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Classroom Resource

Providing a Satisfying Conclusion to a Story

Subject Area

English Language Arts

Grade(s)

3

Overview

In this video lesson, students will learn to provide a satisfying conclusion to their story by ending with the character’s feelings and their responses to what happened in the story.

    English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 3

    ELA21.3.33

    Write personal or fictional narratives with a logical plot (sequence of events), characters, transitions, and a sense of closure.

    Unpacked Content

    UP:ELA21.3.33

    Vocabulary

    • Personal narrative
    • Fictional narrative
    • Logical plot
    • Sequence of events
    • Characters
    • Transitions
    • Closure

    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
    • A personal narrative tells about an event that was personally experienced by the author, while a fictional narrative tells a made up story.
    • A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end) and provides a sense of closure as an ending.
    • A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters.
    • Narrative transitions indicate when and where the story is occurring.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
    • Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and details that describe how the characters feels, acts, and thinks.
    • Use appropriate transitions in narrative writing.
    • Write a narrative that ends with a sense of closure.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • Narrative writing includes predictable elements, like a logical sequence of events and an ending that provides the reader with a sense of closure.
    • Because narrative writing describes a chronological sequence of events, it includes transitions that indicate the time and place in which the story is occurring.
    • Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.
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