ESL2O

2.5 Reading Strategies: Narrative Texts

Learning Goals
● Students will recognize the structure and purpose of a narrative text.
● Students will learn about the two types of narrative texts included in the
OSSLT.
● Students will learn helpful strategies they can use before, during and after
reading narrative texts.
● Students will apply the strategies they learned in answering questions
about sample narrative texts.
Success Criteria
You are successful in this lesson if you can:

● Recognize the structure of a sample narrative text.

● Identify the purpose of the given narrative text.
● Apply the strategies you learned before, during and after reading
narrative texts.
● Answer the questions about the sample narrative text with accuracy
Let’s review!
What do you still
recall from the
previous lesson?
GOOD JOB!
LET’S CONTINUE.
REading strategies:
Narrative texts
 What is narrative
texts?
- Texts that are narrative in nature
tell some sort of story.
 Spot the narrative text
Which one of these is an example of a narrative text?
 What to expect in the exam?

You will be required to

read and comprehend
two different sorts of
narrative materials on
the OSSLT: dialogue and
life-story.
dialogue
Conversation between two
people—and occasionally
more—is referred to as a
dialogue. The average length of
an OSSLT dialogue is between
225 and 250 words.
Real-life narrative
Real-life stories often have a
word count of 550–600. It is a
narrative or an account of a
crucial occasion or event in
someone's life.
What do you think
are the challenges
that you will
encounter when
reading dialogues
and real-life
narratives?
Structure of narrative texts

Clear narrative components including plot,

atmosphere, characters, topic, and setting
are typically present in narrative texts.
That is correct! You can begin evaluating
narrative texts using your understanding of
PACTS.
What do you
remember about
PACTS?
READING NARRATIVE
- You can interpret narrative
texts using other techniques
besides PACTS as well.
BEFORE READING
- Let's examine what you can
do prior to beginning to
read narrative materials.
TIP #1
❏ Consider what would occur in the
story after reading the title.

❏ What does the text discuss?

❏ Does the title imply any relationships

to your personal life or pose any
queries?
TIP #2
❏ Take a look at any visual examples.

❏ What do they tell you about the

narrative or subject?
TIP #3
❏ Examine and sample the text to
determine its length, structure,
organization, and linguistic
complexity.

❏ Be mindful of the punctuation.

❏ Apply all the advice you
have just learnt right
away.
❏ Recall to merely glance at
the narrative material at
this time.
 Pre-reading activity
Answer the following questions about the informational text
that you just skimmed.

❏ What drew your notice at first glance?

❏ Considering these findings, what do you
believe the narrative texts’ subject to be?
DURING READING
- Here are some tactics you can
use when you begin reading
narrative materials after your
pre-reading exercises.
TIP #1
❏ Ask questions about what is
happening as you read.

❏ Make assumptions about potential

future events.
TIP #2
❏ Create a position on the situation.
Consider your reactions and responses
to the reading you are doing.

❏ You can concentrate your thinking by

making notes in the margins and
annotating the text with your
responses.
TIP #3
❏ Imagine the scene, the actions, or
the pictures in your head. As you
read, visualize the action and how
the words will be pronounced.
TIP #4

❏ Make associations with what you

already know.
TIP #5
❏ Who are the persons and what
connections do they have with one
another?

❏ Consider yourself in their shoes. How

would you respond?
SHARE YOUR NOTES
- As you begin reading the
narrative material, make a
note of it here. Start putting
the techniques you just
learned to use.
AFTER READING
- Now that you’re done reading,
how can you make the best
sense of what you just read?
Try these two strategies.
TIP #1

❏ To depict the storyline or order of

events in the story, use a graphic
organizer.
TIP #2

❏ In your own words, either verbally or

in writing, retell or sum up the
information.
 post-reading activity
❏ Make a graphic organizer that shows how
the story's events unfold.
❏ Below the graphic organizer you created,
write your own description of the narrative
material.
❏ Put your work in the designated folder.
 What was the
most exciting
thing that you
learned in
today’s lesson?
 homework
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