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TEACHING NARRATIVE-BASED WRITING
By:
Heriyanto Nurcahyo
SMA Negeri 1 Glenmore Banyuwangi


A narrative is a construct created in a suitable medium (speech, writing, images) that describes a sequence of real or unreal events. It derives from the Latin verb narrare, which means "to recount" and is related to the adjective gnarus, meaning "knowing" or "skilled".
The social function of narrative is to amuse, entertain and to deal with actual or vocarious experience in different ways. Narratives also deal with problematic events which lead to a crisis or turning point of some kind, which in turn finds a resolution.It is also focus on specific an usually individualized participants. It uses of material processes both behavioual and verbal.Relational and mental processes enriches the plot.
To begin producing a narrative text, teacher should providing students with some texts related to the topic.For instance, snow white, malin kundang, Cinderella, Tangkuban Perahu,etc.Let students read and notice for couple of minutes, then ask them to make their own narrative text.For instance: their terrible last vacation.
Firstly, ask students to make a text flow chart.It consist of (1) communicative purpose, (2) generic structure and (3) grammatical paterns.
This chart, of course, needs enrichment (questions and exercises), so that students really understand what does it for. Explain that orientation relates to a topic of an activity or event of the narrative.Orientation means set the scene and introduces the participants. Teacher can stimulate students’s writing text development by delivering such following questions: How was your last vacation?where did you spend your last vacation?
Secondly, develop the text element. It is sequence of events that leads to conflict-climax. Student will be able to understand what does text element for by explaining it through some examples and question. Here are some examples of questions that refer to sequence of events that leads to conflict-climax : What really happened to you? How did you feel?.Then enrich the text with sequence markers: first,second,third etc. Let’s the student use conjunction : but, unfortunately, after etc.Guide the students to State the conflict-climax clearly so that readers would get it atracted
Thirdly,develop the Resolution. Resolution is a text element that describe problem solving of the text or when the crises is resolved, for better or for worse. Teacher can rise solution of the conflict by delivering such questions: what did you do then?how did you feel then?what did happen to you then?
Finally, close the text by giving Coda. It is a kind of moral lesson adapted from the story.It is easy, isnot it?Managing young learners