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WRITING MISSION

Chronological Narrative When you write a chronological narrative, you describe when Connect your school studies
each event happened. To make the story more interesting, you can set the scene and create
suspense. To express the sequence of events, you can use time expressions such as ago, to the world.
afterward, immediately, suddenly, or then.

1 Read. Which time expression is not used in the narrative?

How does the writer create suspense? Think. Pair. Share.

• What have you

Search for a Gorilla learned in science and

A few years ago, the explorer Mireya Mayor visited a jungle in geography recently?
Africa. She wanted to learn more about female gorillas. She joined • Why are these topics
some other scientists who were studying a male called “Kingo.” Together useful in the real
they followed the gorillas everywhere. It was incredibly hot and the

trail was difficult. world?
First, there were bees in her face. Then, she had to hike through • How does nature
mud for hours. At one point, when she was hiking through mud, she fell. inspire you?
She grabbed a tree, but she didn’t know that there www.english0905.com

were ants in the tree. Hundreds of ants fell on her
head, and they were crawling through her hair! They
crawled under her clothes and bit her many times. It
was horrible.

But something amazing happened. Suddenly, she
heard a female gorilla scream. She felt so excited. This
was the female she wanted to find! She immediately
forgot about bees, mud, and ants, and ran to find the

gorilla. It was one of the most exciting moments of Mosaic jellyfish,
her life! New South Wales,
Australia

2 Write. Imagine you are an explorer. Write about an adventure you had.

Remember to create suspense and describe the sequence of events.

“ I am inspired by nature, and I try to take what I learn about nature and apply
3 Share. Share your writing. Work in a small group. Listen and take notes. those lessons to design things people can use, and to help us understand more

about the world we live in. ”

Kakani Katija, Bioengineer, National Geographic Explorer
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