Lecture-Ten-Narrative-Writing

LectureTenNarrationofanEventCourseOutline•VocabularyQuiz•SentencePatternIntroduction•NarrationofanEvent•PeerRevisionCorrespondingIdeasMatchthecluesontherighttothecorrespondingvocabularytermsontheleftbywritingthelettersonthelinesprovided.1.GregariousA.friendly,good-natured2.ProsperB.ithassomanyuses!3.ResilientC.Youcan’tinfectmewithyourhatefulcomments.4.PrudentD.discreetorcautiousinmanagingone’sactivities5.ConformE.Raiseyourglasstowealth,health,andhappiness!6.ImmuneF.Somepeopledeserverespect.7.MundaneG.Thepresidentialcandidatelovestosocialize.8.VersatileH.Idon’tlikethedulltaskoffoldingshirtsatmyjob.9.VenerableI.Don’tletconstantfailurestopyoufromachievingyourdreams.10.AmiableJ.PeoplewholackuniquenessandneverdothisCreatingContextRespondtoeachofthefollowingpromptsintwoorthreecompletesentences.1.Describesomeonewhoisaffluent.2.Howwouldyoufosterahomelesspanda?3.Describeafamouspersonwhohaspassion.4.Describesomethingthatisinevitable.5.Whymightagroupofpeopleconvene?1.G2.E3.I4.D5.J6.C7.H8.B9.F10.ATwoParticiples,TwoVerbs,andaSimile•“Streamingwithperspiration,weswarmeduptherope,andcomingintotheblastofcoldwind,gaspedlikemenplungedintoicywater.”–JosephConrad•Assignment:Writeasentencewithgrammaticalelementssimilartotheoneabove,openingwithapresentparticiple(endingin-ing),incorporatingtwovisualanddynamicverbs,andendingwithasimile.Streamingwithperspiration,weswarmeduptherope,andcomingintotheblastofcoldwind,gaspedlikemenplungedintoicywater.Strainingwithtension,Iclamberedupthecastlewall,andcominginthroughthegallerywindows,shudderedlikeamaninhisdeathrattle.Taxiingofftherunway,theplanesoaredtowardthehorizon,andfishtailingoutofcontrol,plungedtoitsicydeathlikeanavalanche.Pre-WritingWriteanarrativeessayonthefollowingtopicsinanywayyouthinkappropriatewithin15minutes.TopicsforNarrativeWriting•FamilyVacation•DifficultMoment•GreatestAchievement•TypicalDay…SampleAnalysisPleasereadthefollowingsampleessayandanswerthefollowingquestions:1)Whatisthepurposeofwritingthisessay?Isthepurposeclear?2)Whatdoyouthinkofthecontent?Canthecontentrealizethepurpose?WHO:WHAT:WHEN:WHERE:HOW:3)Whatdoyouthinkarethenecessarysemanticelements?4)Howistheessayorganized?Isthesequenceofthecontentproper?5)Whatarethelanguagefeaturesusedinthisessay?(tenseandverbs)AMemorableEventFarmlifecanbequitefunandmemorable.Onedaydownonthefarm,somethingfunnyhappened.MycousinandIgotintobigtroublewithpigs.Itwasoneofthosehot,peacefuldaysinsummer.Wewereharvestingfruittosell.Thepigpenswereneartheorchard.Thepigswerealwaysallowedtoeatunderthetree.Butthistime,whenharvestwasover,theyescapedandgotintothebaskets.Thiswasseriousbusiness.Partofthefamilyincomedependedonthesaleofapplesandpapayas.Anyway,weweregivenorderstofixthepens.Wetwoknewnothingaboutfarmwork,nottomentionfixingpigpens.Wefinallyputthepigsbackin.Thenweusedsomepiecesofwoodtopatchupthebigholes,leavingonesmallholeuntouchedduetoshortageofwood.Wetwohurriedtothecottageformorewood,andwhenwegotback,weweresurprisedtoseethatthepigshadbeensqueezingthroughtheuntouchedsmallholeandthreeofthemwereoutintheorchardagain.Wehadtopatchuptheholesagainandrunafterthepigsagain.Afterallthiswasdone,mycousinandIlookedintoeachother'seyesandlaughedwithasenseoftriumph.Exhaustedthoughwewere,wefoundfarmworkratherinterestingandweenjoyeditalot.Whatamemorabledayonafarm!1)Whatisthepurposeofwritingthisessay?Isthepurposeclear?Thepurposeofthisnarrativeessayistonarrateamemorableevent,apigincidentorthewriter'stroublewithpigswhenworkingonthefarm.2)Whatdoyouthinkofthecontent?Canthecontentrealizethepurpose?Thecontentintheessaycanrealizethewriter'spurposefortheessayincludesthenecessaryelementssuchastheinformationofwho,when,where,what,how.WHO:MycousinandIWHAT:TroublewithpigsWHEN:Hot,peacefuldaysinsummerWHERE:OnthefarmHOW:Werunintobigtroubleinputtingtheescapedpigsbackinthepigpens.3)Whatdoyouthinkarethenecessarysemanticelements?Thisnarrativeessayhasthreeparts.Theyaretheorientation(paragraph1),thebody(paragraphs2and3)andaconcludingpart(paragraph4).ThenecessarysemanticelementsarethefiveWh-wordswhicharewho,when,where,whatandhow.4)Howistheessayorganized?Isthesequenceofthecontentproper?Thebody(paragraphs2and3)isorganizedchronologically,i.e.,accordingtothesequenceinwhichactionsoccur.Byfollowingthistimeorder,thewritermanagedtopresenttheeventpreciselyandlogically.5)Whatarethelanguagefeaturesusedinthisessay?(tenseandverbs)Therearetwolanguagefeaturesinit.Theyaretheuseofpasttensesandactionverbs.Thewriterusedthesimplepasttensestonarratetheactionswhichhappenedinthepastsuchasranafter,hurriedto,gotbackandpastcontinuoustensestodescribeactionsthatwerehappeningatanexacttimeinthepastsuchasWewereharvestingfruittosell.“Thewriterhasalsousedsimpleactionverbstomakethestoryvividsuchaspatchupthebigholes,pigssqueezethroughtheuntouchedsmallhole,lookedintoeachother'seyesandlaughedwithasenseoftriumph.WritingPrinciples1)Whatisanarrative?Tonarrateistogiveanaccountofaneventoraseriesofevents.Inotherwords,anarrativerecreatesaneventorgivesasenseofitbyhelpingtheaudiencevisualizethatevent(Chen,2002:122).Thepurposeistoel