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English · Grade 8

Narrative Craft and Intentional Style

Using an original reflective narrative about a girl whose name has always been mispronounced, learners study style as a set of deliberate choices: precise diction, sentence length and rhythm, imagery, active and passive voice, and the conditional and subjunctive moods. They learn how reflective narratives weave events with insight from a later perspective, then draft and revise their own reflective narrative.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 105 minutes
  • Intentional style check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Make intentional style choices in diction, sentence length and rhythm, and imagery, and explain their effects.
  • Use active and passive voice and the conditional and subjunctive moods to achieve particular effects.
  • Develop reflection in a narrative by connecting events to insight from a later perspective.
  • Draft and revise a reflective narrative with intentional style.

Lessons

  1. Diction, rhythm and imagery 6 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  2. Voice and mood for effect 5 steps3 practiceabout 26 min
  3. Reflection: then and now 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  4. Draft and revise with intention 4 steps2 practiceabout 28 min
  5. Intentional style check 9 questions at the end

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