Narrative Writing Lessons

Narrative Writing Lessons. Learning Objectives for this video:

• Narrative Writing Lessons. Learn about Writing. Learn about Imaginative Narrative Writing using Kidnapped as your guide. Study imaginative, narrative writing skills, which use exact, carefully selected details, well-chosen words that appeal to the senses and show specific actions, comparisons that enhance descriptions, transitions, ordering, balance, climactic scenes, and suspense, all to make the imaginary appear real to the reader.
• Gain insight to Robert Louis Stevenson's use of imaginative, narrative writing in his classic novel Kidnapped through excerpts that show the author's development of suspense and his masterful portrayal of action, contrasts, details, and themes.
• Read the text of Kidnapped, and learn how to use the same method of imaginative, narrative writing as that exemplified in the novel for the creation of fictional stories.
• Study the imaginative, narrative mode of writing through excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson's popular novel and appreciate the artistry of the renowned illustrator N.C. Wyeth.
• Discover the many benefits of using online video for visual learning. Educational video for teaching the K-12 curriculum provides online learning for children and students of all ages and abilities. Using subtitled video - or video with closed captions - enables children to choose between watching, listening to, or reading each presentation whichever best suites their individual learning style. A wonderful option particularly for dyslexia and special needs education.