Narrative ParagraphUnit 6

Your are going to learn:

• 1-Narrative organization• 2- Using sensory and emotional details• 3- Showing order of events in narrative

paragraphs• 4- Showing simultaneous events• 5- Forming and using the simple past• 6- Forming and using past continious

Narrative Paragraph

• 1- Topic sentence• 2- Supporting sentences• 3- Concluding

Narrative paragraph

It tells a story. Also, it has a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence.

Any story has setting, characters, and a plot

• 1- Setting •

• 2-Characters

• 3- Plot

Topic Sentence

• 1- The topic sentence tells the reader what the story will be about.

• 2- Tells when and where the story took place.• 3- It should capture the reader’s interest.

Supporting Sentences• 1- Tell the details of the story, including the

sequence of events.• 2- Include sensory details, such as what the

author saw, heard, smelled, or tasted.• 3- They also may tell about the writer’s

feelings during the events.

Concluding Sentence

• It “wraps up” the story. It may include a comment about why the experience was important or how the writer felt after it.

Using sensory and Emotional Details

• 1- Sensory details give information about how something looks, smells, tastes, feels or what it sounds like.

• My teeth were chattering, and my legs felt like jelly.

• The morning sun warmed my back.

• 2- Emotional details help the reader understand the writer’s feelings.

• Suddenly, my fear vanished, and I felt confident as I looked out at the crowd.

• The sight filled me with excitement.

Showing Order of Events in Narrative Paragraph

• Next- after that- afterwards- then- later- Finally- eventually- a little while later- soon.

We unpacked the car and set up our tent. After that, we built a fire and cooked our food.Our entire family squeezed into the car, and soon we were on our way.

Showing Simultaneous Events

• Meanwhile- while- at the same time that

• I made coffee. Meanwhile, my brother tried to distract our mother.

• I was planning a surprise party at the same time that I was getting ready to move.

An example of a narrative paragraph

• This past weekend I had the time of my life. First, Friday night, I had my best friend over and we made a delicious, mouth-watering pizza. After we ate, we had a friendly video game competition. On Saturday, my dad took us out on the boat. The weather was perfect and the water was warm. It was a great day to go for a swim. Later that night, we went to the movies. We saw an action packed thriller and ate a lot of popcorn. Finally, on Sunday, we rode our bikes all over town. By the end of the day, my legs were very tired. I only hope that next weekend can be as fun as this one.

Using the simple past

• To tell about actions that started and finished in the past.

Simple past * * *

Dalia walked home quickly that night.Ronald studied all night for that exam.

Forming the Simple Past

• Regular verbs (simple past)• Add –d or –ed to the base form of the verb.• In 2003, I celebrated my birthday with my

family in Jeddah.• I graduated from high school in 2001.

Irregular verbs (simple past)

• Irregular verbs in the simple past.• Eliza and her sister spent all their money.• I met my husband at the airport last Monday.

Negative statement of simple past

• Did not + base form of the verb.• I did not fall off the cliff.• I did not waste any money.

Verb to be (is –was/ are-were)

• Ahmad was at school yesterday.• Maha and Noura were happy.

• Negative form:• Ahmad was not at school yesterday.• Maha and Noura were not happy.

Affirmative Statementssubject Base form of verb + -

d/-edI

waited patiently

YouHeSheItWeYou

They

Negative Statementssubject Did+ not Base form

of verbI

Did not wait patiently

YouHeSheItWeYou

They

Affirmative StatementsSubject Was/ were

I was

beautiful

You were

HeSheIt

was

We

wereYou

They

Negative StatementsSubject Was/ were + NOT

I Was not

beautiful

You Were not

HeSheIt

Was not

We

Were notYou

They

Using the Past Continuous

• 1- To describe an event that was already in progress when another event occurred or interrupted the first event.

• * ------*------- * *My brother and I were watching TV when we heard a crash.The car was moving slowly, so I had plenty of time to cross the street.

• 2- Using the past continuous to tell about two or more activities that were in progress at the same time.

• She was running while talking on the cell phone.

• Some teenagers were splashing and shouting at each other.

Forming the Past Continuous

• Was/ were + v + ing• I was living in Washington at the time.• Negative form• Was/ were + not+ v+ ing• I was not living in Washington at the time.

• Do not use stative verbs (be, know, understand, see, believe) in the past continuous. Use simple past instead.

Affirmative StatementsSubject Was/ were Base form of V + ing

I was

watching

You were

HeSheIt

was

We

wereYou

They

Negative StatementsSubject Was/ were Base form of V + ing

I Was not

watching

You Were not

HeSheIt

Was not

We

Were notYou

They

Narrative paragraph checklist

• 1- Does the paragraph have a title?• 2- Does it have a topic sentence that tells what the story will be about?• 3- Does it have background information?• 4- Does it give the events of the story?• 5- Are there sensory and/or emotional details?• 6- Does it use a sequence words and/or other transition words to show

the order of events?• 7- Did you use simple past and past continuous correctly?• 8- Did you include concluding sentence that “wraps up” the story?• Does it tell how experience affected you?

Any Questions?