Narrative Writing Checklist

NARRATIVE WRITING CHECKLIST

  Comments
Beginning
1. I have included a “hook” to grab the
reader’s attention, title, first paragraph…
2. I have written when it was
3. I have written where it was
4. I have introduced the characters
5. Senses, actions (what the characters were
doing, were feeling…)
Developing the story
6. I have written what happened
7. I have followed a chronological order of
the story
8. I have described how the people felt due
to the situation
Ending the story
9. I have written what happened in the end,
the end of the story  End of the story
10. I have added people’s feelings, comments,
reactions and results of the story
Structure of the written text
11. I have written almost 3 paragraphs

Editing, Grammar and Coherence

12. I have checked my spelling

13. I have checked the sentence structures:
Subject + Verb + Object (right order
adjectives & adverbs)
14. I have checked my / used punctuation
marks: full stops, commas, inverted
commas…
15. I have used the Past Simple & the Past
Continuous Tense
16. I have used When / While & As
17. I have used connectors: First/ Firstly,
Then, Next, After that, Finally, In the end…