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- 2. Narrative Elements Why dowe write narratives? Post a response on: https://todaysmeet.com/write A narrative is a story. It is a series of events told through narration.
- 3. Narrative Elements There are5 main narrative elements: 1. Character 2. Setting 3. Conflict 4. Plot 5. Theme These are the main “ingredients” in a story.
- 4. Character The main people(or other living things) that are involved in your story. YOUR GOALS AS THE WRITER: • Show who your characters are through their behaviors. • Show what motivates your characters. • Make your characters realistic.
- 5. Setting Where do differentscenes in your story take place? YOUR GOALS AS THE WRITER: • “Paint” a picture of the scene. • Create a mood. • Establish context for the story (time and location).
- 6. Conflict What problem orchallenge does the main character in the story face? YOUR GOALS AS THE WRITER: • Create tension and interest in your story by making readers doubt that your characters will be successful. • Create a problem that motivates and drives the actions of your characters.
- 7. Plot How is theproblem introduced? What steps does the character take to solve the problem? How is the problem is solved? YOUR GOALS AS THE WRITER: • Create a series of events that shows how your character strives to overcome the problem/conflict. • Create a plot that feels original (avoid cliches).
- 8. Theme What does thestory seek to tell us about life or human nature? What’s the message of the story? YOUR GOALS AS THE WRITER: • Write a story that means something more to readers than the surface-level enjoyment of events in the plot. • Don’t make your theme/message obvious or repetitive.
- 9. Let’s identify elements ofnarratives in Disney’s… Mulan
- 10. Character How does theauthor teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?) We first meet Mulan. She ties a bag of grain to her dog, and uses the dog to feed the farm animals.
- 11. Character We first meet Mulan’sfather. He is praying to his ancestors for Mulan to not mess up on her important day. How does the author teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?)
- 12. Character We first meet Mushu- a tiny dragon whose job is to wake up the family guardians. Instead, he accidentally breaks one of them. How does the author teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?)
- 13. Character Mulan seems slightly more confused, awkward,and disorganized than the other girls in town. How does the author teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?)
- 14. Character She ruins her meetingwith the town matchmaker in every way possible. How does the author teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?)
- 15. Setting How does theauthor create a mood with setting? How does the setting enrich the overall story?
- 16. Conflict What struggle motivatesthe characters to act? A good story tends to have more than one conflict. Mulan sings a sad song because she feels like she can’t be herself. (Her family/the community expects her to be a housewife).
- 17. Conflict What struggle motivatesthe characters to act? A good story tends to have more than one conflict. The ancestors don’t believe that Mushu can be a successful family guardian, but Mushu dreams of being recognized as a great guardian/hero.
- 18. Conflict What struggle motivatesthe characters to act? A good story tends to have more than one conflict. An army is approaching China and new soldiers are being recruited. One man from every family must go, so Mulan’s father has to enlist even though he is old and injured. Women are not allowed in the army.
- 19. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan dresses up as a man and goes to enlist in the army in order to protect her father. She meets her incompetent dragon protector, Mushu.
- 20. Character How does theauthor teach us about who the main characters are? (Personality, habits, beliefs, physical appearance, desires, history, etc.?) The leader of the Huns, Shan Yu, captures two Chinese scouts and kills one because only one man is needed to deliver a message.
- 21. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan tries to act like a man at the training camp in hopes of keeping her identity secret.
- 22. Plot/Conflict What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan makes new friends and develops a crush on her captain… who thinks she is a man.
- 23. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan gradually proves that she’s just as tough as the boys.
- 24. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan and friends finally fight the Huns. Mulan comes up with a clever plan to help them win.
- 25. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan gets injured, so everyone finds out she is a woman. She is kicked out of the army.
- 26. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan discovers that the Hun army was not destroyed, so she rides to warn people in the capital.
- 27. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan reunites with her friends and they come up with a plan to protect the Emperor and stop the Huns.
- 28. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan & friends kill Shan Yu with fireworks, and China is safe.
- 29. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan is honored by the Emperor.
- 30. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mushu is honored by the ancestors, and becomes an official family guardian.
- 31. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Mulan’s father says he is proud to have her as a daughter.
- 32. Plot What events movethe story forward and help the characters resolve their conflicts? Captain Shang shows up at Mulan's house looking for her.
- 33. Theme What’s the messageof the story? What does the author want to tell us about life and human nature? Mulan’s father tells her that “the flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful of all.” Mulan’s is happy about who she is after going against the societal expectations people held for her. She also receives more acceptance from other people after this happens.
- 34. Activity: With a partneror individually, choose a simple kid’s movie or fairy tale that you know well, and answer the following questions about it: 1. How does the setting contribute the overall story? (How does it help readers enjoy the story better?) 2. How does the author establish what the main characters’ personalities are like? Give at least two examples from the story. 3. What do you think is the main conflict in the story? (What problem does the main character face?) 4. What are the key events in the plot? How do these events help the character(s) resolve a conflict? 5. What is one theme in the story? How do you know this is the theme?
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