The course teaches the basic skills in writing stories, specifically, a narrative. It teaches the story genre, its sub-genres, and the purpose of narratives. It is followed by a reading of a well-written story. It identifies the features of that story such as its stages, phases, and language. It discusses how to construct sensory languages appropriate for stories. All the knowledge learnt are used in brainstorming and constructing a story of your own.

LO1: Know what stories are, their sub-genres, and their purposes

LO2: Understand a children’s story by reading

LO3: Determine the stages, phases, and linguistic features of a well-written story

LO4: Construct sensory languages for stories

LO5: Write a story based on the stages, phases and linguistic features of a well-written story