Quick Write(add to Readers/writers notebook):

1. What do you know about reading and writing?

2. What stories do you remember?
3. What made them memorable?

SHARE IDEAS!!!
  Iswriting that tells a story. The events in
a narrative may be real or imagined.
Narratives that deal with real events
include autobiographies and biographies.
Fictional narratives include myths, fables,
short stories, and novels. A narrative may
also be in the form of a poem.
  R/W notebook

  What made these stories memorable?

Characterization- information about a character.

Plot- what’s happening in the story
Conflict- evidence of the conflict the character
faces
Imagery- information about the place(setting) and
sensory details (sigh, sound, smell, touch, taste)
  What do these features tell us about the
Narrative unit?
  What do you think the title means?

  This is a visual representation of what you

will learn in this unit
  Be an active reader!!!!
◦  Place a ? mark next to something you don’t
get.
◦  Place an ! Mark next to a good point!

 LISTEN

 QUICK WRITE: What is this text about?

  Read the text(picture).
  QUICK WRITE: What is this visual text
about?
  SHARE
  Look at the visual text (picture) on pg. 34 again.

  The narrative “Eloks Quest” reflects the

authors’ perspective.
  There is not one correct interpretation.
  LISTEN while I read.

  QUICK WRITE:
  What is this Narrative about?
  Who are the characters?
  What do you know about them?
  How do you know?

 SHARE YOUR ANSWERS

  Look back at this chart in your R/W notebook.
Before you reread “ELOK’S QUEST” review the
elements of a Narrative that we thought were
important.
  READ the first paragraph of the story

  What did you note?

  What do your notes tell you about
characterization, plot, conflict or imagery?
  Is there anything we can add to our co-
constructed chart “Elements of an Effective
Narrative?”
  Respond to the following prompt:
◦  A character’s qualities often have an
effect on the story. Describe Elok’s
main quality. Provide an example from
the story that supports that quality.
Describe how the conflict of the story is
resolved and how the character’s main
quality helps bring about the resolution.
1.  Reread the text
2.  Using post-its Note 3 sentences or phrases that
are most significant (to the characters, conflicts,
actions, events. Etc.).
R/W Notebook:Record your responses into a T-
chart
Significant Sentence/
Explanation
Phrase

1. 1.

2. 2.
  Take another look at the visual text that
inspired the author to write “Elok’s
Quest”
  Using post-its….respond to the
following questions:
1. Which images did the writers use to create
details in their narrative?
2. Why do you think this story was written?
3. What tools could the writers have used to help
them write this narrative from the visual text?
 Climax (turning point)

Falling Action

Rising Action

Resolution

Introduction: Character, Setting

and Problem
  Draw and fill in a plot diagram for this
story.

  ***Youwill be using this diagram

throughout this unit, to complete your
narratives, beginning with the class
narrative.
  Quick Write: What do you know about
the characteristics of a hero?

  WhileI read “The Epic of Gilgamesh”

think about the following questions:
◦  1. What is happening?
◦  2. How do you know?
◦  3. Who are the characters?
◦  4. What do you know about them
◦  5. How do you know?
Sentences/Phrases from the text that Explain: What does the sentence/phrase
show how Gilgamesh responds to reveal about Gilgamesh’s character.
challenges or conflicts

  1.   1.

  2.   2.

  3.   3.
  How does Gelgamesh’s main quality help
bring about the resolution of the story?
  SHARE
  Is Gilgamesh a hero?
  How do you know?

  Is
there anything we need to add or take
away from our “CHARACTERISTICS OF
A HERO”chart?
  Think of a scene from “The Epic of
Gilgamesh” that you may want to depict
(show) in your visual text.
  List several details that should be
included.
  TASK: Create a visual text of a scene
from “The Epic of Gilgamesh.”
  Should be completed on white paper
  Should be colored
  Stick figures are okay
  Follow
the instructions on your graphic
organizer and complete the essay.
  Culminating Task (S.text- pg. 32)
  QW: List the times you had a
conflict with someone.
◦  Circle the 3 or 4 conflicts on the list that
caused the greatest changes in your life.

◦  LISTEN TO THE CULMINATING TASK

  What is the text about?
  What are you asked to do?
  What words or phrases helped you
understand the most important ideas of
the text
  QW:
  What parts of my story do I most want the reader
to understand?
  What do I want the reader to know about how I
felt?
  You will use sentence stems to help you in
describing the setting of your narrative.
  RW notebook:
◦  In the place where the events of my (story) narrative
occurred, I see……
◦  When I am in this location, I feel…
◦  If I close my eyes in this space, I hear….
◦  When I breathe in deeply, these are the things I
smell…
◦  If I use my imagination in this time and space, I can
taste….
WRITE AN ANSWER TO THESE STEMS about
your story!
  The following sentence stems address motive, character
traits, and the effect of the character’s actions, which will help
you describe the main character. Complete these sentence
stems in your RW notebooks.
I am…
◦  I want to be…
◦  I want to feel…
◦  I want to have…
◦  I am happy about…
◦  I am sad because of ….
◦  I am afraid of ….
◦  ________ is stopping me from getting what I want because …
◦  The worst thing that could happen now is…
◦  The best thing that could happen is …
◦  I learned…
  RW notebook: List the other characters
who were involved in your story or
conflict. Use the following questions
◦  1. What are their character traits?
◦  2. What do these characters want?
◦  3. What do these characters do in the story?
◦  4. What are some reasons these characters
do what they do?