Tightening Tension Personal Fictional Narrative Writing Activities

This resource will help your students write the tightening tension in a narrative. Writing lessons scaffold the writing of the exposition, inciting incident, rising action (pebble, rock, boulder). 

In addition, the graphic organizers, checklists, integration of technology (QR codes), and writing activities involving a short animated movie will facilitate your students to write with impressive style and technique.

⭐ This resource includes both US and British English spellings.

The unit is divided into three sections.

SECTION 1: Scaffolding Structural Components

Items Included

• Cover Sheet (if compiling pages into a booklet)
• Sheets that scaffold the writing of the exposition, inciting incident, rising action (pebble, rock, boulder) through a sample text.

Activity

• Students will respond to 40 questions on the structural components and language devices used in the mentor text.

• Students will find and highlight evidence in the sample text.

• They will document responses on the Story Map, Sensory Details, Figurative Language and Writing Techniques organizers.

SECTION 2: Summary; Analyzing Structural Components, Sensory Details and Figurative Language

Items Included

• Sheets featuring 21 questions that analyze the structural components, sensory details, and figurative language used in the sample text

• Sequencing of events sheet. Cut and glue option included.

Activity

• Students will answer 21 multiple-choice and written response questions based on the sample text, ‘Water, Water – Everywhere’.

• This activity may also be given as an assessment after completing section 1.

• Students will sequence the events in order, for an extract, to better understand how events increase in intensity and add to suspense and tension.

SECTION 3: Writing the Tightening Tension

Items Included

• Writing assignment with scenario
• Writing prompt sheets
• Story Map
• Sensory Details, Figurative Language and Writing Techniques organizers.
• Self-editing and peer-editing checklist

Activity

• Students will respond to the writing assignment and writing prompts. They will use the story map, Sensory Details, Figurative Language and Writing Techniques organizers to plan their writing.

• They will use the self-editing checklist and peer-editing checklist to check they have included all components.

• Students need to be introduced to the different types of figurative language prior to writing a tension scene.

Teacher Key included for all sections.

⭐ Need more writing practice? Find Tightening Tension Part II here.

⭐ This Resource is Included In the

• Mega Writing Bundle
• Narrative Writing Bundle

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• Sentence Structure Bundle
• Reading Strategies Bundle
• Math Practice Tests Bundle
• Naplan Numeracy Practice Tests Bundle
• Math Curriculum (K-3) Bundle
• Math Curriculum (4-6) Bundle

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