This W.4.3 Narrative Writing unit includes lesson plans, writing prompts, writing papers, graphic organizers, and assessments perfect for making your Narrative Writing unit a breeze. It mostly focuses on personal narrative, but also have activities for fictional narratives, too. In fourth grade, students are required to introduce their event in sequential orders, add details about feelings, thoughts, and actions, include dialogue, and wrap up with a conclusion.
*This resource now includes a digital component. The graphic organizers, prompts, writing papers, and assessment pieces now exist in Google Slides. You can get access to the digital versions on page 5 of the PDF. Please keep in mind that the lesson plans are not digitized at this time, only the graphic organizers, writing prompts, writing papers, and assessments.
There are 10 lesson plans, which can be spread out over the course of 3 or 4 weeks. There are many activities within each lesson plans, which should take you about 2 or 3 days to complete each. The lesson plans are scaffolded to gradually teach the process of writing opinion pieces.
1- Structure of an Informative Piece
2- Brainstorming Ideas
3- Strong Introductions
4- Sequence of Events
5- Using Dialogue
6- Using Transitional Words
7- Concrete Words and Phrases
8- Strong Conclusions
9, 10, and 11- Putting It All Together Writing Pieces
There are also…
–Writing Prompts for cyclical practice throughout the year
–Graphic organizers to use as needed
–Writing papers with primary lines and regular lines (3 options with picture sizes)
–Assessments (teacher and self)
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**Please keep in mind if you are buying multiple grade levels, the 3rd Grade Narrative Writing sets will have some similar or overlapping activities BUT the prompts, pictures, and topics will be completely different. Several of the activities are changed, too, but it follows a similar format.**
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This unit covers the Writing Common Core State Standard W.4.2:
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
Use dialogue and description to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.
Use a variety of transitional words and phrases to manage the sequence of events.
Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely.
Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events.