LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 5
Topic: Narrative Writing
Key Learning: Narratives are written to develop real or imagined experiences or events.
Unit Essential Question: How do I use writing techniques, descriptive
details and a clear event sequence to create narrative writing?
Concept:
1
Prewriting
PA CC 1.4.5.M, I.4.5.N
Lesson Essential Questions:
Focus:
How do I determine the topic for my writing
based on the task, purpose and audience?
WRITING TO A PROMPT:
How do I manage my writing time efficiently
given the time frame, specific task, purpose
and audience?
How do I determine which words in the
prompt are important when determining the
task, purpose and audience?
Content:
How do I plan a sequence of events that unfold
naturally and fit the purpose of the story?
Organization:
How do I organize my thoughts to fit the
purpose of the writing?
How do I determine which graphic organizer
will match the topic of my writing?
How do I determine a logical order for the
events in the beginning, middle and ending of
the story?
Style:
How do I determine the tone to match the
purpose of my writing? (serious, light,
humorous)
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Concept:
2
Concept:
3
Drafting
PA CC 1.4.5.M, I.4.5.N, 1.4.5.O
Revising
Lesson Essential Questions:
Focus:
How do I focus my writing on the task, purpose
and audience?
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do peers and adults help me to develop
and strengthen my writing?
How do I focus my writing to introduce and
establish the characters/narrator, setting and
plot (situation)?
PA CC 1.4.5.O, 1.4.5.P, 1.4.5.Q, 1.4.5.T
Focus:
How do I check to make sure my writing is
focused in each paragraph as well as in the
whole piece?
Content:
How do I write using the appropriate narrative
elements?

Characters: How do I describe the actions,
thoughts and feelings of characters? How
do I show the response of characters to
situations?

Setting: How do I establish the setting of
the story?

Plot: How do I establish the plot
(situation) through clearly developed
events or experiences?
Organization:
How do I determine if I need to revise the
sequence of events to be sure they unfold
naturally?
How do I write well chosen details that unfold
naturally to support the purpose?
Style:
How do I revise my writing so that the
audience consistently hears my voice
throughout the story?
Organization:
How do I write a beginning that captures the
audience’s attention?
How do I determine if I need to revise the
transition words to create a smooth flow of
ideas?
How do I revise to make sure I provide a
conclusion that follows from the narrated
events?
How do I write paragraphs that have one main
idea (controlling point)?
How do I check to make sure I used literary
devices that are meaningful and make my
writing original? (rhyme, rhythm, alliteration,
simile, personification, onomatopoeia)
How do I use transitional words and phrases
naturally to organize the events in the story to
create a smooth flow of ideas?
How do I check to make sure I have included
interesting dialog and descriptions that
develop the events and experiences?
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LOWER DAUPHIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
Language Arts Curriculum Maps – Grade 5
How do I write a conclusion that follows from
the narrated experiences and events?
How do I revise to better show the characters’
responses to the events in the story?
Style:
How do develop my writing so the audience
consistently hears my voice?
How do I revise to include consistent use of
descriptive language? (descriptive adverbs and
adjectives, precise nouns, sensory details and
vivid verbs)
How do I use narrative techniques such as
dialogue, description and pacing to develop
the events and experiences?
How do I expand, combine and reduce
sentences to improve the meaning,
reading/listener interest, and style?
How do I use narrative techniques such as
dialogue and description to show how the
characters respond to the events in the story?
How do I use descriptive language (descriptive
adverbs and adjectives, precise nouns, sensory
details and vivid verbs) to convey experiences
and events precisely?
Vocabulary:
Graphic organizers, brainstorming, webbing,
story map, interview, observations, group
discussion, unfold naturally
Concept:
4
Vocabulary:
Characters, narrator, events, plot, situation,
actions, thoughts, feelings, transition words,
sense of closure, precisely, controlling point
Concept:
Vocabulary:
Dialog, descriptions, reader/listener interest
5
Editing
PA CC 1.4.5.R, 1.4.5.T
Publishing
PA CC 1.4.5.U
Conventions:
How do I use technology and reference
materials to support the editing of my
writing?
Presentation:
How do I determine what type of
technology is best to publish my narrative?
(PowerPoint, Word)
How do I use grammar, capitalization,
punctuation and spelling to edit my writing?
(refer to Grade 5 Conventions Curriculum
Map)
How do I use technology to produce and
publish my narrative as well as to interact
and collaborate with others?
How do I demonstrate sufficient command
of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of
two pages in a single sitting?
How do I publish my narrative to capture
and hold my audience’s attention?
Vocabulary:
reference
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Vocabulary:
PowerPoint, Word, publish
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