Boost your Writing Narrative Writing Skills

Writing narratives is difficult for many students. A hurdle for students is how to identify the essential elements of any story and how to structure it. The next part in narrative writing is how to use language effectively. This PPT covers the structure and language components in narrative writing that should be completed as a series of lessons. The following elements are covered:

• Understanding of the three essential elements of a narratrive: Conflict, Change or resolution and Descriptive Writing.
• How to break down the components of a story through the plot mountain organiser graph
• Become familiar with the concepts of horizontal and vertical time to make their descriptive writing more effective.
• How to complete effective story starts by examining a multitude of story starts.
• Use show not tell style to improve your writing
• The use of sensory language to upgrade your standard