Unit9
Tell a Story
Unit objectives
Writing
Personal narrative
Organization
Beginning, middle, and end of a story
Writing strategies
Travel and transportation words synonyms and antonyms for adjectives
Grammar
Simple past tense of irregular verbs
Wh-questions with the past tense
Technology
Finding specific information
Synonyms are words that have the same ( or close to the same ) meanings. Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. Good writers use different words to make their writing interesting.
Synonyms very good = great
Antonyms big +=+ small
Simple past tense of irregular verb
Stories have a beginning, middle, and an end. The beginning introduces the story and tells about the setting and characters. The middle gives details about the action or plot of the story. The end tells what the story means or why it is important.
Transition words help to connect ideas. Time transition words tell the reader the order of events in a story. Look at how time transition words can change the meaning of a sentence.
Zhi studied after he ate lunch.
Zhi studied before he ate lunch.
A personal narrative tells a story from the author's point of view. It uses the first person (I, my , me, we, our, us). It also has a beginning, A middle, and an end. In a narrative paragraph, the topic sentence introduces the story. The supporting sentences tell about the setting, characters, and action. The concluding sentence ends the story and tells what it means. Travel stories and journal entries are examples of personal narratives.
Writing prompt
Tell a story about a trip you took. Write a personal narrative paragraph for a class web site. Describe the setting and the characters, describe the action. Use transition words to connect ideas. Be sure your story has a beginning, a middle, and an end.