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Unit 7 Writing a Narrative and a Fairy Tale Unit 7 Writing a Narrative and a Fairy Tale Another, and possibly best-known, form of creative writing is writing a story. This is called narrative writing. This demands not only creative writing skills but also creative ideas. Personal Narrative Personal narratives are one of the first types of creative writing that students do. Students write about themselves, their families, their community and their schools. They are successful in writing personal narratives because they can draw on what they know best about themselves or something they have done. Personal Narrative Model 1 When I was five years old, my mother and I had a discussion about cleaning my room. She told me I couldn’t play until I cleaned my room up. She went into the kitchen and let me clean my room up. About ten minutes later I walked in the kitchen and stood there. My mother asked, “That was fast. Did you already get your room cleaned? I said, “God told me that I didn’t have to clean my room.” With a shocked look on my mom’s face, she asked me again, “What? God will forgive me this day, so get back in your room and get it cleaned up!” (Adapted from Tompkins, 1994, p. 154) Exercise 1 Write your own personal narrative. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Personal Narrative Model 2 A Beautiful Wedding The happiest day of my life was the day I got married. I will never forget that day. It was a beautiful day in August. I woke up early in the morning. I had my last breakfast with my parents, brothers and sisters. That made me a little sad. We all got dressed and went to the church. We waited one hour until everyone arrived. Then the wedding ceremony began. It was very beautiful. There were flower all over the church and someone played music on the church organ. When the priest said that we were married, I started to cry. My husband winked at me and we both laughed. After the ceremony, we had a reception at my house. All my relatives and friends were there. There was a wonderful orchestra that played our favorite music. Everyone danced a lot. My mother and her friends prepared delicious food, and everyone ate and drank a lot. We all enjoyed it very much. I was very happy with my husband on that day. Now we have two children and we are still happy. I always remember that special day when we began our wonderful life together. (Adapted from Dicker, 1992, p 22) 126 Exercise 2 Do you like this story? Why or why not? I like / don’t like this story because _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 127 Exercise 3 Pretend you are the writer’s brother, sister, mother, or father. Describe how you felt on the day of the wedding and recall some of the memories you had that day. After you have finished writing, share what you wrote with a classmate. I remember the day that my____________________got married. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 128 Writing a Narrative: A Story Writing is not just getting down the ideas. It depends on the writer’s purpose, the text will have a particular shape and the language will be organized in a particular way to give the text its meaning. Writing a narrative has many kinds of framework which because the nature of creative writing is not fixed. Here is one kind of framework. The Structure of a Narrative Orientation which: introduces the characters and sparks the reader’s interest in the characters tells the reader when, where, who, what and why gives a hint about the problems which the characters will encounter Complication where: something happens which the characters do not expect the reader discovers the problem Evaluation which: can occur as a separate stage but is also woven into the complication is where the storyteller comments on the events and makes them significant for the reader makes the reader care about what happens to the characters slows the action down and creates suspense which makes the reader want to find out what happens next Resolution in which the problem is solved. Coda which rounds off the story with a short comment on what happened or with a comment about the future lives of the characters. For example, many fairy tales have a coda such as And they lived happily ever after. (Joyce and Feez, 2000, pp. 59-60) 129 Model 1 Why Volcanoes Smoke Orientation: When A long time ago when the earth was young there was a large, Where Who furious, demon pig that used to roam in the jungle. Complication The pig would stalk the village at night and steal children from their families.
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