A SAMPLE STORY-LINE

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* Suddenly, friend saw dark figure behind an old
tombstone
- DESCRIBE DARK FIGURE
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* tall, one-eyed monster, bulging
* I quickened steps to reach
red eye
home faster
* smelled awful and nauseating
* friend calling me names accusing
- USE DIRECT SPEECH (DIALOGUE)
* (friend) : Oooh! Stop being ridiculous
* (I) : Im serious. There seem to be
strange voices
calling our names

- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS

OF FEELINGS
* (feeling) both us us scared to death
* (reactions) screamed for help, cried ,
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* we ran helter-skelter for our lives
* my boastful friend wet her pants

- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* I started imagining weird things
heard scary
voices
* friend laughed - thought I
obsessed - movie
- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS
OF FEELINGS
* (feeling) I frightened
* (reactions) sweating , heart beat
faster,

- INTRODUCE & DESCRIBE

THE SETTING
* short cut passed graveyard
* graveyard in moonlight - calm windy
- DESCRIBE
ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
INTRODUCTION
* my friend and I watched midnight movie at
the cinema
* 2.00a.m movie ended - missed the last bus

- USE DIRECT SPEECH

(DIALOGUE)
* (friend) : Rinie, wait for me
* (I) : Come on Zura! Run faster

TITLE :
AN
UNFORGETTABLE
ENCOUNTER

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- DESCRIBE CHARACTERS
* I - took off my sandals - to
speed up
* friend panting for breath
- INTRODUCE & DESCRIBE
NEW SETTING
* we reached main road
* bright streetlights cars on
- DESCRIBE
ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* we turned around to look
behind us
ENDING
* we looked at each other - puzzled
* What was it? Was there really a
ghost?
* we will never know .....

PLANNING A STORY-LINE USING A PLOT GRAPH

QUESTION :
Begin your story with :
It was a sunny
afternoon ........

A SAMPLE STORY-LINE
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* Yeay! I won the lucky draw for SAKAN

BONANZA

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- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* I searched high and low for the
homemade
fresh coffee beans in the wooden
cabinet
* I almost dropped the coffee beans jar
when

- USE DIRECT SPEECH (DIALOGUE)

* (mother) : Niza, get the dry clothes
in before
it rains
* (I) : In a minute mum, Im preparing
hot coffee
- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS
OF FEELINGS
* (feeling) I calm and serene
* (reactions) took a deep breath,
closed my
- DESCRIBE THE SETTING
* Kampung Tua beautiful village, lush green
paddy fields
*a flock of sparrows flying across the sky of the
vast
Begin
paddy fields
*undulating mountains a magnificent backdrop
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* my grandfather and father relaxing
at the
verandah rolling cigarette leaves
* my mother and I - busy washing
dishes
INTRODUCTION
* It was a sunny afternoon in my village Kampung
Tua
*My family and I had just enjoyed a delicious lunch
prepared

- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS OF

FEELINGS
* (feeling) I - exuberant
* (reactions) running to the verandah while
screming crazily,
hugging and kissing both grandfather and father
repeatedly
* (feeling) grandfather and father puzzled
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* I explained I just won a Grand Prize for SAKAN
BONANZA
lucky draw
* I shouted out of joy RM 10,000.00 and a
Perodua Kembara
will be mine soon
*I imagined myself cruising in the car and flaunting

QUESTION
TITLE : :
your story
AN with :

UNFORGETTABLE
It was
a sunny
ENCOUNTER
afternoon
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* (grandmother) : Wow!Congrats! Opah
wants to
be the first person to go on a ride on
that
automobile with you
* (mother) : Whats going on here. Do I
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* father informed mother about my
windfall
- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS OF
FEELINGS
* (feeling)mother shocked and elated
* (reactions) jaw dropped, eyes bulged and
carved a big smile from ear to ear while
ENDING
* couldnt wait for the big day next day - to receive
the prize
* lying on bed couldnt sleep eyes blinking till

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QUESTION :

Begin your story with :

It was a sunny
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INTRODUCTION

ENDING
* we looked at each other - puzzled
* What was it? Was there really a
ghost?
* we will never know .....

INTRODUC
DESCRIBE
ESETTING
SETTING

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DIRECT
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SPEECH

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REACTIONS OF
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DESCRIBE
OBJECT (S)

SMK RAJA PEREMPUAN KELSOM, KUALA KANGSAR

MY PROCESS WRITING PROJECT 2016

FOCUS : NARRATIVE WRITING PORTFOLIO

NAME :__________________________________
CLASS : __________________________________
ENGLISH TEACHER : MADAM CLARE KIMSIN

Rearrange the events to form a logical plot of the story. Cut and paste the boxes
on the task template/story-line graph.
INTRODUCTION
- DESCRIBE DARK FIGURE
* my friend and I watched* midnight
moviemonster,
at
tall, one-eyed
bulging
the cinema
red eye
* 2.00a.m movie ended *- smelled
missed the
lastand
busnauseating
awful
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* I started imagining weird things
heard scary
voices
* friend laughed - thought I
obsessed - movie
- DESCRIBE
ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES

- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS

OF FEELINGS
* (feeling) I frightened
* (reactions) sweating , heart beat
faster,

- INTRODUCE & DESCRIBE

THE SETTING
* short cut passed graveyard
* graveyard in moonlight - calm windy

- USE DIRECT SPEECH

(DIALOGUE)
* (friend) : Rinie, wait for me
* (I) : Come on Zura! Run faster
- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* we ran helter-skelter for our lives
* my boastful friend wet her pants

CLIMAX
* Suddenly, friend saw dark figure behind an old
tombstone

- SHARE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS

OF FEELINGS
* (feeling) both us us scared to death
* (reactions) screamed for help, cried ,
- INTRODUCE & DESCRIBE
NEW SETTING
* we reached main road
* bright streetlights cars on

- DESCRIBE
ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
ENDING
* we turned around to look
* we looked at each other - puzzled
behind us
* What was it? Was there really a
ghost?
* we will never know .....

- DESCRIBE CHARACTERS
* I - took off my sandals - to
speed up
* friend panting for breath

- USE DIRECT SPEECH (DIALOGUE)

* (friend) : Oooh! Stop being ridiculous
* (I) : Im serious. There seem to be
strange voices
calling our names

- DESCRIBE ACTIVITY/ACTIVITIES
* I quickened steps to reach
home faster
* friend calling me names accusing