
provide for students aged between6 to 8 years. Students of this age
should be able to produce a retell containing the introduction,a
problem, insights into the character(s) feelings/thoughts, three
events and an ending.
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Organisation Pty. Ltd. Stage 3
Narrative Stage 3: Format 1a - Generating a narrative plan
consisting of a beginning and a problem.
Preparation for a written narrative task: Summarize the key
story elements.
Problem or Event
Beginning
When?
Who?
What?
Where?
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Organisation Pty. Ltd. 97
Narrative Stage 3: Format 1b - Writing a generated narrative
consisting of a beginning and a problem.
Write a single sentence under each section.
When?
Who?
What?
Where?
Problem
Beginning
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8 Year Olds.There are 11 A4 cards in this set. See over for actual
A4 card size.
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Story Narratives
Beginning
Problem
When? Who? What? Where?
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Ending
Feelings Thoughts
Feelings Thoughts
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