How to Write an Imaginative Narrative for Kids Episode 1: What is it?
2 min2nd3rd4thReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
An introduction to imaginative narrative: made-up, fantastical stories where anything can happen -- talking animals, magic, other worlds.
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Discussion questions
An imaginative narrative is a made-up story where anything can happen.
- What makes a narrative 'imaginative'?
- How is it different from realistic fiction?
- What impossible thing could happen in your story?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: imaginative, narrative, fantasy
- Invent one impossible thing for a story.
- Name a character who could live in that world.