Unit Activity Lesson Plans

Introduction
Students have read and completed exercises about the different forms of narrative writing. Students should be able to identify theme in a narrative and be able to respond to narrative poetry. In this lesson, they will complete an activity about narrative writing.

Lesson Description
Students will complete the crossword puzzle containing information about the types of narrative writing.

Instructional Objectives

1. Students will be able to identify the types of narrative writing.
2. Students will be able to identify other aspects of narrative writing.

Student Activity Answers

biographical: A ______ narrative is a nonfiction account of a person's life not written by the subject.
fictional narrative: A ______ is a story drawn from the writer's imagination.
dialogue: conversation between characters
biographical sketch: A ______ is a short description of a person's life.
timeline: A ______ can be helpful when writing a long narrative.
long narrative: The ______ offers insight into the themes of a person's life.
theme: the main idea or message of a story
theory: Observations must support this.
narrative poem: This type of poem tells a story.

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