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Narrative Structurefor Educators

- ARG - Vasili A. Giannoutsos

aka Bluebarker Lowtde

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Which evokes the most from you? (the following are the first sentences

of stories)O The genealogical trees at the end of the Red Book of Westmarch

are a small book in themselves, and all but Hobbits would find them exceedingly dull.

O It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy….

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O It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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What is a Narrative?O Simple or ComplexO 100 words or 1000+ words

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O Linear or NonlinearO Character Based or Plot Based

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9 Elements of NarrativeO PlotO CharacterO SettingO GenreO FormO Theme (Central message NOT moral)O TenseO StyleO Narrator/POV

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Teaching with Narrative

(Scott, 2000)

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Importance of Visual Storytelling

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How-To Create a Narrative

OBrainstormOMindmapsOGather InspirationOQuick Write/Speed WritingsOEtc.

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ReferencesTolken, J. (1994). The lord of the rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.Lucas, G. (Director). (1977). Star wars episode IV: A new hope [Film]. San Francisco: Lucasfilm.A tale of two cities: Chapter 1. (2000). Retrieved May 6, 2012, from Online-Literature website: http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/twocities/1/.Scott, R. (Director). (2000). Gladiator [Film]. Hollywood: Universal.