Web Scavenger Hunt

Subject Matter:  Creative Writing 

Grade Level: 6

Creative Writing can be easy if you know the formula!

Lesson Objective:  Students will learn and understand the parts of a narrative and successfully write a narrative of their own which incorporates all of these elements.

Subject Matter Content Standard: 

W.6.3a

Writing: Text Types and Purposes: Narrative Writing
Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.

W.6.3b

Writing: Text Types and Purposes: Narrative Writing
Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

W.6.3e
Writing: Text Types and Purposes: Narrative Writing
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.

 Link to: The Standards

 

Use the following websites to help you answer questions in your scavenger hunt.

 

Mrs. Travis' Classroom

This is a great website with many interactive components that will help you learn all of the elements of a narrative.  The link below will take you to one of these interactive activities.  You will use both links for your scavenger hunt.

 

• Interactive Story This can be accessed directly through this link or through Mrs. Travis' Classroom.  The Interactivy Story is a fun way to learn all the parts of a narrative.

 

Buzzle This article explains types of narrative writing a well as gives examples of the structure of a narrative, some different types of narratives and the three points of view.

 

Academic Help This website provides academic references and tutorials that cover a wide array of tpoics.  This link will take you to the page on narrative writing, where they outline the process of writing a successful narrative.

 

 

Essential Question:
What are the different components that make a successful narrative and why are they so important?

Questions:

 

1. What are the five elements of a narrative?
2. What is the role or supporting characters?
3. What is a "mentor"?
4. Name a common mistake students may make when writing a narrative?
5. What does "exposition" mean?
6. What is another name for the "turning point"?
7. Name three types (examples) of Narrative Writing.