**Lesson 6.01: Mix It Up**

**Explain how the following three things can impact the way a reader engages with a narrative:**

- **Line Length:**
- Long sentences can slow a story down, reflect a character's stream of thinking, and convey a certain mood.
- Short sentences can speed a story up, make a character seem nervous, and heighten the action.

- **Punctuation:**
- Punctuation can tell the reader how to read your sentence. It signals where to pause, where there is emphasis, and where to stop.

- **Word Order:**
- Sometimes putting things in a different order can present a more interesting idea to a reader. When you really want your reader to stop and think, switch up the order of the words in your sentence. For example, instead of saying that your dinner is good, you could say, "How wonderful this dinner is." Your audience would most definitely pause and think about what you just said or wrote.

**Colon Usage:**

- **The Rule:**
- **Examples:**
- To List Items, People, and more
- To Stress Importance
- To Join Sentences
- To Follow Formal Greeting
- To Indicate Time

**Lesson 6.02: Narrators and Narratives**

- You will plan out your own narrative at the end of this lesson. Make sure to download and complete the Narrators and Narratives worksheet, using your imagination to create a story that happens after the fable you chose.

**What are some characteristics of a narrative described on page 2?**

- Sequence of Time
- Elements of Plot
- Fiction or Nonfiction

**Point of View:**

- **The Narrator:**
- Advantages
- Disadvantages

- **First Person Point of View**

- **Third Person Limited**

- **Third Person Omniscient**

- **Multiple Narrators**

**Quick Review:**

- Do you remember what all of these vocabulary words mean?

- Protagonist:
- Antagonist:
- Exposition:
- Rising Action:
- Climax:
- Falling Action:
- Resolution:

**Lesson 6.03: Begin Your Narrative**

- At the end of this lesson, you will write the exposition of the narrative you planned in 6.02.

- Use the chart below, and page 2 of the lesson, to list the differences between informational essays and narratives.

- Informational Essay
- Narrative

- Carefully read the examples on pages 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the lesson. They will help you begin your narrative, which you planned in 6.02. The questions below will help you brainstorm ideas for your narrative exposition.

- How will your protagonist feel at the beginning of your narrative?
- What quirky personality traits will your characters have?
- What will the setting look like?
- What figurative language will you use to describe the setting?
- What figurative language will you use to describe your protagonist?

**Lesson 6.04: Narrative Technique**

- **Narrative Technique:**

- **Explanation**
- **How Does It Affect the Story?**

- **Dialogue**

- **Flashback**

- **Foreshadowing**

- **Pacing**

- What are the 3 rules for writing dialogue in a narrative? (page 4)

**Lesson 6.05: The Writer’s Craft**

- **Writer’s Craft Element:**

- **Explanation**
- **How Does It Affect the Story?**

- **Voice**

- **Sensory Language**

- Give an example of sensory language for each of the 5 senses. (see page 5)

- Sight:
- Sound:
- Smell:
- Taste:
- Touch:

**Lesson 6.06: Your Writing, but Better**

- At the end of this lesson, you will revisit the exposition you wrote in 6.03. You will improve it by adding 3 more narrative techniques to your exposition.

- Read the examples in the lesson from Pinocchio, Little Women, and Treasure Island. Pay attention to how those authors use narrative techniques in their expositions.

- Which narrative techniques will you use to make your exposition stronger and more detailed?

- Dialogue
- Flashback
- Foreshadowing
- Pacing
- Voice
- Sensory Details
- Word Choice

**Lesson 6.07: Telling Tales DBA**

- Make sure to reach out to your teacher (or use their appointment scheduler) to choose a good time for your last Language Arts DBA. Congratulations for making it to the end of the course!