A Narrative Paragraph - Level3

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

WRITING TASK 1
LEVEL 3, 2019-1
NAME: _________________________________________ CODE: _______________ GROUP: ________
HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH
AIM: *To identify the structure of a narrative paragraph.

*To tell a personal story, a challenge, an important decision, a dangerous experience through a narrative paragraph.
Activity 1: The purpose of a narrative paragraph (at home)

In your own words write what you think a narrative paragraph is and its characteristics.
A narrative paragraph is… It includes…
Activity 2: some extra ideas (at home)

Watch the video and complete your ideas in the previous chart. Use a different color pen to write this new information.
Tip 1
The topic
Activity 3: The elements of a narrative paragraph (at home)
sentence must
Link the 4 components of a paragraph with their meaning. There are two extra ideas – Read carefully!
catch the reader’s
THE TOPIC SENTENCE  It is when the main action occurs – description of the story attention!
 The main character of the story
THE BEGINNING
 It provides the final action, result or what the character learned
THE MIDDLE  The first sentence. It gives background information of the story
THE END  This is the main action or event that will be narrated in the paragraph
 It is a short description of how the story started
Copyright © 2019. Universidad de La Sabana, Department of Foreign Languages and Cultures. Material adapted from: Great Writing 2 - Cengage by Folse, K., Muchmore, A, Vestri, E. Adapted by Porras, C (2019). All Rights Reserved. No part of this material
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Tip 2
Activity 4: Analyzing a narrative paragraph (at home) Check the use of
 Read the paragraph, identify its components and highlight: The topic sentence with green periods and
The beginning with yellow commas in English.
The middle with blue It is different from
The end with pink Spanish.
A lesson in friendship
I learned the hard way how to make friends in the university. At my school in Cali, I was on the soccer team, so I was very popular, and I was
always talking to people. Unfortunately, everything changed when I was 16 years old because I started the university. Going to the university was
not easy for me. The first days in this huge place were extremely difficult. The class schedule was complex because I did not have all the classes one
after the other – like in school; so, I was normally sitting in the grass waiting for the next class. The teachers were also different, they were more
informal but super strict. All students dressed casually, we did not have to wear uniforms. Some classmates tried to be nice to me, but I did not want
to talk to them. To me they looked “funny”! After a few weeks, I realized that no one tried to talk to me anymore and I began to feel lonely. Finally,
I realized that I was rejecting my new classmates – I was the problem. As a result, I started talking to people in my classes and eventually I made
some good friends. I learned a valuable lesson about the importance of talking to everybody.
 Underline the sentences in past simple
 Circle the sentences in past continuous
 Draw a square around linkers (so, therefore, first…)
 Identify new expressions or words (adjectives) that help the writer describe ideas better. Copy them below and find their meaning.
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 The hard way: to learn something in a difficult or painful way – (A las malas).
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Activity 5: Improving my vocabulary (at home)

Look at the chart and complete it with more descriptive vocabulary. Make sure you understand the meaning of words!
Tip 3
General vocabulary More descriptive vocabulary
Use more detailed
Nice Interesting, thrilling, inspiring, heart-warming, ____________ vocabulary to make
Bad Boring, empty, dull, shocking, _____________ the story appealing.
Good Marvelous, relaxed, _____________, ______________
Afraid Terrified, petrified, _____________, ______________
Activity 6: In my own words (in class)

Answer the following questions based on the paragraph “A lesson in friendship”
 What is the general topic of this paragraph?

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 What lesson did the writer learn from this experience?
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Activity 7: Editing a narrative paragraph (in class)

Read the following paragraph.
 Underline all the verbs.
 Make corrections (when necessary) so that the verbs are in - simple past or past continuous.
 Include punctuation (comma, periods and capital letters)
 Write what the boys learned from this experience
Boys survive 50 days lost at sea
The islands of Atafu are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and the people there go fishing every day one day the sun is shining and the sea is calm
was shinning
so three teenage boys go fishing in a small boat in the evening they don’t arrive home so the islanders go out and look for them and everyone think
the boys are dead
Fifty days later some fishermen are sailing in the middle of the Pacific Ocean when they see a small boat in the distance the three boys are in the
boat over 1.500 kilometers from their home they were living on fish from the sea and rainwater they returned to their families alive and well they
learn that
Go to your book P53 and check your answers

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Activity 8: Thinking about my story (in class)
It is time to think about the story you want to tell.


This must be a true story. Something that happened to you and want to write about. You can write about a challenge, an important

decision or a dangerous experience.
 Organize your ideas by answering the following questions
 Write ONLY key words in each circle
Where did it happen?
Who was involved?
When did it happen?
What happened?/
What were we
doing?
My
story
Why did it happen?
What did I learn? How did it end?
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Activity 9. It is time to write your outline (in class)

 Write short sentences
 Do not use linkers
 Include descriptive vocabulary!
Name: ______________________________________________ Code: _______________ Group: _______________
Tittle:
Characters: General topic:
Topic sentence:
Beginning: Middle: End:
I learned that
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EXCELLENT SUFFICIENT ACCEPTABLE INSUFICIENT POOR
Activity 10. Writing your draft
TASK 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
Name: ______________________________ Group: ______ Code: _________ COHERENCE 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
Use your outline and the audio your teacher recorded to help you write a complete draft. GRAMMAR 1.25 1.0 0.75 0.5 0.25
Check the number of words – 100 to 120
VOCABULARY 0.75 0.6 0.45 0.3 0.15
Remember to follow the structure studied in class.
MECHANICS 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
Tittle: ____________________________________________________________________________
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 Check your paragraph and highlight as follows: The topic sentence with green
 Count the number of words and write it The beginning with yellow
 Underline past simple The middle with blue
 Circle the past continuous The end with pink
Teacher’s comments:
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TOO LITTLE LANGUAGE TO
CATEGORY EXCELLENT SUFFICIENT ACCEPTABLE INSUFICIENT ASSESS
Grade: 5 Score: 4 Score: 3 Score: 2 Score: 1
TASK  Addresses all the requirements  Addresses most of the  The paragraph accomplishes  The paragraph hardly  The paragraph does not
FULFILMENT of the task outstandingly. requirements of the task. some requirements of the completes the accomplish the
The paragraph  The information given is  The information given is task. requirements of the task. requirements of the task.
includes the 4 appropriate to the assigned task relevant to the assigned topic  The information given does  The information given is  Too little information to be
elements required and shows evidence of an and shows evidence of not highly contribute to the not topic related. assessed.
excellent preparation. preparation. topic.  Word number is poorly  Word number is not
 Word number is outstandingly  Word number is mostly  Word number is fairly reached. reached.
20% reached. reached. reached.  The paper is OFF topic;
therefore, the grade is 1.0
 The paragraph copies the
model’s content;
THEREFORE, the grade is
1.0 0.0
0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
 Focuses on very clear ideas with  Develops an organized  Ideas are understandable but  Ideas are confusing and  Repeats ideas, and the text
COHERENCE AND an organized text sequence of clear ideas. not very elaborated, which are not well-organized. is almost impossible to
COHESION  Links ideas correctly with basic  Most of the ideas are linked somewhat organized.  Includes limited basic understand.
cohesive devices related to time. with basic cohesive devices  Some of the ideas are linked cohesive devices  There are no basic cohesive
20% related to time with basic cohesive devices devices
 Too little information to be
assessed.
1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
GRAMMAR  Expresses ideas with an  Expresses ideas with an  Shows some mistakes with  There are basic mistakes  There is a lack of subjects in
outstanding sentence structure. appropriate sentence sentence structure. with sentence structure. sentences and/or correct
25%  Uses the tenses required for the structure.  Some of the tenses used are  Grammatical errors alter verb conjugations.
task appropriately.  Uses the tenses required for inappropriate for the task. the message.  Grammatical errors break
 Shows excellent use of past the task with a few mistakes.  Shows use of past simple and  Shows use of past simple the message.
simple and past continuous.  Shows great use of past past continuous with some and past continuous
simple and past continuous mistakes. with several mistakes.
with a few mistakes.
1.25 1.0 0.75 0.5 0.25
 Uses a great variety of  Uses a variety of  Shows adequate and related  Shows limited vocabulary  Does not use related
vocabulary including new vocabulary, including new vocabulary which occasionally which is not related to vocabulary and expressions
VOCABULARY words and expressions related words and expressions may be repetitive. the task assigned. throughout the paragraph.
15% to the task. related to the task.  There were frequent  Shows L1 interference.  Shows repetitive L1
 There were minor errors in  There were some errors in errors in word choice that  There were a lot of interference.
word choice. word choice did not interfere with errors in word choice  Too little information to be
meaning. assessed
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 Includes adjectives outstandingly  Includes adjectives  Includes adjectives to describe that interfered with
to describe the situation. appropriately to describe the the situation. meaning.
situation.  Barely includes adjectives
0.6 0.45 to describe the situation.
0.15
0.75 0.3
MECHANICS  Spelling is appropriately used  Spells with a few errors that  Makes errors in spelling that  Makes errors in that  Spells inappropriately,
overall in the writing. do not interfere with the do not interfere with the interfere with the breaking the message.
20%  Punctuates appropriately and message. message. message.  Punctuation is omitted.
avoids run-on sentences.  Uses punctuation, but some  Punctuates, but sometimes  Punctuation is not  Capitalization is omitted.
 Capitalizes words appropriately. punctuation marks are not alternates periods and correctly used.  No paragraphing.
 Paragraphing is appropriate. used appropriately. commas leading to run-on  There are repetitive
 Most of the times capitalizes sentences. errors in capitalization.
words correctly.  Sometimes capitalizes words  Paragraphing is incorrect.
 Paragraphing is mostly correctly.
appropriate.  Paragraphing is faulty.
1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2

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UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES

NAME: _________________________________________ CODE: _______________ GROUP: ________

HOW TO WRITE A NARRATIVE PARAGRAPH

AIM: *To identify the structure of a narrative paragraph.

Activity 1: The purpose of a narrative paragraph (at home)

A narrative paragraph is… It includes…

Activity 2: some extra ideas (at home)

 Underline the sentences in past simple

 Circle the sentences in past continuous

 Draw a square around linkers (so, therefore, first…)

Activity 5: Improving my vocabulary (at home)

Activity 6: In my own words (in class)

 What is the general topic of this paragraph?

Activity 7: Editing a narrative paragraph (in class)

Boys survive 50 days lost at sea

the boys are dead

Go to your book P53 and check your answers

Activity 8: Thinking about my story (in class)

It is time to think about the story you want to tell.

What did I learn? How did it end?

Activity 9. It is time to write your outline (in class)

Name: ______________________________________________ Code: _______________ Group: _______________

Characters: General topic:

Beginning: Middle: End:

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