What is a

narrative?
Text Structure
 What are we learning this
today?
Today, we are learning about the structure of
narratives.
 Why are we learning it?

We are learning about narratives so that we will

be able to write them.
What are my learning goals?

I know the main parts of a narrative.

 Vocab to know
text structure
text type orientation
narrative complication
resolution
 What makes a narrative a
narrative?
Turn and Talk
How do you know when you are reading, listening to
or watching a narrative (a story)?

What are the clues?

 Structure
Texts are made up of different parts.

Text types share the same parts in the same order.

This is what we call the structure of a text or text

type.
Text structure
examples
 Greeting
Dear Bob,
Birthday
I hope you have a message
How do very happy
you birthday!
know?

From Sam Sign off

xxoo

Birthday message
 Title

Ingredients

Picture

Method
 Narrative Structure
The main parts of a narrative are called:
The orientation
The complication
The resolution
 Story Mountain

Something solves the

complication or allows
things to calm back
down.

A problem that kicks things off.

Gives the audience they need to know
what they can expect from the story.
Orientation
Lets the audience know what they can expect from
the story, including:
● who or what will be in the narrative.
● where the narrative will take place
(or start).
● when the narrative will
take place (or start).
Complication
A problem that kicks off the action.

The story starts to become more exciting or

interesting after this.

Many stories will have more than

one complication.
Resolution
Something that solves the problem or allows for
things to calm back down.

After this, things go back to normal,

or a ‘new normal’, which is a bit
different.
Narrative
examples
 Once upon a time, there
lived three little pigs.

One day, they decided to leave home and build

houses of their own.
The first little pig thought that straw would make a
good house.
The second little pig thought that sticks would
make a fine house.
The third little pig thought that bricks would make
a strong house.
The first little pig built his house out of straw
very quickly and he was very pleased with it.

It took the third little

pig a long time to build his
house out of bricks but
he was very pleased with it.

The second little pig built

his house out of sticks
very quickly and he was
also very pleased with it.
One day, a big bad wolf came along.
He saw the first little pig in his house of straw.
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in,” he snarled.
“Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin!” cried
the first little pig.
 “Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow
your house down!” growled the big bad wolf.

So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house

down! The first little pig escaped and ran to join his
brother in the house made of sticks.
The big bad wolf followed the little pig to the house
made of sticks.
“Little pig, little pig, let me come in,” he snarled.
“Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin!” cried the
second little pig.
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your
house down!” growled the big bad wolf.

So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house

down! The two little pigs escaped and ran to join their
brother in the house made of bricks.
The big bad wolf followed the pigs to the house
made of bricks.
“Little pig, little pig, let me
come in,” he snarled.

“Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin!” cried the

third little pig.
“Then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and
I’ll blow your house down!”
growled the big bad wolf.

He huffed and he puffed, but the house was too

strong. He could not blow it down!
 This made the
big bad wolf
very angry.

He climbed onto the roof of the house so he could

crawl down the chimney.
The big bad wolf was in for a big surprise!
The third little pig had been cooking a The wolf fell right
big pot of stew and SPLASH! into the pot!
 The wolf was very shocked.

He jumped out of the pot and ran straight out of the

house. He never came back again.
The little pigs lived happily ever after in the house
made of bricks.
Orientation
Once upon a time, there lived three little pigs. • Who or what will be in the
story?
• When will the story take
place?
• Where will the story take
place?

One day, they decided to leave home and

build houses of their own.
Complication
• What is the problem?

One day, a big, bad wolf came along.

Resolution
• How was the complication
resolved?

The wolf was very shocked. He jumped out of the pot and
ran straight out of the house. He never came back again.
 Self Evaluation

I know the main parts of a narrative.