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Narrative Gabriela 7th grade
Narrative by Gabriela, 7th grade:
Introduction
There were 2 girls named Gabriela and Patricia,they are 2 sisters that live in the D.R. Everyone thought that these sisters never fight,until one day everything changed.
Chapter 1
One day there were 2 girls named Gabriela and Patricia, Gabriela was 12 years old, Patricia was 10. The sisters never got along.They always fought for no reason,everyone thought that these 2 sisters never fought.
Days past by and for the first time they hadn´t fought. mom said “ Wake up girls it's time to go to school,when they got to school,everything went fine,until we went to recess,Gabriela {they call hey Gaby} was eating very normal and Patricia went to her table and pulled her hair Gaby said “ouch!wait till we go to the house”and then Paty left her alone.
when this 2 sisters got to their house they started arguing,then Gaby said “don´t you talk to me” [but what happen with this girls they never can´t spent one day without talking to each other]
chap 2
Next day,it was wednesday. On wednesday they went to the supermarket. These days don´t go on so good. Mom told Paty Paty go buy 1lb of jam and 1lb of cheese then Gaby went with her. Then she starts pulling her hair,Paty dint notice it this girls spent all the time in the supermarket fighting
chap 3
Gaby gets tired of being in the same bedroom,and then Gaby told her mom “mom can you do another bedroom so Paty and me can be separate” mom said “let me talk to your dad,if your dad said yes,we will make it” gaby got exited
Dad said “ok girls we will do another room for one girl”. The 2 girls got exited. Month,Days,hour,minutes passed by,and the roo was ready. It was how Gaby dreamed it woul de,was very girly,walls decorated how she wanted,the bed covers were very cute. Then her mom bought her a camera,because she likes to take pictures. These 2 girls fight,but not everyday. They live for ever happy
Introduction
There were 2 girls named Gabriela and Patricia,they are 2 sisters that live in the D.R. Everyone thought that these sisters never fight,until one day everything changed.
Chapter 1
One day there were 2 girls named Gabriela and Patricia, Gabriela was 12 years old, Patricia was 10. The sisters never got along.They always fought for no reason,everyone thought that these 2 sisters never fought.
Days past by and for the first time they hadn´t fought. mom said “ Wake up girls it's time to go to school,when they got to school,everything went fine,until we went to recess,Gabriela {they call hey Gaby} was eating very normal and Patricia went to her table and pulled her hair Gaby said “ouch!wait till we go to the house”and then Paty left her alone.
when this 2 sisters got to their house they started arguing,then Gaby said “don´t you talk to me” [but what happen with this girls they never can´t spent one day without talking to each other]
chap 2
Next day,it was wednesday. On wednesday they went to the supermarket. These days don´t go on so good. Mom told Paty Paty go buy 1lb of jam and 1lb of cheese then Gaby went with her. Then she starts pulling her hair,Paty dint notice it this girls spent all the time in the supermarket fighting
chap 3
Gaby gets tired of being in the same bedroom,and then Gaby told her mom “mom can you do another bedroom so Paty and me can be separate” mom said “let me talk to your dad,if your dad said yes,we will make it” gaby got exited
Dad said “ok girls we will do another room for one girl”. The 2 girls got exited. Month,Days,hour,minutes passed by,and the roo was ready. It was how Gaby dreamed it woul de,was very girly,walls decorated how she wanted,the bed covers were very cute. Then her mom bought her a camera,because she likes to take pictures. These 2 girls fight,but not everyday. They live for ever happy
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Now it's your turn! Tell the author what you think about her story in the comments. What improvements can be made?
Story maps, summaries and plots.
We have used story maps with several grades to begin learning how to summarize a story and identify the different parts of a story.
We learnt that story maps help us to identify the:
We also saw how the plot resolves the above questions and how narratives are built.
The Who-Where-When are part of the exposition.
The What-Why are part of the rising action.
The How is part of the falling action and Resolution.
With all this information each grade is developing projects like narratives and summaries based on the guided books they are reading in class.
We learnt that story maps help us to identify the:
- WHO = Main characters.
- WHEN = When in time is the story happening.
- WHERE = Where is the story taking place.
- WHAT = What is the plot, the main problem, the theme...
- WHY = Why is this happening.
- HOW = How can it be resolved.
We also saw how the plot resolves the above questions and how narratives are built.
The Who-Where-When are part of the exposition.
The What-Why are part of the rising action.
The How is part of the falling action and Resolution.
With all this information each grade is developing projects like narratives and summaries based on the guided books they are reading in class.
Reciprocal reading
Two weeks ago we learned and used Reciprocal Reading with 7th grade.
The class was divided into groups of four and they intiated their own reciprocal reading clubs.
Each student in a group had a role:
Using this technique is interesting because students take action and make the process their own. It works on comprehension and discussion skills.
The class was divided into groups of four and they intiated their own reciprocal reading clubs.
The process of reciprocal reading:
Each student in a group had a role:
Using this technique is interesting because students take action and make the process their own. It works on comprehension and discussion skills.
The writing process
Last week we worked on the creative process with 7th grade. Each day we completed one step of the process. You can see their work published on the blog under the categories: narrative, 7th grade, entries.
Narrative by Carla 7th grade
Narrative by Carla, 7th grade:
the dating
On sunday, it's marshalls and kelly's week-versary.it is also the night that the football season starts and they know this is going to causetrouble because marshall is playing for the opposite team. But when jenny finds out, she decides to talk to kelly. jenny dosent believes that it was righ to date a preston high student but keely refuses to talk to her.
chapter 3
the season
when kelly and marshall go celebrate to the game , a rough mve it made and one of the players takles marshall and screams - live kelly alone- and runs away.Marshall was confused and so was kelly.
chapter 4
the friendship
Jenny decides to tell kelly the truth and talks to her. She confessed that she had asked one of the player to tackle marshall on purpose because kelly wasn't listening to her.Kelly( being more frustrated than ever ,) did the first thing that popped into her head , to run far away from jenny. far,far away.
chapter 5
the moving
Kelly decides that marshall deserves to know what happened in the field and tells the story, but then pops the idea... of moving. Marshall agrees with kelly and they decide to move … to pennsylvania.Kelly remembers that their other friends Ted and Barney, have a house there and asks them if they could have it for the winter.
chapter 6
the tragic
Surprisingly, week after Kelly and marshall were gone, Kelly came back town, lonely. She had a really sad and depressed face. her X friend jenny, asked if there was anything wrong when kelly confessed , that as for marshall… was dead. it was winter and marshall had caught just a cold, or so they thought. jenny was shocked for the news and tried to do everything to make kelly happy again. including to start dating.
chapter 7
the recovering
kelly was devastated. She started wearing dark colors on her hair and clothes. Jenny was losing hope, what could she do was the question.then she remembered a guy she had met a few days ago and presented him to kelly. And actually, this was the first guy that kelly had interest on. as for his name …… was Ted.
chapter 1
the meeting
One day kelly (a 13 year old girl that goes to Washington High), was at the mall with her friend jenny, and as usual hey were shopping. They bumped into some Preston High students and they started talking. suddenly, there was a little spark lighting up on kellys and marshalls heart (marshal was a quarterback from preston high). not longer than that, they started dating.
chapter 2
the meeting
One day kelly (a 13 year old girl that goes to Washington High), was at the mall with her friend jenny, and as usual hey were shopping. They bumped into some Preston High students and they started talking. suddenly, there was a little spark lighting up on kellys and marshalls heart (marshal was a quarterback from preston high). not longer than that, they started dating.
chapter 2
the dating
On sunday, it's marshalls and kelly's week-versary.it is also the night that the football season starts and they know this is going to causetrouble because marshall is playing for the opposite team. But when jenny finds out, she decides to talk to kelly. jenny dosent believes that it was righ to date a preston high student but keely refuses to talk to her.
chapter 3
the season
when kelly and marshall go celebrate to the game , a rough mve it made and one of the players takles marshall and screams - live kelly alone- and runs away.Marshall was confused and so was kelly.
chapter 4
the friendship
Jenny decides to tell kelly the truth and talks to her. She confessed that she had asked one of the player to tackle marshall on purpose because kelly wasn't listening to her.Kelly( being more frustrated than ever ,) did the first thing that popped into her head , to run far away from jenny. far,far away.
chapter 5
the moving
Kelly decides that marshall deserves to know what happened in the field and tells the story, but then pops the idea... of moving. Marshall agrees with kelly and they decide to move … to pennsylvania.Kelly remembers that their other friends Ted and Barney, have a house there and asks them if they could have it for the winter.
chapter 6
the tragic
Surprisingly, week after Kelly and marshall were gone, Kelly came back town, lonely. She had a really sad and depressed face. her X friend jenny, asked if there was anything wrong when kelly confessed , that as for marshall… was dead. it was winter and marshall had caught just a cold, or so they thought. jenny was shocked for the news and tried to do everything to make kelly happy again. including to start dating.
chapter 7
the recovering
kelly was devastated. She started wearing dark colors on her hair and clothes. Jenny was losing hope, what could she do was the question.then she remembered a guy she had met a few days ago and presented him to kelly. And actually, this was the first guy that kelly had interest on. as for his name …… was Ted.
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Now it's your turn! Tell Carla what you think of her story using the comments below.
Narrative by Guillermo 7th grade
Narrative by Guillermo, 7th
Ring, the bell rang. Mickle was late for math. Mr. Arnold yelled at him with no sense. Mickle loved math except when Mr. Arnold thaught. After math, he wanted to commit suicide. He hates school now for no reason. Mickle, at recess met a Susan, a chinese girl. Mickle liked Susan. HE was shy to ask her name. But later in science class, Susan came to Mickle and asked his name. Ms. Isabel divided in groups of 2, Mickle got to sit next to Susan, after science, Mickle gave his phone number to Susan. After school Susan called Mickle and asked “do you want to be my boyfriend?” Mickle said “yes”. But his father heard him. mickle’s dad hated chinese and susan is chinese so he needed to lie to his dad. So he said she was scottish. So susan and mickle had a problem being together. they did everything they liked until parent meeting, then susan’s dad met mickle’s dad and susan’s dad asked ‘’are you mickle’s dad?’’ he said yes so mickle got in big trouble because susans dad was chinese so that meant that susan is chinese, and also no one knew his name except him because he was new. mickle talked with his dad for 10 hours but he couldn’t convince him. his dad was really angry and they left the school, susan was never happy again
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Ring, the bell rang. Mickle was late for math. Mr. Arnold yelled at him with no sense. Mickle loved math except when Mr. Arnold thaught. After math, he wanted to commit suicide. He hates school now for no reason. Mickle, at recess met a Susan, a chinese girl. Mickle liked Susan. HE was shy to ask her name. But later in science class, Susan came to Mickle and asked his name. Ms. Isabel divided in groups of 2, Mickle got to sit next to Susan, after science, Mickle gave his phone number to Susan. After school Susan called Mickle and asked “do you want to be my boyfriend?” Mickle said “yes”. But his father heard him. mickle’s dad hated chinese and susan is chinese so he needed to lie to his dad. So he said she was scottish. So susan and mickle had a problem being together. they did everything they liked until parent meeting, then susan’s dad met mickle’s dad and susan’s dad asked ‘’are you mickle’s dad?’’ he said yes so mickle got in big trouble because susans dad was chinese so that meant that susan is chinese, and also no one knew his name except him because he was new. mickle talked with his dad for 10 hours but he couldn’t convince him. his dad was really angry and they left the school, susan was never happy again
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Now, it's your turn! What do you think? What can he do better next time? Did you like the story? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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