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Standard: W.5.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or
events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event
sequences
a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator
and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to
develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to
situations.
c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the
sequence of events.
d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey
experiences and events precisely.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or
events.
Resources
Websites:
Nancy Fetzer Narrative Writing Tools
http://www.nancyfetzer.com/pdf/writing-connections-blackline-masters.pdf
Other Resources:
Nancy Fetzer Writing Resources
http://www.commoncorestandardswriting.com/nancy-fetzers-grades-4-6-writingcurriculum-online-training/
Narrative Writing Overview p. 21
This chapter has two sections: Introductory Lessons and Narrative Writing Lessons.
The Introductory Lessons include Movie Scripts and Come Alive Boxes, language
development activities that easily integrate and enhance any Language Arts
curriculum. Movie Scripts develop robust vocabulary and narrative writing skills.
Come Alive Boxes analyze characters in stories as well as teach word choice and
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descriptive writing for narratives. The second section of this chapter is the Narrative
Writing Lessons for Stages 6-8. Each stage begins with an introductory chant,
followed by direct instruction steps for students to learn in order to plan and write
their own stories. These lessons teach all the elements and skills outlined in the
Common Core Standards.
Narrative Writing Over
Narrative Writing Movie Scripts
Narrative Writing Come Alive Boxes
Narrative Writing Word Banks
Narrative Writing with Figurative Language
Narrative Writing Lessons Overview
Personal Narrative Writing Stage 6
Imaginative Narrative Stage 6
Narrative Writing Stage 7
Narrative Writing Stage 8
Narrative Writing Tools p. 73
This video explains how to use and organize the many narrative writing tools. Also,
in this tools section is a free download of the full-color 81/2″ x 14″ Narrative
Writing Wall Charts for Stages 6-8.
Narrative Writing Tools
Free Download “Narrative Writing Wall Charts” Stages 6-8
Writer’s Workshop
Writer's Workshop - Teaching That Makes Sense!
www.ttms.org/PDFs/05%20Writers%20Workshop%20v001%20(Full).pdf
Instead of spending the majority of class time on spelling tests, grammar
worksheets, handwriting practice, and other isolated sub-skills of writing, Writer’s
Workshop is designed to emphasize the act of writing itself—students spend most
of their time putting pencil to paper, not just learning about it. Over time, students
learn to choose their own topics and to manage their own development as they
work through a wide variety of writing projects in a sustained and self-directed way.
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Lucy Calkins on Mini-lessons
Lucy Calkins explains why the writing workshop puts an emphasis on mini-lessons
and how to mine mini-lessons for their instructional value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOeJIxGwpY8&list=PLb5RXypPqP5sNAYNUDE
fwaq2QYPauhCcc&index=4
What is Writers’ Workshop
Mini-Lesson (5-15 minutes)
A short lesson focused on a single topic
that students need help with. You don’t
need to give a mini-lesson each day; 2-3
times a week is usually just fine.
Writing Time – Workshop (20-45
minutes)
Students write. The teacher can write in
her own notebook (5-10 minutes). Then
the teacher uses her own notebook and/or
the mentor text and conferences with
individual students or small groups.
Sharing (5-15 minutes)
Writers read what they have written and
seek feedback from their audience. Choose
2-3 students to share that you conferenced
with that you want to highlight their
writing process. (This does not have to be
your best writer.) You can share your own
writing too.
Lucy Calkins Writing Resources
Narrative Checklist document – CL_NAR_G5 pdf
5th Grade Narrative Exemplar – G5_PW_NAR pdf
Narrative Conferring Teaching Points – IT_NAR_G5 pdf
Common Core State Standards Appendix B: text exemplars and sample
performance tasks
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf
Accountable Talk Stems
Story Mountain
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Score Narrative Writing using the
5th Grade LCPS Rubric
Multiple Paragraph Narrative pdf, pp45-47
Reading Street (R & W) Notebook, pp. 110, 143, 212, 248, 386, 430
CCSS Appendix C: p. 31
Writing Process Ladder
o Writing Process:
o Collecting Entries
o Picking a seed
o Nurturing a seed
o Drafting
o Editing
o Revision
o Publishing
Suggested Mentor Texts (choice 1 or 2)
o A Chair for My Mother, Vera Williams
o Fireflies!, Julie Brinckloe
o Peter’s Chair, Ezra Keats
o Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
o Some Frog, Eve Bunting
o When I was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant
o The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant
o The Memory String, Eve Bunting
o Earrings, Judith Viorst
o Shortcut by Donald Crews
o Big Mama’s by Donald Crews
o My Rotten Redheaded Older Step Brother by Patricia Polacco
o Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
o What You Know First, Patricia MaClachlan
Wilfred Gordon MacDonald Patridge, Mem Fox