NARRATIVE WRITING TEMPLATE

Title

Setting/Characters

Problem

Feelings

Event 1 Event 2 Event 3

Resolution/Ending
NARRATIVE WRITING PROMPTS
• You find a magical key that opens up doors to other
worlds.
• A raging fire threatens to destroy the town.
• You wake up one day and discover that everything you
touch turns to gold.
• A strange and mysterious parcel arrives at your front
door.
• Imagine you have a superpower. What would it be, and
what would you do with it?
• You go on a journey to the sun.
• A young child is haunted by a ghost.
• You become lost and alone in a forest at night.
• Machines/robots take over the world.
• You must save the world from a giant monster.
• A terrifying storm is approaching your town.
• A pirate goes on a voyage to find hidden treasure.
• An evil witch kidnaps your best friend.
• One day you wake up and discover you can talk to animals.
• You are in a world where there are no adults.
• You are in a futuristic world 1,000 years from today.
• The volcano you are exploring suddenly starts to erupt.
• A beach holiday goes drastically wrong.
• Three children go on an adventure to another country.
• You are in charge of capturing a villain who has been
stealing from the homes in your town.
 NARRATIVE WRITING

CHARACTERS/SETTING
Did you describe what your characters look like?
Did you describe your characters’ personalities?
Did you explain how your characters know each other?
Did you describe the setting using descriptive language?
Have you checked your spelling and grammar?

MAIN BODY
Did your characters face an interesting problem?
Did you describe your characters’ feelings?
Did you explain how your characters tackled the problem?
Have you included paragraphs to break up your story?
Have you used descriptive language?
Have you checked your spelling and grammar?

CONCLUSION
Did your characters solve the problem in a realistic way?
Did you describe your characters’ final feelings?
Have you included descriptive language?
Did you leave the reader with a strong feeling or message
from the story?
Have you checked your spelling and grammar?

AT THE END…
Re-read your piece to make sure that all
your sentences flow and make sense!
Check that you started a new paragraph each time
there is a new idea or setting.
Make sure you have plenty of adverbs, adjectives,
and figurative language.
 THE BOATING
DISASTER
It was a sunny, clear day when two brothers Introduces the two
named Jim and Ben went out on their old fishing boat main characters and
describes their
to catch some fish. They jumped on to the boat with relationship.
fishing rods in their hands. Both the brothers had been
out on the boat five times before. The water was Uses descriptive
sparkling, and the sun was shining. They had no clue a language to describe
the setting.
huge disaster was about to occur.

The brothers were sitting in the boat out on the

The characters face
water when large, dark, grey clouds started to form in a problem.
the sky. Suddenly, enormous drops of rain started to
fall. Lightning lit up the sky. Loud roars of thunder Short sentences
boomed around them. The water started to rock the create excitement
boat. The brothers kept falling off their feet. and suspense.

The brothers were so scared that they were going This paragraph
to fall into the murky water! They grabbed on tight to discusses the
the boat and shut their eyes. Both the boys were characters’ feelings
and thoughts.
trembling and frightened. Every bang and crash filled
It also builds suspense
them with fear. They felt like the whole boat was going
and tension.
to capsize!

The boat kept rocking. The water kept coming. The The characters
lightning kept flashing. The thunder kept booming. The attempt to solve
the problem.
boys did everything they could to keep their boat from
sinking. They ran to the radio to call for help, but there
The author uses
was nothing but static. They tightened their life jackets verbs and adverbs
and gripped the wheel at the helm of the boat, trying to explain the
desperately to steer the boat safely through the characters’ actions
waves!

Then all of a sudden… Nothing. The huge, dark, grey The problem is
resolved.
clouds left the sky. The enormous drops of rain
stopped falling. The lightning stopped flashing, and the The final sentence
thunder stopped booming. The boys opened their eyes leaves the reader
with a lasting
and saw that the storm was over. They were safe! impression.
 ROLL A STORY
Roll Character #1 Character #2 Setting Problem

Gets
In a
A cursed
A pirate haunted
teacher with bad
house
luck

In a Gets
A wicked A
spooky caught in
witch doctor
forest a tornado

During a
A A
stormy A robbery
vampire princess
night

At a Finds a
An evil
An alien rundown magical
queen
old school wand

At a cabin Wakes up
A
A clown in the in a
zombie
woods spaceship

A A
A police
grumpy In a bank kidnapping
man
old man
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