Let’s try….

Write a story about an old man beginning with:

“It was raining heavily and nobody was willing to...”
TEMPLATE – NARRATIVE ESSAYS

PARAGRAPH 1:

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………………………………………………………..………………… Introduce a character
………………… (describe the character / use adjectives / location / activity/ etc) ……….....
….…………………………………………………………………..

PARAGRAPH 2:

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………………………………. Introduce another character ………………………………….
(describe the character / use adjectives / connection with the first character / etc) ….
………………………... ** you may introduce more than one character **
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PARAGRAPH 3:

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……………………………… Create a problem / crisis (climax) …………………………….….
….…. (accident / incident / bad luck / witness something / feeling / reaction / etc) …….
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PARAGRAPH 4:

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………………………. Have a solution to the problem / crisis ……………
.……….…… (how to solve / actions taken / who involved / outcome/ result / etc) ……….
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PARAGRAPH 5:

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…………….………... State the moral value / lesson learnt…………….… (feeling / moral
of the story / wish / etc) ……………….…..….……………………………
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Let’s try….
Write a story about an old man ending with:
“…a day which I will never forget in my life.”

Write an essay based on the template above. Expand the notes given and
add the necessary information to make your story interesting.

TASK 1

Paragraph 1:

Saturday night – Ina – alone – home – parents – out for dinner – lonely

Paragraph 2:

idea – invited friend – Syidah – watched movie – excited – popcorn – happy

Paragraph 3:

forgot – lock gate – bicycle – missing – Syidah cried

Paragraph 4:

parents – back – scolded Ina – sent Syidah back – apologised

Paragraph 5:

Ina – regretted – actions – parents advised – be alert

In narrative writing it is advisable for students to insert
“audio” and “visual” effects as to attract the reader
towards the script. The more of these “special effects”
inserted into the piece of writing the better marks the
candidates would stand to gain.
For example :

It was twelve midnight….there was no

one at home and I could hear the clock

going tick, tock, tick, tock and the sound

of wind outside going swish, swish and

suddenly there was a loud BANG outside.
That extremely loud sound made me

jump out of my chair and I started

shivering and perspiring……