Narrative Writing · B4 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B4.4.10.1.1

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify the beginning, middle and ending of a given story and explain what happens in each part.
Write a short narrative about a real or imagined experience, organising the events in the correct sequence.
Use appropriate nouns and pronouns correctly within and across sentences to make their writing flow smoothly and avoid unnecessary repetition.
Describe characters and settings using suitable adjectives and adverbs to add detail and interest.
Rewrite a short story from the first person point of view to the third person point of view, changing the pronouns correctly.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Narrative Writing (4.10)
Content standard: B4.4.10.1 - Narrate situations, express feelings and convey point of view about the world/ or fictional world
Indicator: B4.4.10.1.1 - Write about real or imagined experiences or events following story structure (beginning, middle and ending), using appropriate nouns or pronouns within and across sentences to aid cohesion.
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 4 (Week 28 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language Curriculum (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 53
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

i. Describing the setting and developing the plot (events in the story).
ii. Describing characters with elaboration. iii. Using first and third persons.
- Guide learners to narrate an event they participated in e.g. my first day at the national theatre. Learners tell the story sequentially: beginning, middle and end. (Learners are grouped to write their own story based on a chosen experience agreed on by all. Let them build a mind map to guide their writing.)
- Let learners use adjectives and adverbs in describing the physical appearance and state of their characters.
- Guide them with examples to write from the first person point of view to start with and later change the same story to read from the third person point of view.
- Learners edit their work first in their groups, then across groups. Let learners then publish their stories on the class notice board so each group can read another's story.