Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II - Teacher's Edition

Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II - Teacher's Edition by Paul Kortepeter. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781600512360.

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. Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II Teacher’s Edition includes the complete student text, as well as answer keys, teachers notes, and explanations. For every writing assignment, this edition also supplies descriptions and examples of what excellent student writing should look like, providing the teacher with meaningful and concrete guidance. Writing & Rhetoric Book 3: Narrative II is the third title 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 Ws 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