Memorable Narrative Essay Writing Practice Exercises
Narrative essay writing is best taught with a combination of brainstorming, outlining and practice writing exercises that encourage students to write in the past tense and use appropriate transitions. Teaching narrative essay writing is quite enjoyable as it allows students to write about personal experiences.
5 characteristics of narrative writing include:
1. A narrative typically tells a story from a particular point of view, and this point of view is usually that of the narrator.
2. A narrative often has a plot, which is a sequence of events that the story follows.
3. A narrative may have characters, who may be either fictional or based on real people.
4. A narrative typically takes place in a specific time and place.
5. A narrative may have a theme, which is a central idea or message that the story conveys.
1 “First Day at University” (narrative essay transitions exercise with answers)
This is an exercise to help students understand transitions in narrative essays.
Narrative essay transitions (PDF)
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2 Narrative paragraph practice (favorite memories)
This is an exercise for students to practice writing narrative or past tense sentences about happy moments and experiences. Students look at the pictures and try to tell a story in 2-5 sentences.
Narrative writing practice-favorite memories (PDF)
3 Brainstorming an important event (narrative essay)
This is a brainstorm worksheet for a narrative essay about an important event.
Brainstorming an important event (PDF)
4 Narrative transitions sentence writing worksheet
This is an exercise challenging students’ understanding of narrative transitions. They have to create an appropriate narrative situation for each transition.
Narrative essay transitions sentence writing worksheet (PDF)
5 Narrative sentences practice (or past tense writing exercise)
This is an exercise for students to practice writing narrative or past tense sentences. Students look at the pictures and try to tell a story in 2-5 sentences.
Narrative writing sentences (PDF)
7 Brainstorming influential life experiences (with answers)
This is an exercise for students to brainstorm ideas and write sentences in preparation for a personal profile essay using narrative techniques. On page 1 they use the vocabulary to write short sentences for suitable for each picture. On page 2 they write the sub-topics they might use in an essay and explain their experience in a few sentences.
Influential experiences writing practice (PDF)
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Where are the answers for the exercise (First day at university)?? please leave an answer and the <3
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where are the answers of the exercise First day at university.please send the answer and the 3 narrative transition
thank you so much
The answers for First Day at University are on the second page of the PDF. Just open the PDF. I double checked it.
effective exercises for narrative writing
Where are the answers of transition one number 3?
Really thoughtful and useful exercises