Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II (Teacher and Student Combo)

Description

A one-semester course for grades 4 or 5 and up In the award-winning Writing & Rhetoric series, author Paul Kortepeter has thoughtfully and creatively recovered the proven method of the progymnasmata, a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. (Includes Teacher Book)

Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II (Student Edition) is the third book in this 12-book series. Narrative II exposes students to new genres of story, including historical narrative and legend. It includes a variety of culturally important examples. All of the skills practiced in Narrative I are extended and new skill sets are introduced, including identifying the difference between fact and opinion and learning to ask the five W’s of a historical narrative: who, what, when, where, why.

Lessons include:

How to define and identify types of narrative
How to outline stories
How to get a story off the ground
How the protagonist and antagonist develop the central story conflict
How to discern the difference between fact and opinion in historical narrative and legend
How to identify the five W’s of an historical narrative—who, what, when, where, why
How to summarize a longer narrative in writing
Rewriting: what happens when you change the point of view and the protagonist
How to apply storytelling skills
Elocution skills and oration