Developing Paragraph that Illustrate Each

Text Type -Narrative

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WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THIS ACTIVITY SHEET

Activity 1: Simple recall!

Directions: Remember the stories that you read and the movies you watched before. Enumerate the
fiction stories and non-fiction stories. Write your answers on the chart below.

FICTION
FICTION NON-FICTION

How do you identify fictional stories from non-fictional stories? Explain.

What I Need to Know

While on your journey in this lesson, you are expected to learn how to
develop a narrative paragraph. Be reminded that your expected output at the
end of the lesson is a simple narrative text.
 What’s New

Activity 2: Fill this Out

Directions: Read the article below and fill in the chart that follows.

Showing off for bridesmaid at my sister’s wedding reception years ago, I

caught and at a large black cricket. Later I mentioned the incident in a book I wrote.
At a talk I gave recently, someone who had read the book asked if the story was
true. My sister happened to be present, so I pointed her out and told the questioner
he should ask her himself. All heads swivelled to look at her where she was sitting
by the aisle in the back row. “He eats bugs,” she explained shortly. Her lip curled in
understated disgust.
-Ian Frazier, “It’s hard to Eat Just One”

WHEN

WHERE

WHO

WHAT

What is It
A narrative paragraph helps tell a story. It
expresses the chronology of a specific event and
give enough information that the reader can
understand not only the order of the event but the
entire event itself. It could be tale, novel, an account
of one’s life, natural phenomena or social events.
Organizing Narrative Paragraph
1. Background
The background information sets the scene for the audience. It includes the
following pieces of information:
 A topic Sentence
 What story/event is about
 Who it is about,
 When it happens,
 Where it happens,
 Where is the source of narration

Note: The topic sentence of a narrative paragraph does not start the narration. It
establishes a purpose. It does not tell only a story, but also the reader’s viewpoint.
Therefore, writing a strong topic sentence is important.

2. The Story/ Event

The story or event happens at 3 different stages:

The beginning of the story; the beginning tells what happens first in the story. It can
be the problem which makes the story or event happen.
The middlle of the story- this tells the main events or important activities of the
story/event.
The end of the story- the end tells the final events, this usually brings the result or the
resolution of the problem/conflict that was first p[resented in the story.

3. The conclusion
It is the concluding sentence. The writer can either
 Restate the topic sentence,
 Give a concluding remark,
 Make a prediction about the story,
 Or make a suggestion
 QUESTIONS ABOUT STORY IDEAS
1. What is the problem?
2. What characters are involved?
3. What happened before?
4. What will happen next?
5. What is the solution to the problem?

What’s More

Activity 3: Think and Discuss

Which sentence is out of order in the paragraph below?
What time-clue words and phrases can you find?

The day of my thirteenth birthday was packed with surprises. First, I

woke up to the smell of my favourite food, pancakes. Later that day my dad
took me to the hardware store with him. Second, I heard music playing on my
birthday present--- a mini disc player. When we came home, all the house
lights were off. As I walked inside, all my friends jumped out. “Surprise!” they
shouted. “Happy Birthday!”
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Write Your Answer Here!

 What I Have Learned
Activity 4: This is in my mind!
Directions: Write your answers in the box.

1. What new things did you learn?

2. What ideas or concepts do you need more?

3. What actions should be done to cope up with the difficulties you

encountered?

What I can do

African Children Playing

Activity 5: Narrate it!

Directions: Write a narrative

paragraph about the picture on the
right. Use your imagination to
invent details that help answer
who, what, when, where, why and
how.
 Developing Paragraph that Illustrate Each Text
Type - Expository

What’s In
Let’s connect what you have learned in the past to our new lesson today.

Activity 1: Picture It Out!

Directions: Write sentences by comparing and contrasting the pictures below.

TELESCOPE MICROSCOPE

Similarities:

Differences:

COFFEE TEA

Similarities:

Differences:
 What I Need to Know
While on your journey in this lesson, you are expected to develop an expository
paragraph. Be reminded that your expected output at the end of the lesson is a simple
expository text.

What’s New
Activity 2: Now Explain!
Directions: Write sentences that explains the diagram below:

Write it here!

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Process Questions:

 How did you write sentences that  How did you write sentences that
compares and contrast the two explains the diagram?
pictures in task 1?
 What is It

An expository/ informative paragraph presents or explains facts and ideas.

Writers use informative paragraphs to define terms, to give directions, to explain
processes, and tell how things work. You can use then in various kinds of writing,
from history papers to test answers to game instructions.

Goal
The goal of expository writing is to explain or inform. The following chart
shows four approaches to expository writing. These approaches can be used alone,
or they can be combined in any expository piece of writing.

APPROACHES TO EXPOSITORY WRITING

Defining
Defining a term or an idea is one approach to expository writing. You can
give a formal definition or a personal definition. In a formal definition, you should
provide specific qualities of the term you’re explaining to help your audience
understand it. For a personal definition, you might use real-life examples and vivid
details. These examples and details will express your personal feelings about the
idea or term.

Organize Your Definition

Begin having research with a dictionary or other reliable sources. After
you’ve written the basic definition or idea, you can add details. When you write your
draft, try different orders of organizations. You might want to start with the basic
definition and move to a broader sense of the term, or you could begin with details
and examples and conclude with the basic definition.
Comparing and Contrasting
Comparison-contrast is another kind of expository writing. When you
compare two things, you explain how they’re similar. When you contrast two
things, you explain how they’re different. Comparing and Contrasting two items
can be useful way of explaining them.

Organize the Details:

There are two ways to organize a comparison-contrast piece
 One way is by subject. In this method, you discuss all the details about
one subject first and then all the details about the other subject.
 The second way to organize your details is by feature. In this method,
you choose one feature and discuss the similarities and differences for
both subjects. Then you do the same thing for another feature and so on
until you’ve covered all the features.

Explaining a Process
To explain a process, choose a topic you know well. Then identify
your audience and what they may already know. Locate terms they’ll
understand and those you’ll have to explain. Be clear about your purpose.
Make the Order Clear
Before you write about a process, gather information through
research, observation, or interviews. List steps of the process in
chronological order. Then write. Use transition words to help make the
order of the steps clear for the reader. First, then, after, later, while and
finally are some useful transition words in explaining a process.

Using Cause and Effect Relationships

Sometimes events are connected in a cause-and-effect relationship. A
cause is an identifiable condition or event. An effect is something that happens
as a direct result of that condition or event.
A cause-and-effect explanation may show one cause and one effect. It
may explain a series of effects resulting from a single cause. It can also present
multiple causes and multiple effects.
Arranging Details:
Once you’ve selected supporting details for your explanation, you’re
ready to organize them. Ask yourself what you’re trying to do in your essay.
Summary
Expository writing explains and informs. You can include one or more of these
elements:
 Definition
 Step-by-step processes
 Comparison and contrast
 Cause-and-effect relationship

You can support your explanation with facts, statistics, examples,

incidents, and reasons. Use appropriate transition words and phrases to
make relationship clear.

What’s More
Activity 3: Approach me!
Directions: At this time, you have to identify the approach that is being referred to
each statement below. Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Coastal fishing fleets often stay at sea for days or weeks.

Long-range fishing vessels may remain at sea for months.

Answer: ____________________________

2. To breathe, a whale surfaces in a forward rolling motion. For two seconds, it

blows out and breathes in as much as twenty-one hundred quarts of air.

Answer: ____________________________

3. The death of Floyd, George led to a clash between the white and the black
people of America.

Answer: _____________________________

4. Sivuquad, a name for St. Lawrence Island, means “squeezed dry.” The islanders
believed that a giant had made the island from dried mud.

Answer: _____________________________
 What I Have Learned

Activity 4: This is in my mind

Directions: Write your answers in the box.

1. What new things did you learn?

2. What ideas or concepts do you need more?

3. What actions should be done to cope up with the difficulties you

encountered?

What I can do

Activity 5: Write Now!

As evidence of your understanding about expository paragraph, you will

now make your own simple expository text. It will be graded according to the
rubric that is presented below.

Your goal is to write one simple expository text.

GOAL Choose one of these topics:” You are free to choose your
own topic to talk about.
Rubric for Writing an Expository Paragraph
1 2 3 4
Category

The topic was The topic was The topic was

The topic was
Introduction not introduced somewhat introduced in a
introduced.
at all. introduced very creative
way.

Related Some of the Related All related

Organization of information were related information were information were
ideas not grouped information were grouped clearly grouped
together. grouped together. together.
together.

Many
Few illustrations Several
There were no illustrations
were used to illustrations
Illustrations illustrations were used to aid
aide were used to aid
used at all. understanding in
understanding. understanding.
a very creative
way.

Facts, Few facts, Several facts, Many facts,

Supporting definitions or definitions or definitions or definitions or
details details were not details were details were details were
used. used. used. used in a very
creative way.
Several Many transition
Transition words Some transition
transition words words and
Transition and phrases words and
and phrases phrases were
Words were not used to phrases were
were used to used to connect
connect ideas. used to connect
connect ideas. ideas.
ideas.

Concluding Concluding Concluding Concluding

statement or statement or statement or statement or
Conclusion
section was not section was section section provided
provided at all. somewhat provided. in a very
provided. creative way.

Note: Write your paragraph on a separate sheet of paper.