EN3-2A

composes, edits
and presents wellstructured and
coherent texts

Narrative

country narrative

Stage 3
Lesson 1

Time: 45 minutes
Materials: Narrative Graphic Organiser

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Lesson 2

Time: 30 minutes
Materials: Paper doll and materials, candy

experiment page, lollies, That makes Sense and Sentence

Stretchers

Stage 3
Lesson 3

Time: 60 minutes
Materials:Rough Draft Template

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Lesson 4

Time: 30 minutes
Materials: Story Punctuation takes a vacation, 3
stars and a wish peer edit page

Stage 3
Lesson 5

Time: 45 minutes
Materials: cover page template, writing template page

Look at the picture from another country.

Where do you think the picture is from? What
do you think is happening in the picture?
Write a narrative based on this picture.

Narrative Assessment

Narrative Writing Rubric

NAME:______________ DATE:_________

TEXT

MARK

STRUCTURE
Title

Paragraph

Detailed noun groups describing characters and

settings
verb groups/adverbial phrases giving details how,
when, where
Past tense

Action verbs

Impersonal language eg. passive voice

Linking words to sequence events

Figurative language

Dialogue describing characters, relationships and

events
Correct spelling (80% words used correct)

Correct punctuation (capitals and full stops = 1,

includes other = 2)

- Plot: Is it interesting?

- Theme: main idea

1. Orientation
- Who, what, when, where, why

2. Complication
- Conflict or problem
3. Series of Events
- character/s reactions to problems
4. Resolution
- character/s solve problems
5. Coda
- moral lesson of the story (optional)

LANGUAGE FEATURES

CREATIVE IDEAS

TOTAL
MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SCORE

34
34

Examples of Language Features in Procedures

Language Features

Examples

Detailed noun groups describing

characters and setting

I stared at the deep blue sea

Verb groups/adverbial phrases giving

details how, when, where

We sped thrillingly toward the beach.

Past tense

Then the ambulance arrived.

Action verbs

I ran as fast as I could

Impersonal language eg. Passive

voice

Huge pieces of flesh had been torn

from his limbs.

Linking words to sequence events

And then it came

Figurative language eg. Similes,

metaphors, personification
Dialogue describing characters,
relationships and events

The lighthouse was standing

silently on the cliff
Oh no, he had been attacked by a
shark, I thought