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English · Grade 7

Narrative Craft and Experimentation

Learners study an original mentor story that opens in the middle of the action, flashes back, and circles back to its opening image with a new meaning. They experiment with narrative structures (in medias res, flashback, frame and circular), choose points of view for effect, build a motif or symbol with precise sensory language, and draft their own narrative that tries a new structure.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Narrative experimentation check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and write a short answer
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What learners will discover

  • Experiment with narrative structures (in medias res, flashback, frame and circular) and explain their effects on the reader.
  • Choose and sustain a point of view for a purpose, and explain how a different narrator would change the story.
  • Develop a motif or symbol and use precise, sensory language to deepen meaning.
  • Draft a narrative with an experimental structure and a reflective conclusion.

Lessons

  1. Experiment with structure 6 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Choose your narrator 5 steps2 practiceabout 24 min
  3. Motif, symbol and sensory language 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  4. Reflective endings and your draft 4 steps2 practiceabout 30 min
  5. Narrative experimentation check 9 questions at the end

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