3rd+Term+Writing



=Narrative Genre = Visit these sites to find biographical information about these famous people who have some connection to India. Mother Teresa [|Rudyard Kipling] [|Annie Besant]

** Projects about people and Places: **

** A kidcyber help page **

Questions: ** If your project is about a person: a biography **

** Who ** is this person? Write their full name including maiden name for married a woman and any nicknames.

**When** was he/she born?

**When** did he/she die?

In a biography this is usually presented after the person's name like this:

// Dolly Madison (nee Payne) (1768 -1849) //

// Clinton,(Bill) William Jefferson Blythe (1946- ) //

** Where ** was he/she born? Name the place and tell **who** were the parents,brothers and sisters.

**Where** did he/she live at the time of his/her achievements?

**What** did he/she achieve?

**How** did he/she achieve it?

**What** other people were involved?

**What** problems were there to overcome?

**Why** is this person remembered?

**How** is he/she remembered?

**Is** there something named after this person?

**How** has what he/she achieved affected others?

Use the following information to write your factual narrative called a biography about Mahatma Gandhi. 


 * PROCEDURE **
 * (Factual genre) **
 * A procedure gives instructions **


 * Structure **
 * A lead-in sentence to state the goal
 * Start with a list of materials
 * Series of sequential sentences which may be numbered
 * Check the order of the sentences
 * Concluding sentence expresses success


 * Language features **
 * Use command words (Cut..; Pour…; Fold…)
 * Most sentences start with a verb
 * Use correct technical terms
 * Linking words and phrases expressing sequence (first…; then…; next…; finally)
 * Exact details or information


 * [|Interactive example] (Jenny Eather) **
 * o || Types of Text || About || Purpose || Generic Structure ||
 * 1 || **Narrative** || story: fairy tale, legend, fable, myth, mystery, romance, horror, science fiction, etc. || to amuse, entertain the readers || orientation-evaluation-complication-resolution-reorientation ||
 * 2 || **Recount** || personal experience, diary, history, biography, autobiography || to tell the past event || orientation-event-reorientation ||
 * 3 || **Spoof** || funny story || to tell humorous story with twist || orientation-event-twist ||
 * 4 || **News Item** || news || to inform listeners or readers about events of the day considered important || newsworthy events-background-sources ||
 * 5 || **Description** || specific description || to describe a particular person, place or thing || identification-description ||
 * 6 || **Report** || general description || to describe the way things are, with reference to a range of natural, man-made and social phenomena || general classification-description ||
 * 7 || **Explanation** || the process || to explain the process involved in the formation or working of natural or socio-cultural phenomena || general statement-explanation ||
 * 8 || **Procedure** || the ways or steps || to describe how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps || goal-material-steps ||
 * 9 || **Analytical Exposition** || opinion with reiteration || to persuade the readers that something is the case || thesis-argument-reiteration ||
 * 10 || **Hortatory Exposition** || opinion with recommendation (should/not or must/not) || to persuade the readers that something should or should not be the case || thesis-argument-recommendation ||
 * 11 || **Discussion** || opinion with for or against arguments || to present at least two points of views about an issue || issue-arguments for and against-conclusion ||
 * 12 || **Review** || opinion about art work, film, book, song, exhibition, etc. || to criticize an art work or event || orientation-interpretative recount-evaluation-summation ||