Narrative writing

This term we are learning to write narratives. A narrative is a story which creates a picture in the readers mind. Narratives always have characters, a setting - where the story takes place, a plot - a story line as to what happens. It also has a problem that the characters experience and a resolution -how the problem is resolved.

For our first narrative writing we focussed on the characters, setting and plot. We used this picture as  a starter and thought about -
Where are they going?
Where have they been?
What are they going to do?

Here are our first attempts at narrative writing.

One day mother duck took her ducklings for a walk. They came to a farm. Suddenly a cat was going to pounce at them. It was scary. The farmer came out of his shed and shooed the cat away.

                                   Josh

One morning mother duck took her ducklings down to the pond. Father duck had just come back home with some food. After that they went to the bus stop. The bus had a pool. It was cool. The bus took them to the pond. One duck said, “This is where we were before.”

They wanted to go to their home but they wanted to go to a café to have some bread before they went home.

                                                          Franky

Once upon a time a mother duck and its ducklings were going on an adventure next to the pond. But then a thunderstorm was coming towards them so they went back home and went back the very next day,

                   Zara

Once upon a time there lived a mother duck and five little ducklings. Mother duck led them to a pond. Their names were Max. Emily, Sarah, Tracey and Rosie. Four were girls and one was a boy. They went on an adventure. Next they went for a walk. After that they walked to a farm.

                  Kaitlin

The ducklings were walking on the road. They crossed over and walked on the grass down to the water.

                Mark

One day there were three ducklings and a father duck. They crossed the road but a car was coming. The car stopped and let them go. They got to the pond. They had a swim then it got cold so they went inside the shed on the farm.

               Jahrell

One day mother duck took her five little ducklings to find some food. They went on a hunt to the park. They went to find some bread but there was no one there to feed them.

                                  Breeze

Once there was a mother duck and two ducklings. They went for a swim at the fish pond to catch fish. They went to the end of the pond and they saw a dog so they ran away.

                        Dale

One day the baby ducklings went for a walk. When they walked to the lake they had a drink.

                          Shay

The ducklings went over the road to eat bread and they swam in the pond. There was a crocodile in the pond and one duckling got eaten.

                      Calais

One day mother duck and her three ducklings went to the stream. Some boys fed them some bread.

              Ela

Father duck took the ducklings out to see mother duck. It rained so all the ducks went to a house nut no one was there. Next door there was a pond so they waddled over into it.

              Nikara

One morning mother duck took her five little ducklings to the pond. The mother duck took them down the street. Mother duck saw a car coming ahead. The car stopped so the mother and the ducklings could cross the road.

All the ducks walked onto the farm.

                   Mere

Once upon a time there were five little ducklings and a mother duck. They were going to a pond. As soon as they got to the pond it started raining so they went home instead of playing in the pond.

             AJ

The ducks went to the fishpond. A cat was chasing the ducks. The cat got tired. He went back home. The ducks went back to the pond.

            Eva

The ducks were on the road walking down to the pond. They had a swim.  A duck had his breakfast and mother duck had a breakfast too.

            Jamie

One day mother duck decided to take her ducklings for a walk to the park. People fed the ducklings. They saw a dog so mother duck and the five little ducklings flew away back into the shed on the farm.

              Gail