Reading Narrative Texts

Reading a Narrative Text
Read the following text and answer the questions provided!
The Princess who loved to Sing
Once upon a time, there was a princess who lived in a city. Her name was Isabel. She loved to sing very much. She sang anytime and everywhere. When she was singing, everyone must be quite. If not, she would punish them. One day, an old beggar asked her some money while she was singing. Princess Isabel was very angry, but the beggar was angry, too. The beggar was actually a witch. She cursed Isabel, From now on, you cannot sing! Fortunately, there was a fairy. She was a good one. She said, You can sing again after you do a god thing to someone else. From then on, Isabel was always good to everybody. She wanted her voice back. However, it never came back. So, she travelled from one city to another to do good things. One day, when she took a rest in a forest after her long journey, she saw a little thin boy. The boy was hungry. Without thinking of herself, Isabel gave her only sandwich to the boy. Suddenly, she sang. The beautiful voice was back again.
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A. Answer the following questions. Discuss with your friends! 1. Who is the main character of the story? In which paragraph is the main character introduced? ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What was the main characters problem?_________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Why? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 3. How did she/he solve the problem?______________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. What tense does the writer use in the story?_______________________________________ 5. What is the moral value of the story?____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ B. Now, choose whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F) by circling the correct letter!
1. The old beggar asked for some food.
2. 3. 4. 5.
The old beggar did not curse Isabel. The fairy made Isabel lost her beautiful voice. Isabel run to the forest because she lost her voice. Isabels kindness made her voice back.
T T T T T
F F F F F
Reading a Narrative Text
1. The purpose of narrative texts is to entertain the readers with our stories. 2. Generic structure: A narrative text has three main parts which should be well ordered: Orientation : It tells about the setting in time and place, and the characters of the story (In the story, the setting is in a city. The main character is Princess Isabel. Minor characters are the beggar and the fairy) Complication: this part tells about problem(s) to be solved by the characters. It tells what happened to the characters. (In the story, the problem was that the princess was cursed - by a witch and made her voice lost). Resolution : It describes the solution to the complication and it gives a suitable ending of the story. (In the story, the princess did good things to everyone and to a poor-hungry boy. Then, her voice was back. She could sing again). 3. Language Features: Tense: Past, except if it is in speech marks/direct quotation. Use some adverbs to indicate time such once upon a time, long time ago, one day, and finally. Exercise 1. A. Label the generic structure of the following story! Snow White Once upon a time there lived a little girl named ............................. Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle because her parents were dead. One day she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they both wanted to go to America and they didnt have enough money to take Snow White. Snow White didnt want her uncle and aunt to do this, so she decided it would be best if she ............................ ran away. The next morning she ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. Then she saw a little cottage. She knocked but no one answered. She went inside and fell asleep. Meanwhile, the where were seven dwarfs that were coming home from work. They went inside. There they find Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs. The dwarfs said, Whats your name? Snow White said, My ............................. name is Snow White. Doc, one of the dwarfs said, If you wish, you may live here with us. Snow White said, Oh could I? Thank you. Then Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story and Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived happily ever after.
Taken from: http://www.ardianrisqi.com/2009/11/narrative-text-snow-white.html
B. Answer the following questions briefly based on the story above! 1. Where did Snow White live before she met the dwarfs? ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why didnt Snow White go along with her uncle and aunt to America? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How was Sow Whites life with the seven dwarfs? ______________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Search the fourth paragraph! Can you find a language feature error in it? If yes, mention it and write down your correction! ______________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Which paragraphs present the complication of the story?
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The Princess who loved to Sing

Reading a Narrative Text

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