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Narrative Writing

Learning Objectives

Understand the components of a narrative paragraph

Be able to use a graphic organizer to plan their writing
To be able to write a good narrative paragraph

A Vacation Memory

Directions: The sentences below fit together to form a Perfect Paragraph, but they’re all mixed up.
Sort them out and rewrite them in the correct order using Paragraph Template to form a great
narrative paragraph. When finished, try writing your own Perfect Paragraph about something you
did during your vacation from school.

It turns out strawberries aren’t so great for baking.

It was wonderful having pie, but it was even better making it with my friends.
We picked the berries behind the house.
This summer, Shelby and Cali came to my house and helped me bake a blackberry pie.
We used the leftover dough to make a strawberry tart.
Shelby ate more than she put in the bucket.

Directions: Use the template to create your rough draft. Write one sentence in each box.

Topic Sentence: Tells the main idea.

Supporting Sentence: Gives a reason, example, or event to explain the topic.

Detail Sentence: Gives a detail about the first supporting sentence.

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Supporting Sentence: Gives another reason, example, or event to explain the topic

Detail Sentence: Gives a detail about the second supporting sentence.

Conclusion Sentence: Repeats the main idea in different words.

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Practicing Sentence Variety

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Read the paragraph below. Then, rewrite it to make it sound better. You will need to add words,
leave out repeated words, and change the order of others. Do not combine all sentences. Leave a
few short for variety. Also, vary sentence beginnings.

He tore into the room. He tripped on a desk. The desk was out of place in the row. A girl dashed
after him. She was angry. Her face showed the anger. The math class was dismayed. They looked
up. They had been working on story problems. They had been working quietly. The boy turned
unexpectedly. He stared straight at the girl. She stopped. The stop was short. No one dared to
breathe.

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