ELA21.2.40

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 2

ELA21.2.40
Write a personal or fictional narrative using a logical sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings and providing a sense of closure.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
A narrative story describes a sequence of events in a logical order (beginning, middle, end).
A narrative story describes the actions, thoughts, and feelings of the characters.

Skills

Students are able to:

Write a personal narrative that recalls a personal experience or write a fictional narrative with a made-up story.
Write a narrative with a logical sequence of events and provide details that describe how the character feels, acts, and thinks.
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.
Narrative writing can be used to tell about something that happened to them personally or it can tell a story they made up.

Vocabulary

Personal narrative
Fictional narrative
Logical
Sequence of events
Details
Actions
Thoughts
Feelings
Closure

Aligned Learning Resources

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Writing a Fractured Fairy Tale From a Different Point of View

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