Composed by Mr. Nguyen Hoang Minh Nguyen Du junior high school – Quang Xuong Dist THANH HOA Tel: 0989.642.660 Email: Hoangminh_uk@yahoo.com Teaching writing through text types. There are 6 basic text types in writing: 1- Narrative 2- Recount 3- Explanation 4- Procedure 5- Exposition 6- Information report Narrative texts include: Narratives Fairy tales Folk tales Short stories Novels Plays Adventures I. Narratives 1. Definition: Narrative is a piece of text which tells a story or a description of a series of events and in doing so entertains and informs the readers and listeners. 2. The scaffold of a narrative: - There are 5 parts in a narrative text: Structure What it is about 1. Orientation Narrator tells the audience who is in the story, when it is happening, where is happening and what is going on. Who/ When/ Where 2. Complication/ trigger Raises the problem. Something that begins a chain of events which will affect one or more of the characters. the complication is the trigger. 3. Sequence of events Events/ Actions: event1, event 2, event 3 . 4. Resolution Solution to the problem. what happens in the end 5. Coda- a moral lesson Provides a comment or moral based on what has been learnt from the story 3. The language features of a narrative. • Specific characters. • Time words that connect events to tell when they occur. • Verbs to show action in the story. • Descriptive words to portray the characters and settings. a • c Structure Orientation Complication Sequence of events Resolution The Lousy Witch Once upon a time there was a witch. She was actually a very good- hearted witch but she often got her spells wrong. One day when she was trying to cure her cat of a cold, she accidentally said a spell that made the cat’s lovely straight tail turn crooked! The poor cat was not very happy. The harder the witch tried to undo the spell, the more she mixed things up. Soon the cat was barking like a dog! Finally in desperation she resolved never to say another spell again-and presto! The cat’s tail became straight and she regained her meow. Language features Past tense Descriptive words Human participants Connective words 4. An example to analyze the generic structure and the language features Recount texts include: Conversations Eyewitness account Letters/ postcards Speeches Television interview Newspaper reports II. Recount 1. Definition: A recount is a piece of text that retells past events. Usually in the order in which they happen. the purpose of a recount is to give the audience a descriptions of what occurred and when it occurred. Recounts 2. The scaffold of a recount There are 3 parts in a recount text: 1. Orientation A first paragraph that gives the background information about who, what, where and when . 2. Sequence of events Series of paragraphs that retell the events in the order in which they happened. (Event 1, event 2, event 3 . ) (Use connective words, technical vocabulary. Write in chronological order….) 3.Conclusion (Optional) A concluding paragraph that may include a personal comment (Sum up the recount. Say what you learnt…) 3. The language features in a recount. The language features usually found in a recount are: - Proper nouns to identify those involved in the text. - Descriptive words to give details about who, what, how where and when. -The use of past tense to retell the events. - Words that show the order of events. (for example: first, next, then etc .) Structur e Orientation Sequence of events Conclusion A hotel fire Languag e features Past tense Descriptive words Connective words ( then, and, so, in deed…) 4. Analyzing the structure and the language features of a recount. Last year, I spent my summer holiday at a seaside town. The hotel was luxury and comfortable. I had a wonderful holiday until the fire. It was Saturday evening and everybody was in the discotheque on ground floor. It was crowded with people. They was dancing and singing happily. Suddenly we smelt smoke. Then black smoke began to fill the room. Everybody started to scream in panic. People ran toward the fire exits. One door was blocked. So, many people began to cough and choke. Then just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived. Firemen fought their way to go into the room and soon everyone was safely out of the building. Luckily, nobody was serious hurt. In deed, It was the most frightening experience in my life. . 0989.642.660 Email: Hoangminh_uk@yahoo.com Teaching writing through text types. There are 6 basic text types in writing: 1- Narrative 2- Recount 3- Explanation. door was blocked. So, many people began to cough and choke. Then just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived. Firemen fought