Narrative Writing | The Fork in the Path

Fork in the Path - Upper School

– Narrative writing example
– Full size prompt – PowerPoint

Fork in the Path - Lower School

– Narrative writing example
– Full size prompt – PowerPoint

Fork in the Path

Use this narrative writing prompt to engage your students in writing during English. This story writing prompt is an interesting one. It provides a bit of mystery and a lot of opportunity for students set the scene with descriptive sentences. The main character in this story could be on a journey and they find themselves torn between two roads. Perhaps the story is a bit deeper, and the main character is torn between two life choices, and therefore the paths are metaphoric. Have these conversations with your class and allow them to generate story writing ideas.

Narrative Writing Example

This narrative writing example is written extremely well and provides some outstanding examples of descriptive writing for your students to observe. There are many wonderful sentences that can be ‘magpied’ and used in your class’ writing. Have them identify two or three of their favorite sentences and see if they can apply them to their own writing. The ending of this story is captivating and will have your students asking for a sequel.

Writing Tip

Possessive apostrophes seem so simple, but they mean so much. If you can use possessive apostrophes with 100% accuracy in your writing, it’ll make a big difference. Unfortunately, when you forget apostrophes of possession, the level of your writing decreases greatly. It takes away some of the credibility in your story and impacts on the reader’s experience. So…ensure you edit your writing and check your apostrophes are in the correct places.