How to Write an Elementary School Narrative Report
A narrative report is a report written in the first person that conveys the author's personal beliefs and opinions about a topic. For elementary students, narrative writing is the most common, and a narrative report can include notes from personal journals and hypotheses about future events based on the child's own thoughts. Narrative writing helps the child to express her own opinions and draw conclusions.
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Instructions
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Brainstorm an idea or topic to write about. If a topic has been assigned, do any research necessary to complete a report. For example, if the teacher would like the children to write about their favorite part of summer vacation, students should think about all of the different activities they completed during their break. They can analyze the events and conclude what was their favorite.
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Prepare notes on the subject the student will be writing about, which will become an outline for the report. If the report is on a book the whole class is reading, notes can be prepared both in class and at home. If the topic is about summer vacation, the notes will be prepared outside of class. Either way, have the student prepare note cards that include key points for the report.
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Write a descriptive introduction on the topic. Explain the topic using adjectives to convey to the audience the sights, sounds and smells in the most descriptive way possible. This is the real emphasis of narrative writing -- it is conveying an idea or thought in the author's own words from her point of view. The author must write in a way that gives the audience the experience as if it were their own. The introduction is the writer's best chance to set up the scene for the audience.
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Write the body of the report. This section should contain at least three paragraphs with each one containing information about a specific point on the topic. For example, if the student is writing about visiting Myrtle Beach over the summer, this part of the report would list three different activities his family did at Myrtle Beach with each activity in its own paragraph. The body of the report is where the note cards and journal writing can be helpful -- the students can look over the different points that they made to come up with different ideas for the information in this section.
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Prepare a conclusion by summarizing the entire paper. This part may also include future predictions as well as a personal point of view on the topic. The conclusion must wrap it all up and give an opinion about the information described in each paragraph. This part of the report is the writer's last chance to make an impression on her audience to convince them of her point of view.
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