A narrative

A narrative is a story about a series of events and the people involved in them. Look at the topic below. The study the plan and read de useful language.

Topic (example)
Write a narrative about a trip you took.

Plan
Opening: The main characters, where and when the story takes place.
Body: Events in the story, how the characters felt.
Closing: The ending of the story.

Useful language
Time expressions:
Last weekend / summer / year ...
Two years ago ...
It was a cold / hot / stormy day ...
It all began when ...
One afternoon ...
Fortunately / Unfortunately / Luckily ...
To my surprise ...
I felt ...
The funny thing is that ...
Before I knew it ...
Connectors of sequence:
at first
before
after
next
later
when
then
until
as soon as
soon
suddenly
while
during
eventually
in the end
meanwhile