Write a complete narrative in exactly 5 sentences – one per stage. Each sentence must be clear and complete. Constraint: No sentence may exceed 20 words. Goal: Strip away all decoration to see the bare bones of narrative logic. Exercise 10: Stage Expansion Start with the 5-sentence micro-story from Ex. 9. Then expand only one stage into a full paragraph, while keeping the other four as single sentences. Reflection: How does expanding one stage change the story’s emphasis? (e.g., expanding péripéties makes it an adventure; expanding initial situation makes it a character study.) Exercise 11: Genre Transplant Take a known schéma narratif (e.g., Cinderella) and rewrite it in a different genre while keeping the exact same 5-stage structure . Example: Cinderella as a cyberpunk thriller – initial situation (corporate drone), trigger (invitation to the CEO’s hackathon), péripéties (coding all night, evading security), etc. Result: Proves that schéma is independent of setting or genre. Exercise 12: Collaborative Schéma – The “Consequences” Game 5 students, each assigned one stage (in order). Student 1 writes the situation initiale (1–2 sentences), folds the paper to hide it, passes. Student 2 writes the élément perturbateur , folds, passes, etc. At the end, unfold and read the often-hilarious but structurally intact narrative. Debrief: Even when written in isolation, the stages usually cohere – why? 5. Metacognitive & Transfer Exercises Helping learners see the schéma narratif everywhere .