Narrative Text
Learning about stories, structure, and examples
Lesson Objectives
• ✅ Understand the definition of narrative text
• ✅ Identify the structure of narrative text
• ✅ Recognize the language features
• ✅ Write your own short narrative text
What is Narrative Text?
• 📖 Narrative text tells a story with a purpose to entertain.
• ✨ Examples: fairy tales, fables, legends, short stories.
Generic Structure
• 11️⃣Orientation: Introduction of characters, place, and time
• 2️⃣Complication: The problem or conflict
• 3️⃣Resolution: The solution to the problem
• 4️⃣Coda (optional): Moral value or lesson
Language Features
• 🕰 Past tense verbs (e.g., went, saw, was)
• ⏳ Time connectives (e.g., once upon a time, then)
• 🎨 Descriptive language for characters & settings
• 💬 Direct speech ('I will help you,' said the rabbit)
Example Story
• 🐭 Title: The Lion and the Mouse
• 📍 Orientation: Once upon a time, a lion was sleeping in the forest.
• ⚡ Complication: A mouse ran over his face and woke him up.
• 🔓 Resolution: The mouse helped the lion escape from a net.
• 💡 Moral Value: Kindness is never wasted.
Practice Activity
• 📌 Read the given narrative text.
• 📌 Identify the orientation, complication, and resolution.
• 📌 Discuss the moral value with your partner.
Writing Activity
• 🖊 Write your own short narrative text.
• Include orientation, complication, and resolution.
• Use past tense and descriptive language.
Summary
• 📖 Narrative text tells a story to entertain.
• 📌 Structure: orientation, complication, resolution.
• 📝 Use past tense, descriptive language, and time connectives.