Narrative writing tells a story or a part of story. Narrative writing appears in and is not limited to novels, short stories, biographies, autobiographies, historical accounts, essays, poems, and plays (Hillocks, 2006). According to Tomkins (2008), children develop their concept of story through listening to stories read aloud and telling stories during the preschool years. With this introduction to narratives, children are ready to learn more about how stories are organized and how authors use the elements of story structure to create stories. Thus, children apply this knowledge to compose the stories they write as well as to comprehend stories they read. Sometimes I use “The Terribly Wrong Birthday” to have my students do narrative writing activity. If introduced as follows: use the inspiration students find in their own reading. Have the students select a character from their favorite book and write a new chapter for the book about the character’s birthday and how it goes terribly wrong. My students were accessible to narrative writing easily with this activity.
Response: JaEun introduced the good idea that the teachers can teach with art as a prompt. For young children, they might not be interested in just listen and write using normal ways. Therefore, they can understand how stories are organized and how they use the elements of story structure to create stories through posters or painting. This approach makes the students more excited in their narrative writing.
Hillocks,G.(2006). Narrative writing: learning a new model for teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann
Tompkins, Gail E. (2008). Teaching writing: Balancing process and product.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
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