grade 8 narrative writing

Writing a Fictional Narrative (A made up story)

 Introduce the Story: Grab your reader's attention

 Use a general time reference (Last week my life was a simple routine of school, gymnastics and church. But ... everything changed on Friday night when all the lights went out.)

 Catch the reader's attention with a powerful first sentence (" Run for cover!" shrieked a voice coming from behind the leather sofa. As I looked around to isolate the voice, the lights went out.) Middle Paragraphs: Introduce your characters, describe your setting, tell your story

  Tell your story chronologically

 Include descriptive adjectives

 Use sensory word images

 Keep your reader guessing as to where the story is going ( We went here and then we did this and then we did this…………..BORING!)


Conclusion: Bring your narrative to an end and try to tie in your opening paragraph.