Writing

Icono IDevice Writing
Narrative composition:
  • A narrative composition is a piece of writing that tells an experience, usually in the past
  • It can be based on one of your own experiences, or it can be based on the experiences of someone else.

First steps for writing a narrative composition:

  • Identify the experience that you want to write about.
  • Think about why the experience is significant for you.
  • Spend a good deal of time drafting your recollections about the details of the experience.
  • Create an outline of the basic parts of your narrative.

Draft for writing a narrative composition

Introduction Begin your narrative with a paragraph that introduces the experience and its significance.

Where – When – Who - Why

Body Write about the details of the experience, about what actually happened. What

 

Conclusion End of the story. Is it still important/significant/interesting for you?


Topics for a narrative composition:

  • A childhood event
  • A change in your life
  • An accident you witnessed
  • A perfect day
  • Your first day at school/at work



Icono IDevice Connectors used in a narrative
In unit 1 you studied the list of the most important connectors used in composition.

Now, in following units you will be reminded of some of the most adequate connectors you can use for the proposed composition

Use connectors to organize information in narratives
Sequence connectors
Time expressions
Time connectors

At first, firstly, first of all, to begin with
secondly, thirdly, finally, in the end,
afterwards, after that, then, next

Last winter/summer, a month/year later,
the next morning, that afternoon, on the
following/previous day ...

when, while, before, after,
until, during, as soon as, by
the time, once

Note:

♦ use sequence connectors to show the sequence of events in a story or a report of an event. They introduce a sentence and take a comma immediately after the connector.
♦ use time expressions to tell exactly when these events happened. They introduce sentences.
♦ use time connectors to show the connections between the events in the story. A complete clause follows these connectors


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