📚 WALT: Identify and understand key narrative elements

Success Criteria:

✓ I can identify characters, setting, and plot in narrative excerpts
✓ I can explain how these elements affect the story
✓ I can use vocabulary related to narrative elements confidently

🔍 Key Elements to Look For: Characters • Setting • Problem • Plan • Action • Resolution • Conclusion

⚔️ Story 1: Adventure Story

Read this excerpt:

Maya gripped her climbing rope tightly as the wind howled around the rocky cliff face. The ancient temple lay just metres above her, hidden in the misty peaks of the Southern Alps for over 500 years. She had trained for months for this moment, but now her water was running low and storm clouds were gathering. "I have to reach the temple before the weather turns," she whispered to herself, pulling herself up another metre towards her goal.

🔍 Story 2: Mystery Story

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Detective Sarah Chen examined the muddy footprints leading from the broken window to the empty safe. The Christchurch Museum's most valuable Māori taonga had vanished overnight, but something didn't add up. The footprints were too small, the window was broken from the inside, and the security guard's story kept changing. She pulled out her notebook and began connecting the clues. "This wasn't a break-in," she realised. "This was an inside job."

🐉 Story 3: Fantasy Story

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Kaia's heart pounded as the silver dragon landed gracefully in the moonlit clearing. Its scales shimmered like starlight, and its ancient eyes held wisdom from centuries past. "You have called me, young one," the dragon spoke, its voice like distant thunder. Kaia had spent weeks learning the old words, practising the summoning ritual her grandmother had taught her. Now, with her village in danger from the shadow creatures, this magnificent being was her only hope.